Old Colony phase 4, 5, & 6 | 72-110 Mercer street | South Boston

-Project is finally complete. Final Ribbon Cutting Today on phase 6. 840 public housing units replaced total and 47 additional market rate units.

Mayor Michelle Wu Celebrates The Historic Transformation of the Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony​

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“Mayor Michelle Wu and Congressman Stephen Lynch joined the Boston Housing Authority, Beacon Communities, the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, MassHousing, labor partners, and residents to celebrate the final ribbon-cutting for The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony.”

“Built in 1940, Old Colony was built to provide low-income housing for families in South Boston, and served as workforce housing for defense workers, and as a destination for returning World War II veterans. In 2010 the City of Boston and residents began working on a strategic master plan to fully redevelop the aging Old Colony community into a modern housing community.”

“The Anne Lynch homes now include 887 affordable apartments, home to 1,400 residents, built by 100 percent union labor. In Congress, I will continue to bring additional resources and advocate for federal action to increase funding for workforce and below-market housing. Safe and affordable housing is a core element of the American dream. I will continue to work with my colleagues to make it a reality.”

The redevelopment replaced all 840 public housing units with modern affordable housing and added an additional 47 units, for a total of 887 units across six phases. The sixth and final phase at Old Colony is an 89 unit building for families and seniors built to passive house standards with electric heating, cooling, and hot water…….”

Mayor Michelle Wu Celebrates The Historic Transformation of the Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony

Mayor Michelle Wu Celebrates The Historic Transformation of the Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony
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Phase 6 wrapped up
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Walking around through the area now that its finished it honestly has become one of the nicer spots in southie, which is crazy being that it is a redeveloped public housing complex. Theres a bunch of retail filling out the ground floors now, its super dense, everything feels new and in good condition, theres pocket parks everywhere, lots of street trees, diverse building types, plus its right near the water, moakley park..etc. Most importantly in my opinion is that it all blends in with and becomes an extension of all of the other new development near by on old colony ave and dorchester st.

Theres tons of people out walking around going about their lives and treating it as just another part of southie. The effective size of the neighborhood has grown by roughly 16 blocks compared to before because the old buildings didnt have any retail, were built at weird angles to the rest of the neighborhood, had hardly any through streets, repetitive architecture, and it didnt really have any reason for people who didnt live there to be there or pass through. Now it has become just another part of the neighborhood with no fixed boundaries or hostile architecture that tells you that youve entered a separate part of the neighborhood. If mccormack and bunker hill do as good of a job as they did here its going to be a massive improvement there too.
 
What I thought was retail being fitted out was probably this

“In addition, it will include approximately 6,662 gross square feet of accessory community space that will be available for lease to local community service organizations that improve the quality of life for community residents. It is anticipated that the space will initially be leased by a local South Boston arts organization that works with low-income individuals.”
 
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What I thought was retail being fitted out was probably this

“In addition, it will include approximately 6,662 gross square feet of accessory community space that will be available for lease to local community service organizations that improve the quality of life for community residents. It is anticipated that the space will initially be leased by a local South Boston arts organization that works with low-income individuals.”
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Well, at least that's something. The organizations having offices on the ground floor of these units will build community and improve this neighborhood.
 
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