Parcel R-1 | 55 Hudson | Chinatown

[stick n move]

Was able to find a different render

Link

Plus the ones not posted from the earlier presentation

20221206 49-63 Hudson Parcel R-1 BCDC Presentation.pdf | Powered by Box

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[Jeremi]

Can a mod merge this thread into this thread:

Greenway Residential Building | 55 India Street | Downtown

-Very weird to have this not labelled as under construction on bostonplans and a notice of project alteration was just approved. “PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE APPROVED PROJECT The Proponent now seeks to further update the Project by altering the layout of the third floor as shown on the floor...

archboston.com

That's a different building...

 

[mssrro]

11/21:

 

[bagel4boston]

The space between the neighboring building and this one really bothers me

 

[Jeremi]

The space between the neighboring building and this one really bothers me

Prion disease:

 

[mssrro]

1/2:

 

[BACsop]

I really dislike this imagery on the sign. An apartment is a home, even if you don't own it. And the use of a SFH graphic here is bad. Even in an income-restricted multi-family apartment tower the messaging is that owning a SFH is the ultimate goal.

 

[Scott]

Promoting SFHs never crossed their minds. The neighborhood is over 90% renters, the largest percentage in the city. Homeownership builds wealth. They are telling people that they can actually own some of these and that there will be new affordable apartments for rent

Edit: clarity

 

[mssrro]

2/13

Appears that the crane is likely about to go up:

 

[Czervik.Construction]

Sort of gives a Hennepin County (Minneapolis) government building vibe with the glass down the middle.

 

[stick n move]

The amount of empty lots left in the area is really getting low now, great to see.

I wasnt the biggest fan of the boston water and sewer lots proposal, but that area around melnea cass is really needed to be filled in in order to re-connect the south end to roxbury again. That and the other lots across the street which also have their own proposals which are hopefully still moving forward will knit that area together a massive amount. Right now the empty lots and melnea cass both create a massive barrier between neighborhoods. I think this area and mass ave from bmc up to edward everett square (just learned this actually had its own name separate from uphams corner) are two of the most important next areas to focus on filling in. If roxbury and the south end were knit together and mass ave was developed on both sides from the south end to dorchster it would make the downtown core feel much larger because it would no longer be surrounded by a moat on those 2 sides.

 

[mssrro]

4/27:

 

[mssrro]

5/10

Crane was erected either late Friday or over the weekend.

 

[stick n move]

Pretty crazy that once this is built basically all of the empty lots in chinatown around the highway will be filled back in. Been a loong time coming. Even over the entire neighborhood theres really only like 2-3 empty lots left. I guess technically this lot looks like it will have space for a second future thinner tower, but regardless its great seeing so many of these long held scars filling back in after soo long.

 

[JeffDowntown]

Pretty crazy that once this is built basically all of the empty lots in china town around the highway will be filled back in. Been a loong time coming. Even over the entire neighborhood theres really only like 2-3 empty lots left. I guess technically this lot looks like it will have space for a second future thinner tower, but regardless its great seeing so many of these long held scars filling back in after soo long.

Yes, the thin space is separately owned. It is a series of old rowhouse parcels along Harvard Street owned by the Chinese Christian Church of New England. They would not cooperate with the BPDA on the current 55 Hudson development.

If you see an empty space left in Chinatown, it is likely a combination of old small rowhouse parcels (not really a single lot), often owned by multiple owners, generally family trusts. Very hard to get them to cooperate on development (they all think their parcel is the lynchpin for the development, so the most valuable).

 

[Justbuildit]

Pretty crazy that once this is built basically all of the empty lots in chinatown around the highway will be filled back in. Been a loong time coming. Even over the entire neighborhood theres really only like 2-3 empty lots left. I guess technically this lot looks like it will have space for a second future thinner tower, but regardless its great seeing so many of these long held scars filling back in after soo long.

Nothing left to do but deck the Pike from the Expressway to Back Bay