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The Charles River Reservation (Speedway)-Upper Basin Headquarters is located at 1420-1440 Soldiers Field Road and 525 Western Avenue in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is a complex of Shingle and Colonial Revival style buildings that were built between 1899 and 1925. They were designed by William Austin to house the headquarters of a recreational complex whose centerpiece was the Charles River Speedway, a harness racing track. The Speedway and its surrounding area were designed by landscape architect Charles Eliot shortly before his death in 1897, and its construction was overseen by the Olmsted Brothers. The Speedway operated until at least the 1950s, and was eventually absorbed by the expansion of Soldiers Field Road into a limited-access parkway. The buildings of the Speedway headquarters continued to be used by the Metropolitan District Commission for administrative and logistical purposes, through at least 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRHP nomination for Charles River Reservation - Upper Basin Headquarters )〕 The buildings were listed on the National Historic Place on July 19, 2010;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100730.htm )〕 the complex was vacant at that time.〔 In May 2013 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting by and through the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), announced a request for proposals from outside parties to rehabilitate, reuse, and maintain the Charles River Reservation Speedway Administration Building. The project was to be undertaken under the purview of the Historic Curatorship Program. In August 2014, the DCR announced that a proposal submitted by the non-profit Architectural Heritage Foundation and its for-profit partner, 243 Dutton Interests LLC had been selected for a forty-year lease of the property. The chosen proposal will turn the run-down complex into space for Charles River-based nonprofits, local craftspeople, artists, and restaurants. Additionally, the proposal includes the construction of a multi-family housing unit in place of non-historic sections of the complex. ==See also== *National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts *(Speedway Court - A project to rehabilitate and revitalize the historic Charles River Speedway Headquarters ) 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「Charles River Reservation (Speedway)-Upper Basin Headquarters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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