Didn't feel like starting a new thread or trying to find an appropriate one.
My town section Globe
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news...n_zoning_chang.html?p1=HP_Well_YourTown_links
Proposed zoning code changes could alter the allowable height of the South End's Harrison Albany corridor to reach 175 feet.
Friday marks the end of the comment period on the proposal which city planners hope will draw development, including possibly a hotel, to vacant parcels on Albany Street near the Massachusetts Turnpike.
The plan targets six lots that connect the South End to neighboring districts to the north and south. Lower Roxbury and the northern-most portion of the South End, abutting Chinatown, would see increases in the allowable height for some parcels increase by as much as 105 feet. The South Washington area sandwiched between them, a destination for galleries, restaurants and boutiques, remains zoned at 70 feet, according to the plan.
"There's certainly a historical significance being preserved on Washington Street with the tight restrictions," says Nicholas Fedor, executive director for Washington Gateway Main Street, a business development organization representing Washington Street from Herald Street to Melnea Cass Boulevard. Fedor says his organization supports the development of a hotel along Albany Street.
Comments can be submitted to Carlos Montanez at (617)-918-4442 and
carlos.montanez.bra@cityofboston.gov or Marie Mercurio at (617)-918-4352 and
Marie.mercurio.BRA@cityofboston.gov. The comment period on the proposed changes will be accepted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority through the end of today. The city plans to finalize the changes by the spring of 2011.
