THREAT
Over the past 25 years the City has been unsuccessful in adequately maintaining this park. Over the years, Boston Parks and Recreation (which inherited the park from the BRA) has not maintained it with any consistency or commitment, and the park has gradually fallen into disrepair through neglect. In spite of poor maintenance, the rather forlorn park remains a public destination. Embarrassed by the condition of a former urban gem, the City announced in 1999 that it planned to "restore" the park, but restoration has since given way to a wholesale redesign. The landscape is at extreme risk because the current City administration appears determined to erase the existing park design.

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