1. Creating A Vision for Trapelo Rd./Belmont St., Belmont Citizens Forum “Belmont’s Main Street”

2. WALTHAM WATERTOWN N Trapelo Rd. PQ Park Waverley Square

3. Trapelo Rd./Belmont St. Business Clusters Waltham Line Waverley SquareBeech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N

5. Statement of Purpose “Working with residents, business owners, other groups of citizens, and Belmont’s town committees, we hope to find ways to make our busiest thoroughfare into a more vibrant main street and an enjoyable place to walk, shop, work and live.”

6. Cambridge: Harvard Square, Brattle St.

7. Arlington: Massachusetts Ave.

8. Arlington: Mass Ave. and Park Ave. Traffic & Road Design

9. Lexington Center: Mass Ave.Improved Crosswalks

10. Lexington Center: Mass Ave.

11. Arlington: Mass Ave.Trees & Green Space

12. Cambridge, Harvard Square, Brattle St.Public Amenities

13. Arlington: Mass Ave. and Park Ave.Public Amenities

14. Arlington: Mass Ave. near Park Ave.Public Amenities

15. Arlington: Mass Ave. near Pleasant St. Mixed Uses

16. Arlington: Mass Ave. near Park Ave. Mixed Uses

17. Public ParkingArlington Center

18. Bicycle AccommodationsArlington Center

19. Landmark Buildings

21. Waltham Line

23. swings

24. 1900’s Waverley Oaks

31. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Waverley Square

33. 1890’s Waverley Square, Trapelo Rd. Notice Fire Station (Butler School)

34. Notice Fire Station

37. ca:1898 Waverley Square Depot, Trapelo Rd. and Church St.

40. 1890’s: Second Waverley Hall and former Corbett Drug building;

44. 1960’s

48. 1950’s, Wheelworks building, Waverley Sq.

51. 1960’s: Waverley Square – Trapelo Rd. & White St.

52. First Congregational Church of Waverley

53. 1890’s - Walking to the Waverley Congregational Church’s Sunday service.

55. Former Daniel Butler School – Built 1873Photo 1913 - Waverley Firehouse and crew

57. White St./Waverley St. Butler School Waverley Fire Station & Branch Library Waverley Congregational Church SCHOOL ZONE

60. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. Area Hull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Beech St. Area

69. Improvements to Streetscapes

73. Hull St. to Flett Rd.

76. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. Area Hull St. to Flett Rd. Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N PQ Park Hull St. to Flett Rd.

86. PQ Park VW site Belmont Savings At Flett Rd. VFW Flett Rd. Area

92. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. Area Hull St. to Flett Rd. Palfrey Square Cushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Palfrey Square

96. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing SquareBelmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Fork Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Cushing Square

102. Parking 40 years ago

105. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Belmont St./Trapelo Rd. Merge

111. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N

115. Waltham Line Waverley Square Beech St. AreaHull St. to Flett Rd.Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Grove St. Area

120. Waltham Line Waverley SquareBeech St. Area Hull St. to Flett Rd. Palfrey SquareCushing Square Belmont St./ Trapelo Rd. Merge Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area N Cambridge Line Area

124. Key Issues Pedestrian Safety & Road Design Parking Streetscape Aesthetics Preservation of Landmark Buildings Appropriate Development Updates of Zoning & Business Bylaws

125. Trapelo Rd. near Waverley Oaks in 1930

126.   Pedestrian Accident occurring on Trapelo Rd. (59 total) (indicated in black)                                                  Pedestrian Accident occurring on Other Roads in Waverley/Cushing Sq. triangle (27 total) (indicated in red) BUTLER SCHOOL                         Waverley /Cushing Square Triangle - Pedestrian Accidents 1988-2/2002 86 pedestrian accidents in Waverley/Cushing Sq. Triangle (about 40% of town wide total) Waverley Square Beech St. Area Hull St. to Flett Rd. Palfrey Square Cushing Square Trapelo Rd./ Belmont St. Merge

127.  Pedestrian Accident occurring on East Belmont St. (22 total on this map) (indicated in black)    Accidents to left of line located on previous map Pedestrian Accident occurring on Other Roads in Vicinity on this map (7 total) (indicated in red)                     East Belmont St. 29 pedestrian accidents on East Belmont St. area (about 13% of town wide total) East Belmont St. - Pedestrian Accidents 1988-2/2002 ` Grove St. Area Cambridge Line Area School St. Area

128. Pedestrian Safety & Road Design

130. Parking Cushing Square Waverley Square

131. Streetscape Aesthetics

133. Landmark Buildings

134. Appropriate Development

135. New Zoning & Business Bylaws

136. “What will re-zoning do to our quality of life as residents?” (…and our future residents)

137. Credits Narrator: Jay McQuaide Editors: Cara Noferi and Rosemary Jenseth Production & Graphic Design: Cara Noferi Photographs courtesy of: Christine Arthur Belmont Historical Society David Johnson Andrea and Vincent Masciari Michael and Katharine MacPhail Cara Noferi Script Committee: Christine Arthur, Sue Bass, Andrea Masciari, Cara Noferi Thanks also to: Richard Betts Jim Bramante Alan McClennan Robert Reardon Jeffrey Wheeler