July 24, 2014 Wenda Tai, Real Estate Department Boston Housing Authority 52 Chauncy St., 8th floor Boston, MA 02111 Dear Ms. Tai: WalkBoston strongly supports the Implementation Phase of the Whittier Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative comes at a very opportune time. It presents a unique chance to build upon the many transportation …
July 21, 2014 Mary R. Ainsley, Senior Director of Design & Construction for GLX Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) 100 Summer Street, Suite 250, Boston, MA 02110 RE: Green Line Extension (GLX) Project Equivalent Facilitation Request Dear Ms Ainsley: First, I would like to thank you for the very clear and succinct presentation of the …
In 1895, landscape architect Charles Eliot was hired to restore the great crescent of the beach permanently for bathing, promenading, eating, socializing and ocean viewing. A narrow gauge railroad led to beach amenities like open-air bathhouses with bathing suits rented for 25 cents/hour. Rules of the era prohibited bathers from crossing the boulevard in bathing …
July 11, 2014 Secretary Maeve Vallely Bartlett Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Attn: Holly Johnson 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston MA 02114 RE: Comments on the DEIR for the Redevelopment of the Government Center Garage MEPA #15134 Dear Secretary Vallely Bartlett: WalkBoston reviews significant proposed development projects to provide comments about …
Weymouth has many of the attributes of a walkable community including a street system that has interconnected blocks of moderate size, a mix of land uses within reasonable proximity of many residents, a number of commercial areas that include a variety of civic uses, a mix of housing types including multi- family buildings and a …