Quincy General Developments

That is a nice block that has stood intact thru the bad old days and I think the "pocket park" will be a traffic island that just enlarges the intersection and detracts from the streetscape. Improve the parks you have right across the street, they aren't optimal

The statues thing is just nuts; Quincy is historically unable to build a police station without it being architecturally controversial. Quincy once had a great mid-century police station that they strangely slapped a Po-Mo addition on to in the 80s and now they have built what looks the Tuscan manor of crime prevention

Does anyone know why that strange granite house on Quarry Street was built? Perhaps to store explosives? Maybe some guy built himself a house with what was lying around in the woods? Teenage me would ponder this on the way to Burger King from the quarries. I am happy about the development, but sad to see a house that could last a thousand years, get torn down
 
Scott said:
Found it! 92 Willard Street is the only granite house in the city of Quincy. It was built in 1830 and it used to be really attractive. There is a picture of it with porches:

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Wow, that's gorgeous. My reflex is always anti-preservation but I'm having a hard time here when it's a meh development in a very highway oriented area.
 
I loved La Paloma and I am sad to see that it is gone. There was a time when decent Mexican food in Boston was rare because there wasn't a sizable Mexican population. Not even fast food, there was one Taco Bell in Boston out by BU. At that time La Paloma had a monopoly on the 250.000+ person market in Quincy, Milton, and Dorchester.
 
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I loved La Paloma and I am sad to see that it is gone. There was a time when decent Mexican food in Boston was rare because there wasn't a sizable Mexican population. Not even fast food, there was one Taco Bell in Boston out by BU. At that time La Paloma had a monopoly on the 250.000+ person market in Quincy, Milton, and Dorchester.
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My folks loved La Paloma. Sad to see it go.
 
I never got to La Paloma, I liked Acapulcos just fine. It reminded me a lot of Border Cafe back when that was in Harvard Sq.

Lunita is really good, worth going to if you haven't. Pricey though. Does Pearl and Lime even count?
 
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Pedestrian from Weymouth hit, killed by car in Quincy. What we know

Officials are investigating an accident on Southern Artery in Quincy that left a Weymouth pedestrian dead.
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QUINCY – A Weymouth pedestrian died after being struck by a car on Southern Artery near Broad Street on Monday night.

The victim, a 58-year-old man, was not identified pending notification of his family.
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That intersection has been previously identified by MassDOT on its Top 200 crash sites. This is the third pedestrian fatality at this location in recent years.

This area is also the subject of an ongoing project to implement complete streets improvements between Coddington and Pond Streets on Southern Artery.
 
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Pedestrian from Weymouth hit, killed by car in Quincy. What we know

Officials are investigating an accident on Southern Artery in Quincy that left a Weymouth pedestrian dead.
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That intersection has been previously identified by MassDOT on its Top 200 crash sites. This is the third pedestrian fatality at this location in recent years.

This area is also the subject of an ongoing project to implement complete streets improvements between Coddington and Pond Streets on Southern Artery.
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That area is nuts and always has been. Went through there all the time as a kid to go see my grandmother at 1000 Southern Artery, and I never really thought about what it must be like to be in the area as a pedestrian because I so rarely saw them. Even though that's pretty much the direct connection to Boston from North Weymouth and Hingham, it could probably stand to be on a diet since you end up on either on Hancock St. or going through Merrymount at that point, both of which choke down.

The routing of 3A in Quincy is kind of bonkers to me. The Neponset Bridge effectively becomes Shore Drive, and everyone coming from Boston uses it, so you'd expect that to be the main thoroughfare, but because Hancock St. is more direct that gets the designation instead. Wonder what the thinking was on that.
 
You should run for councilor. Too many asleep while folks with more nefarious intentions do their thing.
 
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A big turnaround on plans for Quincy's historic ‒ and endangered ‒ granite house

Quincy Mayor Tom Koch announced his intention to preserve a historic granite house. A developer had planned to knock it down and build apartments.
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Mayor Tom Koch announced plans Wednesday to either preserve or relocate the home intact "as a testament to Quincy's historic granite industry."

The granite house at 92 Willard St. in West Quincy was built in the 1830s and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only house remaining in the city built of Quincy's famous granite.

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Property owner Greg McDonald, who owns the nearby Common Market Restaurants, and developer Mike Kiley unveiled plans at the March 19 Planning Board meaning to knock down the house and build a six-story, 58-unit apartment building.

Several Quincy residents in attendance voiced opposition to demolishing the historic site and raised concerns that the project would exacerbate existing congestion and traffic safety issues.
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Hopefully they decide to move it. The proposal is much better for filling out that corner, but it would be nice to preserve the house. Move it to a different lot, preferably closer to the street/other buildings, maybe close to downtown near other historic buildings where people can see it and its a win win.
 
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This is great news.
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I think would be great because I like old buildings and I particularly like this one, but I have to wait for the details before I call it good. Higher costs mean higher prices. It would be nice if the city had a lot of land in mind or Community preservation Act funds were used because the developer is essentially the people who own the restaurant across the street
 
I wonder if because its stacked granite if it could be way cheaper to move. Ive seen other historic buildings where they have to jack the house up then drive it down the street. Its insanely complex and insanely expensive. Would be doubly so in quincy. I wonder if in this case they could number each block and disassemble it and then reassemble it at the new location. Kind of like they did with the old london bridge when they shipped it to lake havasu and then reassembled it there. No cutting telephone lines, jacking, police escorts…etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)
 

20-Unit Development Under Review in Quincy​

“Plans are under review for a 4-story multifamily development at 506 South Street in Quincy. The building would include a mix of 1 & 2 bedrooms with 21 units in total. Plans also call for 19 parking spaces.”

506 south street quincy development

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