Thought Exercise

1. Richard Trum Playground is in Winter Hill.
2. Who is Richard Trum?


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Random Fact about Winter Hill

From:

Real Estate is Fun

Some Things You Do Not Need to Know About...

The smallest national park in the United States is in Somerville...on Winter Hill. ...it marks the spot where Paul Revere evaded capture during his "one if by land" gig. Speaking of that gig, the Brits took thier first hostile action against the emerging revolutionaries when they struck the old Mollet Grist Mill in Somerville in 1774. They confsicated 212 barrels of gunpowder and angered thousands of musket toting farmers.

Winter Hill Has a Dog Park: Saxton Foss Park

Saxton Foss Park

49 Fellsway West, access the park via Broadway and McGrath Highway
Local residents are drawn to this fully equipped park for the swimming facilities and athletic fields. Dog owners should note that the park also has public restrooms and lighting for walks after dusk.

On-leash


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Magoun Square: Green Line Extension, Neighborhood Meetings, etc.

The great hope for Winter Hill is that there will one day be a green line on the MBTA that takes you back home after a day of work to a mini-bustling area centered in Magoun Square where you can have some coffee or get a beer, and then pick up whatever else you might need from a local shop on the walk home. This probably will never happen without significant community involvement.

Unfortunately, this information is a little late, and there isn't much on the web, but as an FYI for the future, here are a few sites and some information that you might keep an eye on for information about future discussions, meetings, etc. related to development in the area:

Blue Mass Group
Magoun Square ResiStat
Magoun Square ResiStat Yahoo Group
Progressive Democrats of Somerville interview Joe Lynch about Magoun Square

For a little more info on the types of neighborhood discussions at the ResiStat meetings, see this pdf of the notes from the last Magoun Square ResiStat meeting.


If you have more information that would be useful to post, please get in touch.

Reason 45 for why Somerville is GREAT.

On the southeast border of Winter Hill, where Highland Ave meets Medford St, a nostalgic SomerVillain adds an entry to our cataloging of all things Winter Hill with reason #45 why Somerville is great:

While we’re talking about memories: the Lowell Street bridge, located between Highland Ave. and Medford St., has been under construction for about 8 years and is finally finished. But before it went under construction, it was the wildest bridge around. If you we’re driving, and hit the bridge at say, 25 mph, you would get a little airborne. Being around 14 at the time, we’d get our moms to hit the bridge fast so that we’d get airborne. Any city that has a bridge that shoots your car into the air, even if it does decide to rebuild it, is cool.


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