Peters Park (Boston)

Peters Park is a small community park located in the South End neighborhood of Boston, MA. Its boundaries are Shawmut Avenue, Watham Street, Washington Street and East Berkley. The park provides roughly 5 acres (20,000 m2) of multiuse activity spaces, including a baseball field, basketball courts, a children's playground, lawns and an off-leash dog run. The park is open from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.[1]

Sports Spaces

Along the East Berkley side of the park is a little league baseball field. More information about use of the field can be found at http://southendbaseball.com. Peter's Park also contains two full-sized basketball courts with an asphalt playing surface. The courts include bleachers for fans to watch. Next to the basketball courts is a tennis court and two handball courts.

The Dog Run

Dog Run

Within Peter's Park is the Joe Wex Dog Recreation Space, Boston's first city-sanctioned off-leash dog park. The run is over 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) and opened in November 2007. A separate smaller are in set aside for the use of small dogs (under 25 pounds).

Art

Peter's Park has two areas set aside for art work. The first is a "Mural Wall" by the tennis court. The wall is occasionally refreshed local graffiti artists with permission from the park. A second artistic project is the LandWave, a permanent landscape sculpture currently being constructed. The projected is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2010. More information can be found at LandWave.org.

References

  1. ↑ peterspark.org

Coordinates: 42°20′35.59″N 71°04′02.32″W / 42.3432194°N 71.0673111°W / 42.3432194; -71.0673111

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