The Cool Block project is loading the area with pretty much every heat fighting tool in use around the country. It may become a template as municipalities struggle with longer, more intense warm seasons and heat waves. A few weeks ago, there were just five small trees.īut this nondescript slice of the state’s smallest city is worth watching. Ten multi-family buildings with parking lots for backyards fill out the middle. There’s a Boys & Girls Club at one end and a vacant lot at the other. Nearly every foot is covered by a roof or pavement. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Ī city block just behind the industrial waterfront in Chelsea is typical for urban heat islands across the U.S. Facebook Email Members of the DCR's Urban and Community Forestry Program plant a cherry tree on Maverick Street in Chelsea, part of the “Chelsea Cool Block” project to help mitigate urban heat in the city.
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