A proposal for a 65-condo building was approved for South Boston this month by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). The project at 87-93 Broadway would include a landscaped green roof and ground floor retail within its 98,000 square feet of space.A commitment of $50,000 from the developer, Broadway & A St. LLC, will go toward [...]
Earlier today, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced plans for a new green space along Boston's waterfront in strategic partnership with the Trustees of the Reservations. The space, according to a Boston Globe article, would link Fort Point, Chinatown, and South Boston, as well as some islands, marshes and footbridges.The Trustees of the [...]
Boston's Winthrop Square Tower development plan has been in the news a lot the past year. The tower's plan calls for condoson the top 36 floors, with offices, retail, and public space on the lower ones. There's been a lot of debate over its proposed height of 775 feet.It now looks like the developer will reduce the height to avoid sending [...]
Developers in Boston are being pushed to improve their plans for public spaces, according to a Boston Globe article. The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) is looking more closely at designs being submitted by [...]
WS Development, the developer for an upcoming Boston Seaport office building, claims uniqueness as their point of differentiation. They say that "great places are one-offs, unique in their design, merchandizing, and operations."According to a Bisnow article, WS Development really stepped up to the plate after acomplaint at aState of the [...]
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) defines urban design as "the art and science of shaping a city's public realm, collectively comprised of public spaces, the activities that occur within them, and the buildings that frame them."An Urban Design Departmentplays a key role within the BPDA. That department's staff is charged with [...]
In itseffort to strategize bettercommunicationand collaboration with Boston neighborhoods,the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) worked with a Bostondesign firm called Continuumthat focuses on institutions with complex problems.There's an interesting article about this ongoing transition [...]
Ink Underground is the name of the new park planned for under Boston's Southeast Expressway. Itsdeveloper, National Development, is the same firmwho brought the residential/mixed-use Ink Block to the South End. This seemingly unlikely place for a park sitsbeneath Ink Block and Fort Point Channel.The eight acres are being leased to National [...]
An approximately one-acre park may get added to the Landmark Center's expansion project, according to Curbed Boston. The mixed-use project at Park Drive just off Brookline Avenue includes housing, retail, office space, and a parking garage. The addition of a park would mean loss ofthe current parking lot currently in front of the center.The [...]
