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Henry Grew Elementary School

40 Gordon Avenue
Hyde Park, Massachusetts 02136
  • Neighborhood: Hyde Park
  • Project Type: Schoolyard with Outdoor Classroom
  • Year Completed: 2012
  • Landscape Architect: Warner Larson Landscape Architects
About the Project:

A majority of the students at the Grew come from low-income families from the Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Dorchester communities.  With a school-wide philosophy of "Academics + Athletics = Success", the members of the Henry Grew community are deeply commited to creating and maintaining a space that is used for recreation, education, and socialization.  The new schoolyard a former cracked asphalt lot, which had no green space or play equipment.

 

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