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John F. Kennedy Park
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John F. Kennedy Park

AddressJohn F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number1359
Alternate Names Kennedy Park
Building Root Number N/A
PIRC Site Number 1359
Architect (Original)
Dedicated 1985
Constructed 1985
StatusInactive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), the 35th President of the United States.Historical NotesOriginally, this in addition to land on which the Kennedy School of Government sits, was the site of the proposed John F. Kennedy presidential library before plans were made to construct the library on Columbia Point in the Dorchester section of Boston.
Additional Information
Baldo, Anthony. “Kennedy Memorial Park Planned.” Cambridge Chronicle, 19 Jan. 1984, p. 9.
Johnson, Teresa L. “Kennedys Dedicate JFK Park.” The Harvard Crimson, 5 Nov. 1985, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1985/11/5/kennedys-dedicate-jfk-park-pall-the/.
Rosenthal, Robert. “JFK Park Now Proposed for Harvard MBTA Yard.” Boston Globe, 11 Feb. 1976, pp. 1–2.
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