|
Back Cove is an estuary basin on the northern side of the City of Portland, Maine's downtown district. It is nearly circular and about one mile in diameter. A popular loop trail runs around the circumference of the cove.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Back Cove Trail )〕 Being tidal, Back Cove dries out to mud flats at low tide and is not commercially navigable. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as ''Back Bay''. ==Baxter Boulevard== Baxter Boulevard is a road and parkway that wraps around the west side of Back Cove. The roadway served as the means to head north from downtown Portland before Tukey's Bridge, now on I-295, was built. The road was part of US Route 1 until May 2007. The parkway and roadway began as an initiative of Mayor James Phinney Baxter, for whom it is named. It was envisioned as one of four parks in the city (along with Deering Oaks, Western Promenade and Eastern Promenade) which would encircle the city. The parkway was designed by the noted landscape design firm Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot in 1895.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Back Cove )〕 Property owners donated the land next to the cove and the walking and biking path were filled in. Originally called the Back Cove Boulevard, the parkway opened in 1917. It covers and the pathway is in length.〔(Portland City Guide ) Page 291〕 Tree planting began on the Boulevard in 1921 as a memorial to World War I victims.〔(Bold Vision, the Development of the Parks of Portland, Maine ) reprinted by Greater Portland Landmarks〕 Baxter Boulevard was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic landscape district in October 1989. A recreation path encircles Back Cove. An offshoot in the stretch that runs parallel to I-295 leads to East End Beach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Back Cove, Portland, Maine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|