Boston College Master Plan

Beeline,

I believe this is the wooded parcel you photographed.

https://goo.gl/maps/U7c8AB4s69LB1M5g9

According to the Boston City Assessor, it is this parcel (the hill is 100' feet high on the assessors map), and obviously part of a much larger tract of land (110+ acres).

Parcel ID: 2102472000
Address: COMMONWEALTH AV, 02134
Owner: COMMWLTH OF MASS
Land Use: E

Lot Size: 4,804,748.00 sq ft
Living Area: 0.00 sq ft

Total Value: $93,548,400.00
Land Value: $93,548,400.00
Building Value: $0.00

Gross Tax: $0.00
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https://goo.gl/maps/pPC5siYH7bE8kLH86

^^^On the other (west) side of the wooded parcel.
 
Yup, thats the place. As I thought it's State owned, so what's the deal with the new landscaping? Who is paying for it? BC or taxpayers.
 
Wonk said:
Had not seen these links for the Integrated Science Center yet.

http://www.newtonma.gov/civicax/filebank/documents/95676

http://www.newtonma.gov/civicax/filebank/documents/95677
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Looks like this project is well underway. Cushing Hall has been demo'd, pilling and foundation work ongoing.

IMG_1254 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1256 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1255 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1239 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1252 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1263 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1266 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1268 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1267 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

IMG_1269 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
 
^Last I heard they were going to land bank it as mostly a new open space/green. But that could have changed.
 
When BC began demolition of the PLEX, they said this.
'a reclamation will begin on the site, making room for parking, green space, and tennis and basketball courts.'
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Newton wants to use eminent domain to acquire land BC very recently bought from a synagogue. BC said it intended to use the land for administrative offices.
 
stellarfun said:
Newton wants to use eminent domain to acquire land BC very recently bought from a synagogue. BC said it intended to use the land for administrative offices.
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It's a little more complicated than that. Mayor Fuller wants to use eminent domain to take the back portion of the synagogue site, which has never been developed and which sits adjacent to City and DCR-owned conservation land. The rest of the site would stay with BC. It's not clear whether BC would actually develop the "Webster Woods" acreage, or whether its administrative uses would be confined to the Hammond Pond Parkway frontage (where the synagogue building and parking are).

BC could end this in about 5 minutes by simply promising to keep the back part - which is physically difficult to build on anyway due to rock ledges and wetlands - as conservation land owned by the college. BC might have refused to sell because they want to develop it, or because they simply didn't like the City's offer.
 
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