Hancock Adams Common

Hancock Adams Common

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Hancock Adams Common

Quincy, Massachusetts

Bringing new life and activity to historic Quincy, Hancock Adams Common is poised to become a focal point for the city with its new activated park and streetscape that connects cyclists and pedestrians to the bustling downtown.

Contemporary water features and elegant materials establish a celebratory ground that commemorates the town’s national renown as the birthplace and home of two American presidents.

The ambitious park design includes realignment of the urban fabric, including reconstruction of two major streets, to develop an integrated vision for the park and surrounding historic downtown.

The transformation of Hancock Street introduces a tree-lined promenade that creates an attractive setting for three of the city’s most important historic sites: United First Parish Church, Old City Hall and Hancock Cemetery.

Hancock Adams Common (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Hancock Adams Common Promenade (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Hancock Adams Common Tidal Fountain (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Custom granite benches at Hancock Adams Common (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Evening view of Hancock Adams Common plaza (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Tidal fountain in reflecting pool mode at Hancock Adams Common (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

View of fountains and Hancock Cemetery at Hancock Adams Common (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Custom benches at Hancock Adams Common (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Hancock Adams Common green space (Photographer: Ed Wonsek)

Recognition

2020 Design Merit Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects

2019 Frederick Law Olmsted Award, Preservation Mass

2018 APA MA Award, American Planning Association, Massachusetts Chapter

2019 Bronze Award (Woodard & Curran), ACEC Massachusetts Engineering Excellence, American Council of Engineering Companies

2018 Silver Award (Howard Stein Hudson), ACEC Massachusetts Engineering Excellence, American Council of Engineering Companies

PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE

Robert Uhlig FASLA LEED AP BD+C

PRoject managEr

Richard Houghton ASLA

Team

Client: City of Quincy

Project Manager / Civil Engineer (Phase II): Woodard & Curran

Water Feature Design: Dan Euser Water Architecture

Sculptor: Sergey Eylanbekov Sculpture LLC

Electrical Engineer: BALA Consulting Engineers

Irrigation Design: Irrigation Consulting, Inc.

Structural Engineer: LeMessurier

Lighting Design: Lumen Studio, Inc.

Horticultural Soils Consultant: Pine & Swallow Environmental

Wayfinding Signage: Roll Barresi

Interpretive Design: Flanders + Associates

Geotechncial Engineer: GEI Consultants

Waterproofing Consultant: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger

Civil / Traffic Engineer (Phase I): Howard Stein Hudson

Modeling Consultant: Radlab, Inc.