Cottage Farm Neighborhood Association

Cottage Farm Neighborhood Association
Brookline, Massachusetts

Welcome to the web site of the Cottage Farm Neighborhood Association. Our mission is to keep our neighbors abreast of current events and developments in the neighborhood, to detail some of our history, and to provide links to helpful resources.

Current Events & News

Urban Ring Project

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation has announced the following PUBLIC MEETINGS to discuss preliminary recommendations for The Urban Ring Project:

CHELSEA Thursday, June 5 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM Williams Middle School, 180 Walnut Street, Chelsea
FENWAY Monday, June 9 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM Fenway High School/Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich Street, Boston
CAMBRIDGE Tuesday, June 10 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM Kennedy-Longfellow School, 158 Spring Street, Cambridge
ROXBURY Monday, June 16 • 6:30 to 8:30 PM Central Boston Elder Services, 2315 Washington Street, Roxbury

Directions and more project information are available at theurbanring.com. Our Cottage Farm expert on this subject, someone who has followed this more closely than most, is Archie Mazmanian. The most recent installment on his urban ring series can be found on Jim Conley's Blog, onbrookline.com. It is entitled "Deraillment of Phase 2?"

Resident permit parking

Park for more than the 2 hr. limit. Details...

Traffic calming policy

The Transportation Department's traffic calming policy details...

Previous Listings...

History

The current design and character of Cottage Farm can be traced to Amos A. Lawrence, his brother William, and the wealthy businessman who sold them 200 acres of land north of Beacon St. in 1850, David Sears. It was Sears who had purchased 500 acres of land for his family and friends in the present day Longwood and Cottage Farm areas when the construction of the Mill Dam Road connected Boston with Brookline in 1821. Sears laid out Mason and Knyvet squares following the European model of houses lining and facing the open spaces.
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Board of Directors

Co-Presidents:	Deborah Raptopoulos Stephen Porter
Vice-President:	Andrew Moulton
Treasurer:	Thomas Olafsson, Jr.
Corresponding Secretary:	Susan DeLong
Recording Secretary:	Daniel Jurayj
At-large Board Members:	Linda Beane, Joan Glashow, Paul Healy, Sarah Ericsson, Anna Kanarek, Sarah Sheldon, Connie Kane, Barbara Chasen Joskow

Stephen Porter or Deborah Raptopoulos

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