Date of Award
Spring 6-2-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
Department
Landscape Architecture
First Advisor
Colgate Searle
Second Advisor
Nick De Pace
Abstract
Home • land is a master of landscape architecture thesis project encompassing an expansive body of trans-disciplinary research around the issue of gentrification and cultural displacement. The outcome is a proposal for a Community Land Trust (CLT) around Columbia Road in Boston, MA - the “missing link” of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace park system. This book examines the impetus of Olmsted’s Legacy and the mayor’s promise to complete the “final jewel” of the necklace, the vectors of gentrification acting on the site, and the strategies and tactics that might aid in combating rather than catalyzing gentrification in this neighborhood. “The Community Land Trust Mosaic” is a proposal for a modular landscape system which seeks to make the resources of the land as a public common (safe shelter, abundant food, clean water) visible and accessible to all.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Jessica, "Home · land : Olmsted's legacy and gentrification in Boston, MA" (2018). Masters Theses. 276.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/276
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