Commonwealth Avenue - Boston Commons

The commonwealth avenue site visited in class was a combination of two settings tied together very elegantly. The Boston Common side of the street is very quiet and beautiful. An elegant view of flowers, tree's, and grass span the park to take you out of the city and connect back with nature. As you leave the park and cross the street you walk across a chaos of traffic that breaks the two spaces but acts almost as a connector between them. If the two spaces were directly connected you would not get the same feeling. Crossing the street you walk into a beautiful neighborhood that is lined with green trees and life. Aparments close in the area and suclude it from the shopping and park atmosphere. It gives the same feeling the park does but remains quieter. The most important aspect from the two spaces are the statues that stand tall in both parks and connect the two areas to each other.