THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 Page 17 DCR looking to improve Sullivan Park By Adam Swift lized, he said, it is underused. “The DCR is really looking 1. The world’s tallest thermometer (134 feet) is in the town of Baker in what U.S. state? 2. On Dec. 3, 1895, what female Austrian psychoanalyst was born who wrote “The Ego and Mechanisms of Defense”? 3. What is a Joe Frogger? 4. December 4 is National Cookie Day; what was the first U.S. mass-produced cookie? 5. The Gießkannenmuseum in Gießen, Germany, celebrates what kind of “can”? 6. On Dec. 5, 1901, what entertainment company was founded that is headquartered in Burbank, Calif.? 7. In the original Brothers Grimm fairytale, who was Ashputtel? 8. How are Tom Brady and Peyton Manning similar? 9. Manitoulin Island is the world’s largest lake island and has over 100 inland lakes; what lake is it in? 10. December 6 is St. Nicholas Day; he was the Bishop of Myra, which is now called Demre and is Answers in what country? 11. Why are helium balloons able to fl oat? 12. What European city is considered the world’s most bicycle-friendly city? 13. How are Canada, snow and cackling similar? 14. On Dec. 7, 1932, what Swiss physicist received an American visa? 15. The watchword of the Camp Fire Girls of America (rebranded as Camp Fire) is “Wohelo,” an anagram standing for what? 16. On Dec. 8, 1993, the U.S. Secretary of Defense stated that there were 24 GPS satellites available for civilian navigation use; what does GPS stand for? 17. In what N.E. state is Funspot, the world’s largest video game arcade? 18. Which insect is thought to have the largest brain? 19. Where will the FIFA World Cup be in 2022? 20. On Dec. 9, 1902, what method of transport was fi rst shown on a U.S. stamp? S ullivan Park, currently an underused baseball fi eld at Revere Beach Boulevard and Revere Street, could soon be an urban oasis with a bocce court, walkways and more than 100 trees. The state Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) project was before the Conservation Commission for a hearing regarding wetland buffer and stormwater management mitigation Wednesday night. The hearing will continue next month after the project receives a fi ling number from the Department of Environmental Protection. During Wednesday’s hearing, however, DCR representatives and project designers discussed how they will transform the nearly two-acre property. “Currently, there is a baseball fi eld at the park, and the improvements will include turning it into more of a passive recreation park,” said Jim Jackson, a managing engineer with Pare Corporation in Foxboro. Jackson said the park is currently a little run down, and while the baseball fi eld is utito invest significantly in this currently underutilized site,” said landscape architect Sklyer Chick of Shadley Associates. “It’s barely used by anyone and it is surrounded by a vast urban environment.” The park is bound by Revere Beach Boulevard on the east, Revere Street to the south, a National Grid parcel and Diamond Creek to the west and a recently completed six-story residential development at 320 Revere Beach Blvd. to the north. Chick said the DCR has held two public meetings since last year on plans to redevelop the park. One of the biggest steps the DCR will be taking is making the site fully ADA accessible, Chick said. Coming up from Revere Beach Boulevard will be paved concrete plaza with tree pits, benches and game tables. “From that plaza, you can view the beach across the street or look west into the park,” said Chick. “It is creating a terracing eff ect, where the plaza is at a higher elevation, and to the west of that is a bocce court terrace, and farther to the west is what we call the great lawn area.” The lawn area will also include a water feature with eight water jets that will be like a small splash pad, and a metal shaded structure. There will also be paved walkways throughout the park and planting of native fl owers on the edges of the park. “We are also introducing a very large number of trees,” said Chick. “At the existing site, we do have to remove 10 trees; half of them are invasive species.” But in exchange, the DCR will be planting 101 new trees with 63 deciduous shade trees and 38 evergreen trees. “We think this is a huge improvement to the site,” said Chick. A small part of the park does extend behind 320 Revere Beach Blvd., and the DCR will be creating an easement so emergency and maintenance vehicles can pass through. Several Conservation Commission members did raise questions about whether the easement would be a large enough access point for the vehicles. 1. California 2. Anna Freud 3. A spicy molasses cookie thought to have originated in Marblehead, Mass. 4. Animal Crackers 5. Watering can (The museum has over 1,000.) 6. The Walt Disney Company 7. Cinderella 8. They are the only starting quarterbacks to win at the Super Bowl with two diff erent teams. 9. Lake Huron 10. Turkey 11. Because helium is lighter than air. Air is mostly oxygen and nitrogen. 12. Copenhagen, Denmark 13. They are varieties of geese found in North America. 14. Albert Einstein 15. Work, Health, Love 16. Global Positioning System 17. New Hampshire (Weirs Beach) 18. Ants 19. Qatar 20. 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