Allston-Brighton Infill and Small Developments

375 Market in Brighton:

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And 66 Brainerd in Allston:

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Meanwhile, Brighton Center is hopping with construction, relatively speaking.

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Also Brighton Common is getting a facelift and is looking good. Pics coming soon.
 
Also, I just looked over this picture from a couple weeks ago and noticed that the building second from left looked odd -- it was a 1950s apartment building that got made over in I'm guessing the last half year or so?

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And according to the below graphic that means 5 out of 6 buildings in the picture are either new or recently renovated within the last year, or about to be renovated. Yay progress!

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When developer Babak Veyssi originally proposed demolishing the 1910 Queen Anne at 10 Parsons Street, he met with community opposition. So, instead of fighting it, he has decided to incorporate the house into his plans for a four-part complex of 60 residential units, 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and 106 parking spaces near the intersection of Parsons and Washington streets. Ten Parsons, which is not designated as historic (read how that happens right here), will be refurbished by Veyssi as a single-family residence.
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http://m.boston.curbed.com/archives/2013/04/in-brighton-a-threebuilding-complex.php
 
dshoost88 said:
Yay, this is my neighborhood! :p
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I would seriously consider moving to one of these new buildings... Does this area of Allston tend to be overly loud and obnoxiously collegiate?
 
A bit, yes. The Joshua Tree is on the same block. But maybe that will change...

There are a bunch of condos already adjacent to this development and I've met some of the residents who have been living there for decades. There's noise, but I guess not enough to drive them out.
 
Shepard said:
I would seriously consider moving to one of these new buildings... Does this area of Allston tend to be overly loud and obnoxiously collegiate?
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I'm living at Redstone Court (85 Brainerd Road). The only loud noises I've heard were the demolition of 75 Brainerd Road next door (between my building and Element) to stage construction for Edge and clear the way for the final phase of the Allston Green District.

Honestly, my unit faces Brainerd Rd. and it's a very quiet street. Yeah, Joshua Tree's around the corner but most of its patrons stay along Comm Ave. I use to live on St. Botolph St. in the Back Bay (still my favorite street in Boston), and would say that noise-wise they're very comparable.
 
I'll second what dshoot says -- that particular stretch of Brainerd is quite calm and collected. dshoot's Redstone Court and the Vicomte at 59 Brainerd have been there for at least a couple decades and have helped keep the riff raff at tolerable levels. Also, Brookline is literally right around the corner, and a fair percentage of foot traffic are families and older folks making their way to the pocket neighborhood around Columbia Street.

Also, I'm in the market to move this September and this area is damn near the top of my list.
 
Well I'm a realtor and know the area, so PM me if you'd like me to show you some places. :)
 
There's been some commendable new construction in the green district, even a couple that approach stylish. If they all had even just one more floor though that would have been dozens more units. Should have happened.
 
375 Market once again:

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And here's the makeover of Brighton Common (yes, Brighton has a Common). The park itself is a small triangular space that rises at its tip. Up there they placed a little plaza and some benches, while the bulk of the park has been given over to a nifty little stage and grassy sloped area:

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Coming along nicely it looks like. Seemed pretty torn up a month ago.
 
The addition to St. E's is mercifully not pink.

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kz1000ps said:
The addition to St. E's is mercifully not pink.
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Oh god, it looks like a parking garage. I was hoping the glazing was going to add up to give this some kind of verticality, but it looks like they plopped a completely different design on top of the pink monster.
 
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