On the Boston side of the Charles River, in 1915, pre-Storrow Drive. Storrow Drive was built in 1950-1951. The parkway is named for James J. Storrow (1864-1926), an investment banker who led a campaign to create the Charles River Basin and preserve and improve the riverbanks as public parks. He had never advocated a parkway beside the river, and his widow strenuously opposed it
