From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Day Boulevard

Field	Value
name	William J. Day Boulevard
image	Day Boulevard.png
image_alt	May of South Boston with Day Boulevard highlighted in red
caption	Map of South Boston with Day Boulevard highlighted in red
maint	Department of Conservation and Recreation
length_mi	2.6
length_ref
location	Boston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
coordinates
direction_a	West
terminus_a	Morrissey Boulevard in South Boston
direction_b	East
terminus_b	Castle Island in South Boston
website

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 mi through South Boston along beaches around the west and north shore of Dorchester Bay. It was named for William J. Day.

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. 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.

History

Day Boulevard was originally called the Strandway, 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. 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. 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. William Day was the father of Louise Day Hicks, U.S. Representative for South Boston from 1971–73.

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

References

{{google maps. link
Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS), Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs - http://www.mass.gov/mgis/dd-over.htm
"Castle Island, Pleasure Bay, M Street Beach and Carson Beach". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(1910). "A record of the streets, alleys, places, etc. in the city of Boston". Boston City Council.
(1897). "Address of Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston, to the City Council, January 4, 1897". Rockwell and Churchill.
link. (2011-05-24)
(1912). "Massachusetts reports: cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts". Little, Brown, and Company.
Feeney, Mark. (October 22, 2003). "Louise Day Hicks, icon of tumult, dies". The Boston Globe.
Reed, Christopher. (October 29, 2003). "Obituary: Louise Day Hicks". The Guardian.
"Louise Day Hicks, Representative from Massachusetts". United States House of Representatives.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

parkways-in-massachusetts streets-in-boston roads-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places-in-massachusetts national-register-of-historic-places-in-boston parks-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places-in-massachusetts

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Day Boulevard — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report