BSLA Creates Lynn Wolff Fund

Lynn Wolff

Lynn Wolff

Boston – The Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) recently announced the Lynn Wolff Fund, which was established to honor the memory and work of the late Lynn Wolff, FASLA, president and principal of Copley Wolff Design Group, who passed away earlier this year.

Stemming from the Lynn Wolff Fund is an annual grant, which is given to one exceptional candidate or project that builds common ground through a design improvement within the public realm. The fund was spearheaded by Deneen Crosby, principal and director of landscape architecture at Crosby|Schlessinger|Smallridge, in conjunction with other members of the Boston Civic Design Commission who served with Wolff.

The 2016 grant was awarded to the Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), a Boston-based day community for women experiencing homelessness or poverty. The allotted amount will help build an outdoor garden, visible from Berkeley and Newbury Streets in Boston, that will form the entrance to WLP, and will be tended by volunteers and guests of the program.

The inaugural grant was announced recently at a fundraising event on the seventh-floor roof deck at 75 State St. in Boston. As one of Copley Wolff’s most notable projects, the outdoor space features a large open-air deck with a variety of seating options, and offered a perfect setting to commemorate Wolff’s contributions to the landscape design industry.

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“It is an honor to help establish the Lynn Wolff Fund in memory of such an inspiring landscape architect and leader,” said Crosby. “Lynn was a thoughtful and creative designer who was truly committed to the City of Boston, and to making welcoming places for all to enjoy. By creating this annual grant in her name, we hope to help celebrate Lynn’s incredible spirit and life’s work by enabling the creation of new designs and spaces, just as she did for so many years.”