More than half of the individuals taking advantage of discounted parking at the Haymarket Center Garage have been removed from the list following a 5 Investigates report that many are not actually North End residents. Two months ago, 5 Investigates found that more than 40% of those getting the parking deal of the century – Read More…
Tag: Parcel 7
North End Resident Parking Abuse at Parcel 7 Haymarket Garage (5 Investigates)
Sixty discounted parking spaces at the Parcel 7 Haymarket Garage were dedicated North End residents during and after the Big Dig as mitigation for lost parking elsewhere in the neighborhood. The $150 monthly rate is more than half off the garage rate for a typical indoor parking spot. Now, 5 Investigates finds those North End Read More…
Boston Public Market Opens With 37 Local Vendors [Photo Gallery]
After a multi-year planning effort, the Boston Public Market opened Thursday, July 30th at 100 Hanover Street, above the Haymarket T Station on the ground floor of the Parcel 7 garage. The non-profit indoor market is open 8am to 8pm from Wednesday through Sunday. The main entrance is on Congress Street although the market also has entrances along the Read More…
Boston Public Market Vendors Selected for July 2015 Opening
The Boston Public Market has selected its first round of vendors to sell locally produced goods in the new market set to open this July. At 28,000 square feet, the market will encompass the ground floor of the Parcel 7 / Haymarket garage (136 Blackstone Street) adjacent to the Rose Kennedy Greenway and next to the Read More…
Boston Public Market Comes Closer to Fruition [Video]
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hkdafr6LUk] The Boston Public Market Association and their development team presented the proposed design for the Boston Public Market project. The market will be located in the currently vacant ground floor of the MassDOT Parcel 7 garage at 136 Blackstone Street, on the corner of Hanover Street along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Boston Read More…
Registry of Motor Vehicles Moving to Parcel 7 Along the North End Greenway Parks
The Registry of Motor Vehicles is moving adjacent to the North End into the 2nd and 3rd floors of Parcel 7, the tunnel vent building / parking garage adjacent to the Greenway parks. The ground floor of Parcel 7 remains slated for the Boston Public Food Market. The RMV is currently located on Washington Street Read More…
Haymarket Pushcarts: A Whole New Market
If Public Markets are ever created at Haymarket — in the multi-million dollar white elephant Big Dig ventilation building (Parcel 7) or in a future building on Parcel 9 — the big winner could be the Haymarket pushcarts. That’s because the public markets might introduce countless new customers to the tremendous variety and values offered by the pushcarts. And they are no Read More…
Boston Public Market Association Designated to Operate Food Market at Parcel 7
The Public Market Commission voted on Monday, March 19, 2012 to designate the sole bidder, Boston Public Market Association, as the operator for a new food market on the ground floor of Parcel 7, a State-owned garage/office building near Haymarket along the Greenway. Lease negotiations and fundraising are ongoing with an expected opening date of Read More…
Boston Public Market Association Makes Its Pitch as Sole Bidder for Parcel 7; Haymarket Questions Abound
The Boston Public Market Association presented its proposal last night at a public meeting regarding its plan to bring a food market to downtown Boston’s Market District at Parcel 7, near Haymarket along the Greenway. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) hosted the meeting with its Public Market Commission, a group of citizens and Read More…
Boston Public Market Association to Present Food Market Proposal at Open Meeting on March 13, 2012
The Public Market Commission will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 6:30pm at 100 Cambridge Street, Conference Room C, Boston, MA. The Commission will hear a presentation of the proposal submitted by the Boston Public Market Association and ask questions. The official notice is posted here and pasted below. The proposal Read More…
Boston Public Market Association is Sole Bidder for Food Market Planned for Parcel 7 Along Greenway
The Boston Public Market Association is the sole bidder for the Parcel 7 ground floor operation of a “Made in Massachusetts” food market planned for the garage building next to Haymarket and the Greenway, according to officials. The space has been empty for 10+ years since the MassDOT building was constructed as part of the Big Read More…
Poll Results: You Will Shop at the Public Food Market
In one of the most lopsided polls we’ve had, the proposed Boston Public Food Market saw huge support with 63% of respondents expected to be frequent shoppers and another 32% occasional visitors. Only 6% of voters said they won’t use it. Good news for the bidders! Related article: Boston Public Market Request for Proposal Issued