Commentary: Preserving Olmsted’s intent should be central to Franklin Park, stadium review

Plans to expand the White Stadium complex in Boston’s Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.-designed Franklin Park are moving quickly. In fact, one might conclude from recent public engagement meetings that proposed changes to the park would not have considerable visible impacts on one of Olmsted’s four great “Country Parks,” the largest park in the world’s first urban greenway, and a potential World Heritage Site: Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace. However, some essential work has yet to be done.