Allston-Brighton Infill and Small Developments

Random note: last week I heard from a long-time resident that Brown did float some kind of proposal similar to dave's idea for Twin Donuts, a while ago.

Shame it didn't go anywhere.
 
datadyne007 said:
I hate this canopy condition so much. The single support looks absolutely ridiculous.
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Indeed, so stupid. "Hey Tawmmy, we've got some conduit piping left ovah, I think I see a way to make some fackin ahhhht heaaah."
 
I remember the flat-iron proposal for the Twin Donuts site a few years ago. Not shockingly the neighbors were freaking out about it not providing enough parking (it had an underground garage but the site is narrow and triangular so naturally there weren't that many spaces). I thought the proposal was good but I haven't heard anything since.
 
stellarfun said:
The rise of the absentee landlord in N. Allston. Long article in the Crimson, with plenty of comments.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/5/5/allston-housing-investor-students/?page=1
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......not to mention the spotlight The Globe is shining on Anwar Faisal this week:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/specials/shadow-campus

Stomach churning.

This bastard, and others like him, must be stopped and thrown away. The colleges and universities, for their part, better start building more housing for their students or stop increasing their enrollments. Time for the government to come down on BOTH the landlords and the schools like a hammer on this subject.

The result will also be better urban development in Allston-Brighton that will help the economy.
 
^ Maybe the government should focus more on building more housing in the neighborhood and should be more incentivizing to colleges and neighbors to build more college controls housing, whether it be on campus or off campus high rises.

Neighbors complain about students moving into neighborhoods and doing what students do- stay up late, party, etc. They also complain when colleges propose building new dorms (Lake Street, BC). They also complain when private owners propose higher than 2 story apartments (read chestnut hill ave gas station, cleveland circle cinema, allston green district, etc.).

It seems to me the better approach is to reform the permitting, be more assertive and straightforward with the neighborhoods and not crumble under any community meeting were 5 people on a tuesday afternoon can shoot down the greater good.

I don't think the default should be to limit the amount of outside monetary and human capital from coming from our city so someone in Allston doesn't have to see a 7 story building.
 
choo said:
^ Maybe the government should focus more on building more housing in the neighborhood and should be more incentivizing to colleges and neighbors to build more college controls housing, whether it be on campus or off campus high rises.

Neighbors complain about students moving into neighborhoods and doing what students do- stay up late, party, etc. They also complain when colleges propose building new dorms (Lake Street, BC). They also complain when private owners propose higher than 2 story apartments (read chestnut hill ave gas station, cleveland circle cinema, allston green district, etc.).

It seems to me the better approach is to reform the permitting, be more assertive and straightforward with the neighborhoods and not crumble under any community meeting were 5 people on a tuesday afternoon can shoot down the greater good.

I don't think the default should be to limit the amount of outside monetary and human capital from coming from our city so someone in Allston doesn't have to see a 7 story building.
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Neighbors are going to complain no matter what.

Basically, the government should actively step on the schools to build more on-campus housing and then let the PRIVATE sector build housing in the areas opened up.

No more Kolkata.
 
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The new stage is looking pretty and sitting unused in Brighton Common.

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Looks like there's some life at the pit on Chestnut Hill Ave where there was a fire a year ago:

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kz1000ps said:
Looks like there's some life at the pit on Chestnut Hill Ave where there was a fire a year ago:
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Finally. The only good thing about that fire was it filled up the vacancies across the street.
 
davem said:
Finally. The only good thing about that fire was it filled up the vacancies across the street.
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How convenient for them across the street that the facade had just been reconstructed. Do I smell a conspiracy?!?

But now for the latest bit of news, I didn't even know this parcel was in play.

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Curbed is also reporting that 40 Malvern was approved. Full article
 
Yes, they were both approved at the most recent BRA board meeting.

442-450 Cambridge Street is owned by the Arcand family (they have a big sign on a building nearby and own a bunch of properties including the Allston depot).

40 Malvern Street is being developed by some subsidiary of the Hamilton company. What Curbed did not mention is that the developers have also agreed to turn the yard at the corner of Gardner and Malvern into a publicly-accessible pocket park.
 
Spotted this cool mural just off of Harvard Ave on Glenville. I dig those sleek late-'30s cars!

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I love the postcardy Allston Village one, but this is freaking awesome.

The murals around the area have been really good lately.
 
WTF, how did I miss that. I know I walked past that spot two days ago.
 
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