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Worcester Telegram, MA
June 20 2008
Plans approved for Armenian park in Boston
BOSTON- The Armenian Heritage Foundation has won approval for a
controversial plan to develop a park on Boston's Rose Fitzgerald
Kennedy Greenway.
The group said Friday that final design work and construction will
proceed now that the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's board has
granted approval to the eight-year-old proposal.
Mayor Thomas Menino and other civic leaders had opposed the proposal,
saying it would open the door for other groups with causes to develop
on the land, which is above Boston's Big Dig. The original park design
included a memorial to mass killings of Armenians around the time of
World War I.
The Armenian Heritage Foundation said Friday that the park will
acknowledge Boston's role as a key port of entry to immigrants and
celebrate the contributions of immigrants to American life. (AP)
June 20 2008
Plans approved for Armenian park in Boston
BOSTON- The Armenian Heritage Foundation has won approval for a
controversial plan to develop a park on Boston's Rose Fitzgerald
Kennedy Greenway.
The group said Friday that final design work and construction will
proceed now that the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's board has
granted approval to the eight-year-old proposal.
Mayor Thomas Menino and other civic leaders had opposed the proposal,
saying it would open the door for other groups with causes to develop
on the land, which is above Boston's Big Dig. The original park design
included a memorial to mass killings of Armenians around the time of
World War I.
The Armenian Heritage Foundation said Friday that the park will
acknowledge Boston's role as a key port of entry to immigrants and
celebrate the contributions of immigrants to American life. (AP)