Day Boulevard

William J. Day Boulevard
Day Boulevard highlighted in red
Maintained by	the Department of Conservation and Recreation
Length	2.6 mi (4.2 km)
From	Kosciuszko Circle
To	Castle Island

William J. Day Boulevard, or Day Boulevard, is a coastal parkway in Boston, Massachusetts. Beginning at Morrissey Boulevard and Kosciuszko Circle at the northern extent of the Dorchester section of the city, it travels in a gently curving northeasterly direction 2.6 miles (4.2 km) through South Boston along beaches around the west and north shore of Dorchester Bay. In its eastern part, the road passes through the South Boston Boat Clubs Historic District and Marine Park before ending at Castle Island, site of a historic fort and state park.^[1]^[2] It is owned and maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation as part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston. Carson Beach, M Street Beach and Pleasure Bay are beaches along Day Boulevard that are part of the park system.^[2]

History

Day Boulevard was originally called the Strandway,^[3] and was planned beginning in the late nineteenth century as the easternmost link of the Emerald Necklace, the string of connected parks and waterways created by Frederick Law Olmsted.^[4]^[5] Plans for the connection of Franklin Park across Dorchester via a parkway to be called Dorchesterway to South Boston and Marine Park at the east end of the South Boston peninsula via the Strandway were not realized, and the route was eventually called Columbia Road.^[6] The southern roadway of the two roadways that formed Columbia Road was named William J. Day Boulevard in honor of a popular South Boston political figure after he died in 1950.^[7]^[8] William Day was the father of Louise Day Hicks, U.S. Representative for South Boston from 1971–73.^[9]

Day Boulevard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Old Harbor Reservation Parkways.

References

↑ Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - http://www.mass.gov/mgis/dd-over.htm
1 2 "Castle Island, Pleasure Bay, M Street Beach and Carson Beach". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
↑ A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston. Boston City Council. 1910. p. 443.
↑ Address of Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston, to the City Council, January 4, 1897. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill. 1897. pp. 24–27. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
↑ Heart of the City Project, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Harvard University and Northeastern University
↑ "John C. Phillips and others vs. the City of Boston". Massachusetts reports: cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts 209. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. 1912. pp. 329–333. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
↑ Feeney, Mark (October 22, 2003). "Louise Day Hicks, icon of tumult, dies". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
↑ Reed, Christopher (October 29, 2003). "Obituary: Louise Day Hicks". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
↑ "Louise Day Hicks, Representative from Massachusetts". Washington, D.C.: United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 16 December 2009.

Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston

Coastal reservations	Belle Isle Marsh Boston Harbor Islands Castle Island Dorchester Shores Fort Revere Lynn Shore Nahant Beach Nantasket Beach Quincy Shore Revere Beach Rumney Marsh Webb Memorial Weymouth Back River

River reservations	Alewife Brook Charles River Chestnut Hill Cutler Elm Bank Hemlock Gorge Mystic River Neponset River Pope John Paul II Squantum Point Park Upper Charles River

Woodland reservations	Beaver Brook Blue Hills Breakheart Hammond Pond Middlesex Fells Quincy Quarries Southwest Corridor Stony Brook Wilson Mountain

Heritage state parks	Lynn Roxbury

Parkways and roads	Alewife Brook Arborway Blue Hills Blue Hills Reservation Charles River Reservation Day Boulevard Fellsway Fenway Fresh Pond Furnace Brook Hamond Pond Hull Shore Drive Jamaicaway Lynn Fells Memorial Drive Morrissey Boulevard Mystic Valley Nahant Beach Boulevard Nantasket Avenue Park Drive Quincy Shore Drive Revere Beach Riverway Soldiers Field Road Stony Brook Storrow Drive Truman VFW West Roxbury Winthrop Winthrop Shore Drive

Department of Conservation and Recreation Greater Boston List of Massachusetts State Parks

Streets and squares in Boston

Streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Beacon Street Bennington Street Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Boylston Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dorchester Avenue Federal Street Fenway Franklin Street Gallivan Boulevard Hanover Street Huntington Avenue Jamaicaway Massachusetts Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Memorial Drive Milk Street Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street New Chardon Street Newbury Street North Street Park Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Stony Brook Reservation Parkways Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Truman Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Roxbury Parkway Winter Street Yawkey Way

Squares, circles, crossings and corners	Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Dudley Square Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Maverick Square Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Sullivan Square Teele Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner

Italics denote streets that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

Coordinates: 42°19′51.18″N 71°01′50.38″W / 42.3308833°N 71.0306611°W / 42.3308833; -71.0306611

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