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Boston Metropolitan Park System
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Boston_Metropolitan_Park_System
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:park
gptkbp:area
over 15,000 acres
gptkbp:connectedTo
boulevards
parkways
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established
1893
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Charles_Eliot
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
first metropolitan park system in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Boston Metropolitan Park System
gptkbp:includes
gptkb:Alewife_Brook_Reservation
gptkb:Beaver_Brook_Reservation
gptkb:Castle_Island
gptkb:Constitution_Beach
gptkb:Lynn_Shore_Reservation
gptkb:Middlesex_Fells_Reservation
gptkb:Millennium_Park
gptkb:Mystic_River_Reservation
gptkb:Revere_Beach_Reservation
gptkb:Belle_Isle_Marsh_Reservation
gptkb:Nahant_Beach_Reservation
gptkb:Neponset_River_Reservation
gptkb:Rumney_Marsh_Reservation
gptkb:Saugus_Iron_Works_National_Historic_Site
gptkb:Stony_Brook_Reservation
gptkb:Hemlock_Gorge_Reservation
gptkb:Blue_Hills_Reservation
gptkb:Charles_River_Reservation
gptkb:Squantum_Point_Park
gptkb:Wollaston_Beach
gptkb:Draw_Seven_State_Park
gptkb:Breakheart_Reservation
gptkb:Pope_John_Paul_II_Park_Reservation
gptkb:Chestnut_Hill_Reservation
gptkb:Quincy_Shore_Reservation
gptkb:Winthrop_Shore_Reservation
numerous rivers, beaches, and woodlands
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Frederick_Law_Olmsted
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Greater_Boston
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:managedBy
gptkb:Massachusetts_Department_of_Conservation_and_Recreation
gptkb:Metropolitan_Park_Commission
gptkbp:notableFeature
gptkb:Emerald_Necklace_(adjacent_system)
gptkbp:purpose
conservation
public recreation
preservation of natural landscapes
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Olmsted_Brothers
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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