It’s always fun to see the assortment of bikes at the pool! The rack is often full – especially when the pool is full. Here are a couple of moments in time captured in summer 2026.
Category Archives: Design
Pickle progress
Newton’s first pickleball courts, bright and sparkling! The surface will soon be ready for play.
Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Spring 2026
Dear Friends, Albemarle changes daily during this historic spring season – it will never look this way again, and it will not even look like this tomorrow! Last week, I gaped at the gorgeous new basketball court… and then at the lights along the path. Then I thought, wait, PATH?? At that moment, two children bikedContinue reading “Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Spring 2026”
New lights and new path!
So exciting to see the new lights and the new path going in! Already getting some use as a space to bike through the park. Isn’t it cool to see the path being built and to think about all the joyful walks and rolls that will happen here? Creating connection, taking time outside, and movingContinue reading “New lights and new path!”
A Historical Spring
It’s hard to believe but these photos will be considered historical at some point! We will look back and say we remember all that equipment. Doing…something! Pictured are new lights at Murphy, the gorgeous new basketball court poured and netted, impressive machines and…. kids practicing on whatever field they can get on.
Cheesecake Brook: wetlands work is underway
The development of the new version of Albemarle includes investment in the wetlands. Cheesecake Brook is a tributary of the Charles River and part of a large watershed that receives water from a third of the city. In addition to several species of native fish, the Brook has been found to contain eels!
Play ball! (soon!)
Getting Albemarle ready for some good games.
Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Winter 2026
Dear Friends, I was starting to think we’d have to become Friends of the Tundra, but I have it on good authority that the ground is under there somewhere. Construction: How’s it Going?Short answer: Fantastic! The contractors are hard at work and on schedule. Scenes: On the Path to Pathways Gosh That’s A Lot ofContinue reading “Field Notes: Friends of Albemarle Newsletter Winter 2026”
Gosh that’s a lot of construction
On the Path to Pathways
Curving paths are becoming real, and not just lines on a plan! Think of all the excited steps that will criss-cross here.
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