The Back Bay Fens, designed in the 1870’s by Frederick Law Olmsted links Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” to the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood. You can walk through the Fens to get from downtown Boston to Fenway Park.

In 1941, at the outbreak of United States involvement in World War II, Bostonians planted a victory garden in the Fens. While these were common in their era, the one in the Fens is now the last continually operating Victory Garden.

As in Central Park in New York City, Olmsted created curvilinear roadways through the landscape, encouraging the growth of pleasure motoring during the early years of Route 1.

The scene from the Tichnor Brothers’ Post Card    was taken from where Roberto Clemente Field is today