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Haymarket Square Hotel Proposal Wins MassDOT Designation as Developer for Parcel 9 on Greenway

After 4+ years of consideration, State officials have finally designated a winning proposal for Central Artery Parcel 9 on the Greenway. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has selected the Haymarket Square Hotel project by Normandy Real Estate Partners and Jones Lang LaSalle. The Perkins + Will designed development will include an 8-story, 180-room hotel, a Read More…

Big Dig Tunnel Photo – Finished Product?

In addition to last weekend’s trash photos, North End resident and Connah Store owner, Mark Petrigno, shared this photo of the Big Dig tunnel entrance/exit across from the North End’s Cross Street plaza, by the N. Washington Street intersection. (See where J. Pace’s store sign is in photo.) Noticing rebar sticking out of concrete in Read More…

Big Dig Architecture Walk

I recently went on a architecture history walk, courtesy of Context Travel, centered around the Big Dig and Boston’s development history from colonial times to the establishment of today’s Greenway parks. Our guide was Amy Finstein, a professor of architectural history who has extensively researched Boston’s original Central Artery along with similar urban modernization in Read More…