[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avz6LXtw69A] An updated draft of the Downtown Waterfront Activation and Public Realm Plan was presented this week by Utile’s Matthew Littell to the advisory committee tasked with recommending actions to the Boston Redevelopment Authority for the planning area that runs from Long Wharf to the Hook Lobster site. This is the second iteration in Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmTqEcRP0ko] Chief Planner, Kairos Shen, of the Boston Redevelopment Authority presented “Planning Area Urban Design Context” on Wednesday, March 26th, to the Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee. Shen began by comparing the key role of New York City’s Central Park to that of the Inner Boston Harbor after the cleanup. Both the Read More…
In a status update this week regarding the disputed Chapter 91 license at Long Wharf, the State has released a letter indicating that the proposed “Doc’s Restaurant falls within the Section 6(f)3 park boundary.” The letter implies the entire end of Long Wharf falls under the Land Water and Conservation Act which protects public investments Read More…
Last we left the legal wrangling over the open space at the end of Long Wharf, the “North End Ten” group of residents notched a win in December 2013 when Superior Court Judge Fahey remanded the case back to the State’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). By vacating the Chapter 91 permit, this action effectively Read More…
A group of area residents, sometimes called the North End Ten, received a very supportive court ruling in their fight to “Save Long Wharf” from commercialization through a restaurant as proposed by defendant Boston Redevelopment Authority. The ruling was received this week in the mail from Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Fahey. Not only did Judge Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skjuu95Y1I4] Hook Lobster presented at Wednesday’s Municipal Harbor Planning meeting as the Boston Redevelopment Authority and its Downtown Waterfront Advisory Committee consider recommendations for zoning along the Greenway corridor. Since a 2008 fire at the property, the family business has been operating out of a small one-story wood framed building on Atlantic Avenue surrounded Read More…
A North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) committee has contacted the Boston Redevelopment Authority expressing concerns regarding the public review process for the The Boston Garden Project. The comments are largely in response to the now infamous “rabble rousing” BRA email sent to members of an Impact Advisory Group (IAG) including the following statements Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMrnMv9u6uI] The Boston Redevelopment Authority hosted a meeting at City Hall on October 30, 2013 regarding proposed changes to the previously approved Lovejoy Wharf Project. Lovejoy Wharf is located along the N. Washington Street Bridge in the West End / Bulfinch Triangle between North Station and the North End. The presented changes include: (1) Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) issued conditional support for the first phase of the proposed Boston Garden Project in an 8-page comment letter to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Phase I of The Boston Garden Project will go far toward reaching the goals along the Causeway Street corridor. Phase I should move forward Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dscbjdpts] The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park presented at the October 23, 2013 Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee Meeting, hosted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority at City Hall. Speaking on behalf of the FOCCP’s 300+ members was President Joanne Hayes-Rines. FOCCP is an all-volunteer non-profit organization in the North End / Waterfront Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gRJweP6RfY] The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy presented at the October 23, 2013 Downtown Waterfront Municipal Harbor Planning Advisory Committee Meeting at City Hall. Speaking on behalf of the Conservancy was COO and Acting Executive Director Jesse Brackenbury and Director of Planning & Design, Linda Jonash. The Greenway Conservancy is the non-profit operator of Read More…
The Boston Redevelopment Authority has posted a public meeting notice regarding proposed modifications to the previously approved Lovejoy Wharf Project. Changes include (1) the separation of 131 Beverly Street and 160 North Washington Street to create two independent buildings, (2) the residential units in the 131 Beverly Street building are now anticipated to be for Read More…