East Boston Infill and Small Developments

Retail proposal for Maverick Square
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/25/retail-development-proposed-for-dormant-maverick-square-site/KWywXSUlQi6PD3TiFeCONL/story.html
 
datadyne007 said:
For Christ's sakes, put housing on top of it.
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Absolutely agree but looking at the rendering and the neighboring buildings, maybe the developer felt that the neighbors would scream bloody murder with the usual...too big, too high, too out of context with the rest of our neighborhood.... by adding a few more floors. I'm not familiar with the neighborhood though.
 
atlantaden said:
Absolutely agree but looking at the rendering and the neighboring buildings, maybe the developer felt that the neighbors would scream bloody murder with the usual...too big, too high, too out of context with the rest of our neighborhood.... by adding a few more floors. I'm not familiar with the neighborhood though.
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Eastie is full of NIMBYs, but corners should go higher than their context. 3 levels of housing on top would have been fine and made this decent development into a great one. It would really celebrate this vibrant corner of Maverick Sq.
 
Some of Eastie has become prime land for real state firms & developers to put new housing on.

The problem is, that in some cases, rents are way too high in these newly built complexes or apt buildings are converted into condos - driving those who can't afford it out of the area and forcing them to move elsewhere in the city.

I was a victim of that.
 
BostonDrew said:
Retail proposal for Maverick Square
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/01/25/retail-development-proposed-for-dormant-maverick-square-site/KWywXSUlQi6PD3TiFeCONL/story.html
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I hate "tall facades" over retail; it's just wasted space. There should be no place for that sort of suburban-shopping-center-style design in the heart of a vibrant city square, 400 feet from rapid transit. A Burlington-based developer is proposing a Burlington-based design.

The building two doors down from this (to the left) in the render is four stories but appears to have the same cornice height as this with two stories...

Jahvon09 said:
Some of Eastie has become prime land for real state firms & developers to put new housing on.

The problem is, that in some cases, rents are way too high in these newly built complexes or apt buildings are converted into condos - driving those who can't afford it out of the area and forcing them to move elsewhere in the city.

I was a victim of that.
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Yeah, exactly, this project will force out all of those people who live in the abandoned funeral home that's there now.
 
Jahvon09 said:
Some of Eastie has become prime land for real state firms & developers to put new housing on.

The problem is, that in some cases, rents are way too high in these newly built complexes or apt buildings are converted into condos - driving those who can't afford it out of the area and forcing them to move elsewhere in the city.

I was a victim of that.
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That's life in the big city. No one's entitled to live in the same place forever(unless of course they own it and can afford the taxes, upkeep, etc.).
 
kmp1284 said:
That's life in the big city. No one's entitled to live in the same place forever(unless of course they own it and can afford the taxes, upkeep, etc.).
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It seems the Illegals can continue to live in Eastie forever. Since East Boston real estate has become prime land. I think 50% of East Boston is section 8 anyway. Whats the deal with the section 8 regulations? How much do they subsidize rent being on prime real estate land?
 
TheRifleman said:
It seems the Illegals can continue to live in Eastie forever. Since East Boston real estate has become prime land. I think 50% of East Boston is section 8 anyway. Whats the deal with the section 8 regulations? How much do they subsidize rent being on prime real estate land?
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The "illegals" I've encountered over the years tend to be workers, not whiners. Maybe they can actually afford to pay market rent.
 
TheRifleman said:
It seems the Illegals can continue to live in Eastie forever. Since East Boston real estate has become prime land. I think 50% of East Boston is section 8 anyway. Whats the deal with the section 8 regulations? How much do they subsidize rent being on prime real estate land?
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Again, part of the big city life. Section 8 housing allows people access to jobs not available elsewhere but still allows them to have manageable commutes, because we all know what a wonder commuting into the city be (via any mode of transport). Your rants are futile, do you even have any stats about "illegals" living in section 8 housing here? You're argument failed in the Somerville thread. Go somewhere else for your ranting.
 
CBCArch61 said:
Again, part of the big city life. Section 8 housing allows people access to jobs not available elsewhere but still allows them to have manageable commutes, because we all know what a wonder commuting into the city be (via any mode of transport). Your rants are futile, do you even have any stats about "illegals" living in section 8 housing here? You're argument failed in the Somerville thread. Go somewhere else for your ranting.
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So what are the actual figures concerning section 8 housing and the surrounding areas of East Boston, Somerville, Chelsea, Charlestown, Everett, Medford, Malden.

This is prime property: How much of that property in those surrounding areas are rented by Section 8?

I don't have any stats concerning illegals living in section 8 housing. I'm just curious what percentage of section 8 housing consumes those areas.

I'm not ranting about anything---I'm just curious.
 
This isn't Google. Do the research on your own and bring back the results.

I mean, that would be the logical way to do things.
 
My entire point is the entire area---housing is costing 500K to Million dollars per property to live in these areas. Very expensive property at this point.

Especially with all these corporate developments that are changing the area from a neighborhood feel to a more cold corporate feeling.

That's how I'm seeing Somerville, Medford, Eastie, Southie are evolving.
Bottom line you have two classes of people living in the surrounding areas of Boston now. RICH and Poor.
 
It's really not unaffordable. There is a huge number of young couples and single people in Boston making $200-$400k a year who can easily swing something in the $500k-$1m range(young meaning 25-35).
 
kmp1284 said:
It's really not unaffordable. There is a huge number of young couples and single people in Boston making $200-$400k a year who can easily swing something in the $500k-$1m range(young meaning 25-35).
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You were on such a roll, my friend. That roll ended tonight.

You cannot call that price range affordable, no matter how you swing it.
 
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TheRifleman said:
It seems the Illegals can continue to live in Eastie forever. Since East Boston real estate has become prime land. I think 50% of East Boston is section 8 anyway. Whats the deal with the section 8 regulations? How much do they subsidize rent being on prime real estate land?
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Please either reopen the politics thread or ban him. Don't make me read this shit in every thread.
 
datadyne007 said:
You were on such a roll, my friend. That roll ended tonight.

You cannot call that price range affordable, no matter how you swing it.
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What was wrong with what he said? For people in that age range with that income (and it's likely there are a lot of two-income households like that) these units are affordable. He didn't say they were easily affordable for everyone.
 
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