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AllianceViews Fort Point Channel: Nicer for Noses, Better for Boats! Article Courtesy of: Boston Preservation Alliance - POSTED BY: SARAH KELLY Carole Charnow, President of the Boston Children’s Museum; Mayor Menino; Senator Jack Hart; Danielle Pillion, Executive Director of the Friends of Fort Point Channel; and Boston City Councilors Bill Linehan and Felix Arroyo sound off air [...]
Article Courtesy of: CBS Boston Five Things To Do In Boston’s Fort Point, Seaport Neighborhood The Fort Point/Seaport neighborhood is THE up-and-coming neighborhood in Boston. In the past few years, a number of businesses have begun to transform the area that was once housed a bunch of abandoned mills, factory buildings, and parking lots. How [...]
City OKs rental project for D Street on Southie waterfront By Greg Turner | Article Courtesy of: http://www.bostonherald.com The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved plans today for a 197-unit apartment complex near the Southie convention center. Hub developer Cresset Development and New York-based real estate investment manager Clarion Partners will put up a pair of six-story [...]
FORT POINT CHANNEL OPERATIONS BOARD Boston, MA – Grant Announcement – March 16, 2012 Pilot Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Grant Program 1. GRANT OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY: A. PROPOSALS SOUGHT FOR: The Fort Point Channel Operations Board (“FPCOB”) requests proposals for the Pilot Fort Point Channel Watersheet Activation Grant Program. Projects must include either capital improvements [...]
Builder lays out plans for Seaport boutique hotel By Greg Turner | http://www.bostonherald.com The hotel headed for the sprawling Seaport Square project will offer 135 luxury rooms overlooking the Fort Point Channel, a pedestrian plaza linking the Boston Harborwalk and a publicly accessible rooftop terrace with commanding views of the downtown skyline. In a filing with [...]
THIS STORY APPEARED IN At Fort Point studios, artists feel betrayed By Geoff Edgers | Article Courtesy of: The Boston Globe David Rogers wrote the infamous note on Valentine’s Day. He was scrambling to leave the office at 15 Channel Center St. to take his wife to Legal Sea Foods when two artists stopped him. [...]
”We celebrate the past to awaken the future” ~ John F. Kennedy, 1960 Boston is a walking city – it’s easy to lose yourself in its narrow cobblestone streets, so embedded in their past. Article Courtesy of: Marina Chetner Historic Beacon Hill On a daytime stroll, you’ll pause to admire beautiful brownstones, original storefronts dating [...]
Boston: Put park aside to book hotel work Says Children’s Museum not ready with design By Donna Goodison | Article Courtesy of: http://www.bostonherald.com The city wants to let the massive Seaport Square project proceed without the developer fulfilling a 6-year-old promise for a waterfront park next to the Children’s Museum. The Boston Redevelopment Authority has [...]
Fort Point mixed-used rehab project wins city approval By Greg Turner | http://www.bostonherald.com City planners voted in favor of a $34 million project that will overhaul a trio of warehouse buildings on Melcher Street in the Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. The project coordinated by three separate property owners will create about 60 housing — including [...]
IN FORM: Communicating Boston Image of Experimental Information Center, Ashley/Myer/Smith, 1969. Photo by Booth Simpson. Articles Courtesy of: Boston Society of Architects Exhibit Opening: February 10, 2012 The experience of the city is never static. Our sense of the urban environment and our ability to navigate its terrain are constantly negotiated, subject to the hidden [...]
Owners say Fla. woes won’t sink Tea Party Museum Article Courtesy of: Chris Cassidy | http://www.bostonherald.com The owners of a taxpayer-funded Tea Party Museum in Fort Point Channel are facing foreclosure on a luxury condo project in Key West after borrowing approximately $30 million to fund the project — but its CEO denies his Florida failure [...]
State hopes to create Southern gateway to Boston Bids to redevelop Big Dig lots sought Article Courtesy of: The Boston Globe By Casey Ross Massachusetts officials are moving ahead on development of a large swath of state-owned property between Chinatown and South Boston in hopes it could eventually become a southern gateway to the city, [...]
Nearby Neighborhoods: Fort Point A guide to Boston’s transformed waterfront By Amy Laskowski share it! Photos by Vernon Doucette – Article Courtesy of: BU Today Few city neighborhoods have undergone the kind of recent transformation that Fort Point has. Comprising about 100 waterfront acres in the South End, the area has become Boston’s hottest—and hippest—district. [...]
First Night on Boston’s Waterfront Posted by Communications Article Courtesy of: Boston Redevelopment Authority The BRA is proud to announce its continued support of First Night. Thanks to the coordinating efforts and support of Mayor Menino, The Boston Harbor Association, and First Night Boston, special events and promotions are planned along Boston’s waterfront for New [...]
Lovejoy Wharf Water Transportation Options Discussed at Boston Conservation Commission Article Courtesy of: NorthEndWaterfront.com Lovejoy Wharf with North End at lower right, West End / North Station at lower left and Charlestown at upper left. (DCR Image) If and when a development happens at Lovejoy Wharf, there will be a docking facility for water transportation according [...]
Barge towed from Quincy shipyard to Tea Party Museum By Steve Adams The Patriot Ledger A key component of the new floating Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum was towed from Quincy to its permanent berth in the Fort Point Channel last week. (Photo Credit: Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum) The 360-ton barge constructed [...]
In Boston, architects design a public face for the profession By Sun Joo Kim Do you know the location of your local AIA (American Institute of Architects) office? How about its purpose? Taking some of the valuable design advice its members give to clients, the Boston chapter of the AIAis designing and using its space [...]
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