The My Neighborhood Census Viewer was recently released by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, allowing the public to research data to the 2010 census block area. Using the viewer to create a rough area of the North End / Waterfront reveals the following: There are 11,753 residents in the North End / Waterfront. See the map Read More…
Sarah Barnat of Trinity Financial Inc. presented the developer’s plan for “One Canal,” an apartment rental complex to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, NEWRA, on December 8, 2011. In addition to 320 luxury apartments, the building will include approximately 21,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The parcel runs along N. Washington Street, Read More…
Two developers have filed project change notices, moving the process forward on building complexes planned for the West End’s Bulfinch Triangle area. First, the Merano building is proposed for the intersection of Beverly and Causeway Streets, adjacent to the North End at the end of the Greenway. Second, the Forecaster Building renovation is proposed on Read More…
Wrapping up a successful 2-day forum on the future of Boston Harbor, Kairos Shen, reflects on the city planning aspects of the waterfront. Shen is Boston’s Chief Planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Vivien Li, President of The Boston Harbor Association, provides the introduction as part of a forum titled “A Clean Boston Harbor, What Read More…
A consultant hired to research the implementation of a Public Market for the ground floor of the Parcel 7 garage next to the Greenway and Haymarket has concluded that, “Strong supply, demand, a great location and massive public and government support puts this project at a great starting point.” The Massachusetts Department of Agriculture recently Read More…
Video: Government Center Garage Redevelopment Project Meeting of the Impact Advisory Group for the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Presentation by Thomas O’Brien, HYM Investment Group – July 18, 2011, City Hall. Despite many unanswered questions, HYM’s Investment Group’s Thomas O’Brien received a hopeful response last night to his new proposal for a large, phased-in complex to Read More…
A group of neighborhood residents, locally known as the “North End Ten,” scored a major win in Superior Court against the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The action stops the development of a proposed 220-seat waterfront restaurant, Doc’s Long Wharf, on the end of Boston’s Long Wharf, subject to a possible appeal. In a June 10, Read More…
Raise a glass to the 10th anniversary of a proposed supermarket for the North and West Ends. Here, below, from my old files, is a letter describing the need for an “affordable ” and “easily-accessible” supermarket. It was sent May 17, 2001, by Boston City Councillor At-Large Francis “Mickey” Roache to the BRA — with a copy Read More…
The Licensing Board will hear from Doc’s Long Wharf on Tuesday, May 3rd regarding the non-use of its alcohol license as of March 30, 2011. Alcohol licenses expire after a non-use period of usually one year. Doc’s was intending to lease the location from the Boston Redevelopment Authority that owns the property. However, ten North Read More…
Please note: This post replaces a previous article that used rough census tracts where the numbers were muddied by a large Downtown tract that overlapped with part of the North End neighborhood. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) Research Division has published more refined neighborhood data for the North End zoning district as defined by the Read More…
The long-awaited Stop & Shop on Canal Street in the West End may finally be happening, according to Tom Grillo of the Boston Herald: “Stop & Shop is expected to break ground this fall on Canal Street near the TD Garden.” “Trinity Financial recently reached an agreement with Stop & Shop to build a long-awaited Read More…
A group of ten local residents challenging plans to locate a restaurant on the end of Long Wharf won the first series of court motions against the City and State. The court denied dismissal motions by the City’s Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the State’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Notifications of the court rulings Read More…