East Boston Infill and Small Developments

@chrisbrat -- I'm looking at the 2020 census GIS mapping. East Boston as a whole, shows a lower density profile, but we have to keep in mind that the airport and associated transportation infrastructure (tank farms, etc.) probably account for about half of the total land mass. So you can essentially double the total density figures. Somerville is much more uniformly built out at a high density level, so the actual in any given location pretty closely matches the average (~23K/sqm). Not so for East Boston, where it can vary from 0 to 55K. Anyway, I'm always fascinated by this kind of stuff, particularly in how method for measurement can often influence resulting numbers. Both neighborhoods, along with much of the rest of Boston and inner suburbs demonstrate a type of high density housing that doesn't fit the stereotypes of either large apartment blocks or towers.
 
That reminds me of how density maps of los angeles are skewed low because all the mountains around that have no housing whatsoever bring the overall density down of LA county making it seem less dense than it reallly is. I can imagine the airport has a huge effect on east boston.
 
stick n move said:
That reminds me of how density maps of los angeles are skewed low because all the mountains around that have no housing whatsoever bring the overall density down of LA county making it seem less dense than it reallly is. I can imagine the airport has a huge effect on east boston.
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The airport impacting the numbers makes a lot of sense. Prior to moving to East Boston, we lived in Somerville for 4 years. It’s really hard to imagine Somerville being denser than Eastie. Both are certainly dense, but Eastie feels a good deal more tightly packed to me. Particularly Eagle Hill and much of Jeffries Point. After a little digging, it does looks like the densest parts of Eastie are more dense than anything in Somerville. That reflects how I experience both places.
 
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Thanks. It's been there forever. Now I remember! That spot used to be a parking lot for taxis!! :)
 
Looks like this project has come to life again. As you can see we have some new windows. Anyone know is this is still planed to be a Loftel Hotel? I'm surprised they haven't converted it lab/life science.

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Great infill. In my opinion, both East Boston and South Boston should have a coordinated plan to eliminate ALL overhead wiring! The telephone and utility poles in some of these photos are just maddening to see in such a dense urban environment.
 
Java King said:
Great infill. In my opinion, both East Boston and South Boston should have a coordinated plan to eliminate ALL overhead wiring! The telephone and utility poles in some of these photos are just maddening to see in such a dense urban environment.
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I bet as soon as a fire dept ladder truck hits one of those lines during a fire emergency, every politician will come out of the wood work saying to Eversource - "do the right thing, bury those lines to save lives". But then Eversource will say "we would love to save lives but we will need to raise the price of electricity". Then the politicians will say to the developers "you make a lot of money building in Boston, you should shoulder the cost to bury the lines. And then...... the story goes on.
 
dhawkins said:
I bet as soon as a fire dept ladder truck hits one of those lines during a fire emergency, every politician will come out of the wood work saying to Eversource - "do the right thing, bury those lines to save lives". But then Eversource will say "we would love to save lives but we will need to raise the price of electricity". Then the politicians will say to the developers "you make a lot of money building in Boston, you should shoulder the cost to bury the lines. And then...... the story goes on.
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In Scituate, we require ANY new development to bury the utility lines, but that doesn't cover existing infrastructure. It only covers the connection to the overhead power or utility source. We tried to get National Grid to bury some "scenic roadways." but they always say it's too expensive. Ironically, National Grid has to come before the Scituate Planning Board to review any tree trimming on a designated scenic roadway. They spend SO MUCH on tree trimming that it seems, in my opinion, the money could be better spent to bury utility lines.

On the planning board, we discussed a downtown BID (Business Improvement District) for Scituate Harbor District that would charge businesses an extra fee, and one of the uses of that fee could be burying the utility lines..............but that extra fee didn't set too well with the local business community. Only a handful of smaller towns besides Boston has been able to create a BID.
 
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