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The main park in Preston is Riverside Park. It is Cambridge's largest community park with an area of 256 acres (1.02 km 2.) The park contains a splash pad, two playgrounds, tennis courts, soccer pitch, a skateboard park, picnic areas that can be reserved, and a multitude of walking trails.
The nickname "Mosquito Park" came to be assumed for the park, [1] as mosquitos thrived in the area due to the surrounding wetlands. In 1916, Idylwild Park was closed permanently. It has been suggested that the growing usage of the automobile , the First World War and the establishment of Riverside Park in the nearby Town of Preston contributed ...
Stage 2 of the rail line would run from Fairway to the "downtown Galt" area of Cambridge. At least one journalist has pointed out the similarity between this plan and the electric Grand River Railway of the early 1900s that connected Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo. [90] Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig was a determined opponent of the plan.
The former site of Idylwild Park is on the Speed River in Cambridge. A portion, along the southern bank, is now a conservation area that is owned and managed by the GRCA. [6] [7] Riverside Park, Cambridge's largest park, is on the banks of the Speed River. [8] Linear Park, in Cambridge, lies at the confluence of the Speed and Grand rivers. [9]
The portion of the reservation between the Charles River Dam and the Eliot Bridge is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. This includes the park in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston known as the Esplanade. The Charles River above the Watertown Dam is managed as the Upper Charles River Reservation. [3]
Community organizations petitioned the Cambridge City Manager, in 2003 and 2013, [5] to restore "The Port" as the official name of the Area 4 planning district [6] for official documentation. On October 19, 2015, after the process had commenced the March prior, it was announced at a City Council meeting that Area 4 would officially adopt the ...
Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the east, River Street on the south, the Charles River on the west, and JFK Street on the north. In 2005 it had a population of 11,201 residents in 3,341 households, and the average household income was $40,753.
There are several trails running throughout Hespeler. The Mill Run Trail, beginning at Sheffield Street, leads through Chilligo Conservation Area and part of the former site of Idylwild Park, to Cambridge's largest park, Riverside Park, in the town of Preston. [27] [28] [29]