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Underground parking, yet site raised. We still can't even do serious consistent policy on a site by site basis let alone by the City.

IZ is a bad system, full stop. It was created in the 70s to block any new housing in places like Berkeley. That said, it can serve useful integration ends, if properly compensated for with density bonuses. All that is immaterial given today's policies, though, which require flexibility and...

Some back of the envelope math here about how self-defeating the City's IZ policy is here: 5-7M is the aff housing contribution to the Oxford St building. City property taxes on 115 condos are going to be well over 1M per year. Boston could *easily* either just pay the aff housing subsidy out...

I know several IAG members, including ones who have no problem with the agreement with the city that have told me they were blindsided by the whole thing. It seems like an unforced error by the City/BPDA here. I agree strongly that neighbors, electeds, and all sorts of NIMBYs have made a...

They told no one on the IAG or in the n'hood about it. Causing a major furor locally, despite it being a good one (removing the idiotic 93 ramp proposals).

Bike Hub on Richard Ross Way. Any details?

Fantastic. Has there ever been word about redeveloping the Star Market parking behind this?

Madison Park Village is remarkably nice compared with much of the neighboring ones. I'm also not convinced that the two and half story townhomes are _that_ much less dense than the surrounds.

This is a big deal. I am, however, concerned that the City is continuing to dump low income housing in Lower Roxbury, much as it did in the 50s and 60s. There's minimal market rate housing this side of Northampton St (esp south of Tremont) and a number of housing projects. Smart thing to do...

Yeah this makes sense, it is a little odd given the sky high hotel rates here.

Yeah, plus they may eventually build on P3, though the latest proposal continues the boneheaded trend there.

There's a bunch of small retail on Tremont between ~Camden and St Cyprian streets, much of which serves students. If anything, it makes the area by Ruggles stand out more for how hostile it is.

Why does a project like this get BPDA approval then immediately do a NPC? Seems like it would only add to financing cost + other complexities.

Snowport is free and run by forward thinking individuals who bring in a purposely diverse group of vendors. City Hall Plaza could have all those things, but it would take more serious leaders than those who run our typical markets and a different subsidization scheme (I think the major Seaport...

Yeah, this seems right. There's ground floor space in extant buildings, but universities almost never publicly lease such areas. I don't know if there's retail planned for the Whittier redevelopment 12 story (u/c) or the Crescent parcel proposals, both of which could help too.

There is land in the neighborhood that is held not by the city that could be bought and IMP'd. Tufts even has a garage they could redevelop. None of what you say contradicts any of that. There are bargains to be struck for the development of neighborhood housing, etc, too. Further, my point...

That is a little silly --- they need a proposal that could get various tax credits + subsidies and not rely on Tufts paying for a parking garage b/c they lost the Winthrop Sq $$$. Tufts could have paid for a garage there, or could still pay for a garage on the remaining empty parcel along...

This, of course, is also insane, given that nearly all lab in Boston is built on spec....But, I won't complain b/c job centralization is good.

More seriously, there might actually be an easement there as with Fenway studios. Complaining doesn't often win you that argument with a PDA...Could check the public letters on BPDA to confirm.

Who owns the neighboring garage? If that gets redeveloped, there would be a whole block reborn...