Larz Anderson Park  
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JACK KIRRANE ICE SKATING RINK

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PERMIT RATES

Resident Non-Resident
BBQ Site – Half Day $40 $80
BBQ Site – Full Day $80 $160
Shelter – Half Day $150 $250
Shelter – Full Day $300 $500
Allee – Half Day $150 $250
Temple of Love – Half Day $150 $250
Top of the Hill – Half Day $150 $250


COMMUNITY GARDENS

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Brookline's beautiful Larz Anderson Park provides over 80 community gardens approximately 30' X 15' each for veggies, flowers, herbs and healthy fun. Applicants must live in Brookline in apartments or homes with little or no gardening space. Gardens are available on a first come, first served basis and assignments may be renewed annually for current members.
To apply for a garden please call Barbara at 617.734.2203.

DIRECTIONS

From the West:

Take 128 to Route 9 east, towards Boston. You will eventually pass the Chestnut Hill Mall on your left side. Five or six lights after the mall, you will come to the intersection of Route 9 and Chestnut Hill Avenue and Lee Street, take a right onto Lee Street and follow to end. At the end of Lee Street, take a left onto Newton Street. Follow Newton Street for approximately ¼ mile. The road will fork, go to the left on Goddard Ave. Park is ¼ mile on the right.

For the skating rink go to the right at the fork and the entrance will be 1/2 mile on the left.

From the East:

Take Route 9 west, towards Newton. After you pass the Brookline Reservoir on your left, take that left onto Lee Street, follow Lee St. to the end. At the light turn left onto Newton Street. Follow Newton Street for approximately ¼ mile. The road will fork, go to the left onto Goddard Avenue. Park is ¼ mile on the right.

For the skating rink go to the right at the fork and the entrance will be 1/2 mile on the left.

Site History

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The land was the property of the Goddard family during the Revolutionary War. William Fletcher Weld purchased it between 1841 and 1881 to create Windy Top, his country estate. William Fletcher Weld II inherited the property and built a polo ground where the athletic fields are now located.

Isabel Weld Anderson and Larz Anderson acquired the property and transformed it into one of the showcases of New England. Mrs. Anderson bequeathed the main portion of the estate to the Town. The town report of that year states that the plants in the greenhouses were set in the Town's parks, squares and around public buildings. The Town tore the vacant house down in 1955 and removed the Italian garden to make space for the skating rink. With funds provided by a Massachusetts Self-help grant, the Town is preserving and stabilizing the landscape and the gazebo as well as renovating the playground.

 

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