FortPointGuy
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I think it does. All neighborhoods must have boundaries, otherwise they wouldn't be neighborhoods. Some boundaries are more fuzzy than others, but the Fort Point neighborhood is actually pretty rigid - both in its look/feel and its municipality-designated boundary. Fort Point development will always look different from Seaport development as long as the landmark district guidelines are in place and enforced.
Hmmm...South Boston is a neighborhood with boundaries, yes. The areas and places within South Boston, no.
And even the city disregards its own boundary lines. On St. Patrick's Parade day bars close early in South Boston. But not all of South Boston. The dividing line is Congress Street. So Lucky's is forced to close for the day before Drink, which is permitted to open that day, unlocks its doors. (These bars are across the street from each other for those who don't know.)
Keeping the focus on Fort Point, if a distinction must be drawn one could argue that the church/office building and Yotel parcels are actually in Fort Point, not in the Seaport. Each parcel is currently a parking lot for a Fort Point building and are both separated by fence from and depressed several feet below the grade of Seaport Boulevard. One of the main access points to both parcels will be Farnsworth Street via Congress Street in Fort Point. If they aren't in Fort Point, they are straddling the boundary line.
I can only conclude Fort Point is not a neighborhood so much as an area comprised more or less within the Seaport.