Loyalty rewarded
Under a blazing fall sun, against a backdrop of green grass and gold-touched trees, Allston’s Library Park received a new name in a Nov. 5 ceremony honoring one of the neighborhood’s most active and respected residents. The site just off North Harvard Street, behind the Honan-Allston Branch Library, was renamed Raymond V. Mellone Park at an event hosted by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The park was created on the one-time site of a concrete plant through a partnership among Harvard University, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the Boston Parks & Recreation Department, the Boston Public Library, and members of the Allston-Brighton community. “I just wanted to say how excited Harvard is to invest in creating this park and to bring a world-class architect to a world-class community vision and now, today, to have it named on behalf of a world-class community leader,” said Christine Heenan, vice president for Harvard Public Affairs & Communications,...