Harambee Park is a park located in Dorchester and

Mattapan, Boston Mattapan () is a Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Historically a section of neighboring Dorchester, Massachusetts, Dorchester, Mattapan became a part of Boston when Dorchester was annexed in 1870. Mattapan is the ...

. Originally known as Franklin Field, it was designed by

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co- ...

in order to give Bostonians a place to play sports, as well as prevent them from doing it at nearby Franklin Park. During its operation, it has hosted

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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, and a speedway. Today, the park operates as Harambee Park, and part of the grounds have been turned into a housing project.

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