Brookline Infill and Small Developments

[#bancars]

Brookline mulls over development opportunities on Route 9:

A dreary stretch of Route 9 could help shape Brookline's financial future - Brookline.News

On a sunny Saturday morning in May, about 35 Brookline residents gathered in a parking lot off Route 9 in Chestnut Hill. As they walked around a half-mile stretch of land dominated by a partially vacant office building and parking lots, town officials and a consultant carrying clipboards...

brookline.news

 

[Plen-T-Pak]

Brookline mulls over development opportunities on Route 9:

A dreary stretch of Route 9 could help shape Brookline's financial future - Brookline.News

On a sunny Saturday morning in May, about 35 Brookline residents gathered in a parking lot off Route 9 in Chestnut Hill. As they walked around a half-mile stretch of land dominated by a partially vacant office building and parking lots, town officials and a consultant carrying clipboards...

brookline.news

They shared concerns about traffic on nearby Heath Street, as well as the height of new buildings and the shadows they might cause. They wondered about the possibility of bringing new green space or a park or playground to the area.

 

[Plen-T-Pak]

Across the street, I learned that the weird angle of the front face of the Star Market row of retail follows the town boundary. Interesting that the parking is on the Brookline side and the actual businesses are in Newton.

 

[FK4]

Across the street, I learned that the weird angle of the front face of the Star Market row of retail follows the town boundary. Interesting that the parking is on the Brookline side and the actual businesses are in Newton.

Never knew that either, I actually thought Brookline's border stopped essentially at Hammond Street and that the businesses beyond were in Newton, for both sides of Rt 9.

 

[thepixelnation]

Never knew that either, I actually thought Brookline's border stopped essentially at Hammond Street and that the businesses beyond were in Newton, for both sides of Rt 9.

i want to say that CVS on the corner of Hammond and Route 9 is sometimes listed as Newton, but the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill is making everything confusing (as it often does)