The September 28th meeting of the Downtown Municipal Harbor Plan Advisory Committee, hosted by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA), formerly known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), heard a presentation from the New England Aquarium (NEAQ). The team presented their concept for a corridor, 1000 feet long and about 80 feet wide, dubbed the Read More…
Wednesday’s meeting in City Hall’s Piedmont Room was again the place to discuss the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) plan for the vision of the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan (DWMHP). The BRA continues the conversation with the DWMHP Advisory Committee, and the public, about a comprehensive Public Realm Benefits plan for the district. On the Read More…
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) series of public meetings to further discuss their draft guidelines with the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee and get input from the public continued this week on Wednesday, April 13th. The BRA and the Committee heard a presentation from RKG Associates about development projects included in other Harbor Read More…
Wednesday’s meeting of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) continued the work on the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan (MHP) draft. The Advisory Committee and the public heard statements from the BRA and Utile Inc, about the progress that was made and the decision making process that is ongoing. Mr. Rich McGuinness, Deputy Director for Waterfront Planning Read More…
With no news regarding the impasse over the Harbor Garage development, the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee moved to potential area-wide approaches for open space provisions, height and shadow restrictions and impact offsets at its December 16, 2016 meeting, hosted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Tom Skinner, partner at Durand & Anastas Environmental Strategies, Read More…
After a long pause, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) resumed its meetings for the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan (MHP) Advisory Committee Wednesday at City Hall. The 5th floor Piemonte Room was filled to capacity as the public, mostly Harbor Tower residents, and the press came to hear about the recommendations the BRA is proposing. The three sites discussed Read More…
On Thursday night, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) held their fourth public meeting at City Hall on the Central Artery Ramp Parcel Study. The presentation showed the concepts that emerged from the previous work study meeting. Incorporating the desired uses for these parcels as a pedestrian walkways, the consulting Read More…
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has finished presenting individual projects for the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning initiative and begins the process of drafting the MHP in consultation with the Advisory Committee. The committee heard a presentation from Mathew Littell, Utile Inc., about the “guiding principles and guidelines for urban design and planning.” Mr. Littell pointed Read More…
At this week’s meeting, the Boston Redevelopment Authority had Bruce Carlisle, Director of Coastal Zone Management, talk about the State’s Chapter 91 licensing process under which the BRA and the Municipal Harbor Plan (MHP) Advisory Committee will prepare recommendations. The state is looking for specific requirements for substitute provisions (when relaxing some requirements) and amplifications (when applying further Read More…
For some, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony might smell like the air after a spring shower. For people in Seattle, it smells like Teen Spirit. For Julia Felix, it is the familiar smell of spruce and maple. She carves the soft wood with gentle care and hopes that she can bring the joy of music to the world Read More…
School officials hosted a meeting about the Eliot Upper School extension project and the ongoing construction at the site of the former North Bennet Street School in Boston’s North End. Community members heard a presentation from the architecture firm Finegold Alexander + Associates. Nancy Goodwin, the lead architect for the project, explained that the school will go through Read More…
The BRA, with the help of the Municipal Harbour Plan Advisory Committee, responded at a November 5th public meeting to the proposed 305 feet, 22 stories, residential tower on the site owned by James Hook & Co. on Northern Avenue. William Zielinski, the principal partner at SKW Partners Inc, had introduced the design during a previous Read More…