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Uses and Perceptions of the Charles River Basin Volume, Character, and Sites of Use The Basin hosts a wide variety of boating he Charles River Basin is a system of paths—parkways, resources. Some powerboat owners find the Charles pathways, and the waterway itself. On warm days in the a convenient berth because of its access to Boston spring and fall the Basin attracts thousands of enthusiastic Harbor. Boaters with no mooring or dock space on visitors. Its narrowness and length generally favor motion, the river put in at the Daly Ramp to fish the upper such activities as bicycling, inline skating, running, and reaches of the Basin and to gain access to the har- rowing. Mobile users congregate on the pathways and the bor. Visitors on boat tours see some of the most river channel and often compete intensely for them. Con- spectacular and iconic views of Boston and spicuously absent from the busy pathways during peak Cambridge in the Lower Basin. For sailors the T times are children and Lower Basin is for practical purposes a wide lake, the elderly—people with room to set up triangular sailing courses who might not feel between the Harvard and Longfellow bridges. For comfortable with the canoeists and kayakers, the upper stretch of the crowding and speed. Basin offers a green, natural corridor to explore. THE CAMBRIDGE BOAT Because of the high Four yacht clubs—two in the Upper Basin and two in the Lower CLUB, BUILT IN , WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT student population in Basin—count a total of members and auxiliary members and guests. SITE TO MAKE WAY FOR the Lower Basin, warm A inventory showed approximately motorized craft berthed in AN EXTENSION OF spring and fall week- the Basin each summer, excluding rowing and sailing program launches. MEMORIAL DRIVE. ends tend to be high-use periods. Foot and boat traffic is heavier in the Of these, are berthed in the Upper Basin and must travel the length of lower section (below Herter Park) than in the upper section, because of the river to reach Boston Harbor. The Daly boat ramp supports a high the three universities and the greater population densities downstream. level of use—about fifty launches on weekend days in the summer. Upwards of one hundred thousand people drive along Basin parkways every day. Drivers consti- 13 tute the largest group of users. Uses & ofperception the Charles River Basin Far more people boat on the Charles than is immediately apparent. Private rowing club members total , (, members and auxiliary members and guests). Educational institu- There are also four sailing facilities: three belong to educational institu- tions contribute an additional , users (, club members and tions and have a total membership of roughly ,; one is public, with , auxiliary or seasonal members). about , members. 1010 Memorial Drive Tot Lot Mount Auburn St. Brat Harvard tle St. Memorial Longfellow Square Cambridge Driv Park Boat Club e Buckingham, John F. M a Brown & Nichols M ss Kennedy ou . Charles River lvd. nt Mt. Auburn B Au Park bu Eliot Bridge Canoe and Kayak .K. rn Cemetery .F St. J e. Belmont Hill Weeks Ave. Charles Av Watertown Boathouse Newell Bridge River Dam idge l Hell’s Rd. Boathouse Weld Boathouse River Boat Tours Square oo Half Acre C Volleyball Main St. Blvd. t. Grove St. Herter East Charles Gate . d. wy gh Anderson v k Park vard S Yacht Club P Basketball d Bl nou Har Cambridge n Publick Theatre . Bridge t. Watertown Mt. Auburn St. ree ld N La S G Western bridge s Fie le r Tennis Courts Dam Arsenal St. Cam a Artesani Playground Avenue Bridge Br h oad Public Boat Mooring C Watertown lidge Ave. s w Lee Pool Coo dier Western Ave. ay Galen Street Henderson Sol North Beacon St. Lederman Field wn St. Bridge Arsenal St. Boathouse Watertown Greenough Blvd. Main St. Waterto Basketball The Arsenal n Ave. Longfellow Charles Yacht Club Wester M ass River Street a Bridge G Squibnocket Arsenal Street chus Cambridge St. alen St. Blvd. ett ve Playground Park Allston-Brighton Bridge Dri Rd. M River Greenough Bridge s rial Harvard Sailing emo o Daly Community Beacon Nonantum Rd. Community Road Mem Charles River Boating Av Rowing Field Field ria Hill Public Boat e Yacht Club St. l Cambridgeport rse Soldiers n u Birmington Parkway ue Co Newton Launch bridge Riverside MIT Sailing ng Union Boat Club Daly Rink Cam Raci Newton Yacht Club North Beacon Pool Boat Club Hatch Shell North Beacon St. Harvard North Beacon Mass. Magazine Beach Pool Bridge C s h Street Bridge Driv ve se ve ar Boston T l Dri Dri e u Magazine e l ria s Common r o St. np Beach Mem MIT Boathouse Sailing Cour Public ik Garden e DeWolfe e Exercise Cours orrow BU Boathouse St n St. Allston Course owing Beaco Landing R BU Sailing Exercise The Esplanade Course h Ave. Boston Storrow nwealt Drive