Brian Yates

Alderman-at-Large, Ward 5
City of Newton, MA

Community Preservation

• As a member of the Committee on Community Preservation, I’ve worked to preserve Newton’s Historic Buildings and Landscapes, acquire new open space, and preserve or develop community housing:

  HISTORIC PRESERVATION

               East Burying Ground
               West Burying Ground
               South Burying Ground
               Durant-Kenrick Estate
               Brigham House
               Newton Health Department  building
               Newton Corner Branch Library 

  OPEN SPACE

               Angino Farm
               Crystal Lake  (two parcels)
               Kessler Woods
               Dolan Pond

  COMMUNITY HOUSING

              Wyman Street
              Forte House near Dolan Pond
               Covenant Residences

  CIP Future Projects—Historic Preservation 

  I proposed an amendment to the current Capital Improvement Program that added the following future projects to be funded with CPA funds:

• FY10-Repairs to the Civil War Memorial at the Newton Cemetery.  (Plan Developed with CPA funds)

• FY11—Historic Preservation of Braceland Playground in Upper Falls to its original historic configuration of the late 19^th/early 20^th centuries when baseball Games at the site were of intense regional interest.  Extensive historic documentation will need to be developed in the interim.

• FY12-Restoration of the City Hall grounds to its original Olmsted design as noted on the National Register of Historic Places.

• FY13-Repair and Restore Historic Dioramas in the War Memorial.

• FY14-Repair of the National Register listed building in Newton Centre currently occupied by the Newton Health Department.

This page last updated on Wednesday March 30, 2011

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