Echo Bridge

11/05/2019

Echo Bridge Bluegrass, by local Upper Falls resident Mark Bridger who wrote this song 30 years ago... what fun!

Words and music: Mark Bridger (vocal) Paul Sedgwick: Banjo, Rachel Elkin: Bass, Mark Bridger: Mandolin Jim Ruprecht: Fiddle, Marshall Cohen: Guitar

08/13/2019

35 people enjoyed a two hour hike and tour of Hemlock Gorge and Echo Bridge last Sunday, sponsored by Historic Newton. The fascinating history of this park is captured by Ken Newcomb's walking tour posted at www.hemlockgorge.org

02/10/2019

Echo Bridge's historic railing reconstruction project is highlighted in today's Sunday Globe (Metro Local Section). See:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/02/08/sounding-alarm-historic-treasures/nyH4LdgDKnJfnSj6lHcrzI/story.html

04/23/2018

See our 3 minute video overview of the Echo Bridge Railings Project:

Learn about Echo Bridge (linking Newton and Needham, Mass., since 1876) and current efforts to reconstruct the historic railings on its popular pedestrian pr...

01/29/2018

Ice Skating on New Pond, just downstream of Echo Bridge!
https://youtu.be/olLkd9aHGo8

07/31/2017

Hear the echo under Echo Bridge!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol33Irrj-cE

Echo Bridge in High Falls -Newton, MA

02/24/2017

Needham residents fond of Echo Bridge and supportive of the railing reconstruction proposal are encouraged to attend a public hearing held by the Needham Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in the Powers Hall at Town Hall at 7:30 PM. Six project proposals currently under CPC review will be presented, including the Railing project, and public comments will be solicited. Come and share what Echo Bridge and its historic railing means to you. We need your support!

01/25/2017

The Needham Channel news story on 1/19/17 about the Echo Bridge Railing project can be seen here:
https://youtu.be/hcpycSTc-n8

01/16/2017

Echo Bridge is the best kept secret in west suburban Boston! Take a hike over the Promenade and through Hemlock Gorge and you will quickly understand why we are advocating a public/private partnership to reconstruct the historic railings on the bridge. Please join us in support by visiting www.EchoBridgeRailings.com

www.hemlockgorge.org/FHG_Echo_Bridge_Archive/EchoBridgeFlyerRailings2016.pdfMWRA Community Preservation Funding Proposal (Nov 2016)www.newtonma.gov/civicax/filebank/documents/79036Historic Cast Iron and Steel Railings Study (2007) http://www.hemlockgorge.org/FHG_Echo_Bridge_Archive/EchoBridgeRailing...