Commo University Commonw ealth Bridge Ave. Kenmore Back Bay Square Massachusetts Turnpike M a sschus Fenway ett s Back Av Bay e. Fens The Basin includes eleven rowing boat- with thirty-five boats. Two sightseeing compa- Basin are unstructured and informal: jogging, houses—one public, three private, and seven nies, the Charles River Boat Company and the sunbathing, cycling, picnicking, walking dogs, belonging to educational institutions—that Boston Duck Tours, put approximately , playing volleyball, and bird watching. Groups sponsor twenty-nine different programs. Com- and , sightseers respectively on the river and individuals looking for broader areas for munity Rowing, a public program, sponsors each year. informal use and passive enjoyment turn to twelve of these programs. These eleven clubs parts of the Esplanade, Magazine Beach, Daly together have about , members and , The new Charles River Dam provides pas- Field and Herter Park. 14 seasonal and auxiliary members. In , almost sage between the Charles , rowing shells were kept in boathouses River Basin and Boston along the Charles, along with canoes and Harbor. About , boats kayaks. Row As One, another public program, use the Gridley Locks at the teaches rowing to high school and junior high new dam over the course of school girls from Boston. a year and hundreds on an average summer weekend. Commercial rental and sightseeing operations bring the largest number of people onto the The Basin’s parklands water. Charles River Canoe and Kayak, a boat offer diverse areas for differ- rental facility at Herter Park, put approximately ent users. Most of the activi- six thousand people on the Charles in ties that occur daily in the Herter Park attracts some of the most diverse Lederman Field, Magazine Beach, and Daly reading, sketching, quiet conversation, and uses in the Basin. A popular place for family Field are most often used, usually on weekends other passive activities. picnics and volleyball, it also contains two com- and in the early evenings during summer and • John F. Kennedy Park, at the northwest munity gardens and is the terminus of the popu- early fall. corner of John F. Kennedy Street and lar Run of the Charles race each spring. Memorial Drive, is intended to be a passive The balance between active and passive uses space; students often read here or play infor- In a creative effort to increase park enjoy- varies in each of the twelve parks within the Basin: mal games of Frisbee. The park is the com- ment, two stretches of parkway are shut down • Lederman Field is entirely given over to monwealth’s memorial to President John F. on Sundays from the last weekend in April athletic fields. Kennedy. through the last weekend in October. Highly • The Esplanade’s pathways, banks, and facili- • Longfellow Park and Peabody Park, just popular Riverbend Park is created when ties are heavily used, so heavily used at times west of John F. Kennedy Park, link the Memorial Drive is set aside for pedestrians from that quiet space for contemplation is hard to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House with River Street to Fresh Pond Parkway. Similarly, find. What quiet areas exist are all at the water’s the river. Users sometimes play volleyball in Greenough Boulevard between North Beacon edge, on the islands, and at the landings. this flexible, grassy area. A volunteer group and Arsenal Street in Watertown is also closed maintains a tot lot off to auto traffic on Sundays. to one side and has planted the banks of The formal granite steps along the Esplanade the river with daf- provide formal places for people to get close to fodils, creating a spec- the water. Augmenting the steps, the wooden tacular springtime landings within the Basin are popular with sun- display. bathers and boaters. Only two of them are • Hell’s Half Acre, a handicapped-accessible. The landings in Water- passive area next to town Square, at Herter Park, and along the Gerry’s Landing, is the 15 Esplanade are frequently used for sunbathing, largest wetland in the fishing, and peaceful contemplation. Basin. American •At Magazine Beach, a large portion of the Legion Marsh Post and a parking lot The Basin offers numerous facilities for team park is occupied by athletic fields, a spray occupy much of the open area by the Eliot sports and structured athletics—seven softball pool, and a swimming pool, but the picnic Bridge. fields, two soccer fields, two pairs of tennis courts, areas are heavily used, and the park is very • Herter Park has a fairly even balance one skating rink, three swimming pools (one of popular for dog-walking. between active and passive uses. Flexible which is closed), two exercise courses, two bas- • The banks between the Western Avenue fields support a wide variety of informal uses.
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