Copley Wolff Design Group is the local landscape architectural consultant working in collaboration with a team headed by EDAW, Inc.'s Alexandria, VA office. The team has won the commission to design the Central Artery/Tunnel's Wharf District Parks on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. This sixteen million dollar, four-acre area of land extends from the Boston Harbor Hotel to Rowes Wharf in downtown Boston. CWDG aided EDAW in developing design concepts for the design competition phase. Through the design and construction phases, CWDG will continue to lend its technical expertise of the site, developed through CWDGês work on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Restoration Streetscape project.

EDAW and CWDG’s current Wharf District Parks design is meant to serve as a common ground for both Boston residents and visitors, with the central feature being a grand central fountain in a centrally located area dubbed the “Great Room.” The parks are envisioned as multi-purpose, seasonally changing spaces that can help re-unify the city to its waterfront. The design takes into account eye-level views as well as views from the surrounding buildings. Components of the design include a Mother’s Walk promenade, historic interpretation, lawns, decorative four season plantings, and the accommodation of possible small park buildings.

Extensive community input has been sought and incorporated throughout the design process.