The power of local activism (Boston, Ma)

In the late 1960s, the Federal Government, State of Massachusetts and City of Boston were planning to build a highway through Boston's South End, destroying historic homes and the community on either side. Local activists organized to fight the highway, and instead the 1970s and early '80s were spent building a 4.7 mile underground transit corridor with a continuous park corridor above. This image is of the sensory garden, an outdoor space at a school for disabled children. The corridor also includes bike paths, community gardens, playing courts, dog parks, and other community amenities.