“Gassy” DeFilippo Park Update – City to Start Wall Reconstruction and Investigating Drainage
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Design image for new wall between DeFilippo Park (Gassy) and Snow Hill Street. The brick wall will be about 4’ high with an iron-like fence on top with brick columns. Concrete caps will be placed on the top of the brick and existing granite buttresses. (Image: Parks Department)
An update from Boston Parks Department, via the NEWRA Parks Committee, said the City is expecting to start re-construction within a month of the brick wall between the “Gassy,” DeFilippo Park, and Snow Hill Street. The contract is in City Hall after a bidding process was completed.
The Parks Department also did an “extensive cleaning” to the drainage lines in the park. Residents are encouraged to provide feedback to on the success (or failure) of this work to improve drainage to Michelle Folts at Michele.Folts@cityofboston.gov and parks@newra.org.
NEWRA Parks Committee Chair, Anne Pistorio, also reported that the area between the Gassy and the Brinks garage has been determined to be City property. The committee is working with officials regarding maintenance and clean-up.
While shooting hoops with her kids on the basketball court at the Gassy, Melanie was “discouraged and disgusted” when a man took his dogs off leash on the courts that are marked “no dogs allowed.” After refusing to put the dogs back on leash, he said that his dogs needed to run. This North End Mom not Read More…
Eric Ambrette captures the Gassy from the top of the Brinks garage showing the North End and Boston skyline. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv1cKxMHuBE] On Thursday night about 9pm, two guys decided to get in some boxing training at the North End’s “Gassy” on Prince St. while blaring “Eye of the Tiger” on the boombox. Jason Aluia catches the “zunzies” in this video clip that many neighbors reported having heard from their windows. Sorry to have missed Read More…