CityLab Fall 2023 - East Boston: Airport Buffers - Navy Fuel Pier, SWSA, Neptune Rd

"In the 1940s, this was a refueling pier for the Navy. Now it’s an open space with flowers and shrubs, walking paths and seating. An idyllic waterfront park for people to gather in the Jeffries Point neighborhood of East Boston." - Massport

"This park honors the Mothers of Maverick Street, who fought to prevent airport expansion and preserve their neighborhood in the 1960s. Their activism was an important moment in neighborhood history, one that inspired the next chapter of community relations." - Massport

Phase 1 was completed in 2006

Phase 2 was completed in the fall of 2014

Note this project is often mentioned only by its acronym "SWSA Buffer" 

Google Street View capture of the site of Southwest Service Area park in 2007. 

Google Street View of the same space in 2011.

Google Street View of the site in 2022, now a fully paved and planted park.

"This popular green space honors the last neighborhood lost to expansion in the late 1960s. Today it is a beautiful park in which to create new memories of family and community, designed in a way that acknowledges its history." - Massport