Rose Kennedy Greenway

Supposedly, bike lane plans are being developed for the greenway.

I look forward to their eventual 2015 implementation.
 
jass said:
Supposedly, bike lane plans are being developed for the greenway.

I look forward to their eventual 2015 implementation.
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I look forward to having to dodge traffic on the cross streets that cut through the Greenway every 2'.
 
Article posted 15 minutes ago on Boston.com by the Globe:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/e...enway_state_should_move_on_new_public_market/

To help Greenway, state should move on new Public Market
March 15, 2010

WITH ALL the delays associated with once-promising projects on the underutilized Rose Kennedy Greenway, there is one meaningful proposal that can be developed quickly, and the state should act on it: Creation of a downtown Public Market in the transportation building on Congress and Blackstone streets.

A new Public Market in the 22,500 square feet of unused retail space over the Orange line Haymarket Station would be the anchor for a larger market district, encompassing the existing Haymarket and including stalls and vendor carts along the northern edge of the Greenway. While the open-air Haymarket sells inexpensive fruits and vegetables from the Chelsea wholesale market, the new Public Market would be an upscale complement, showcasing local growers and specialty-food producers.

Situated on top of a T station and below a parking garage, it would be a 24-hour resource for residents of Beacon Hill, the West End, and North End, and a magnet for Boston workers, tourists, and suburbanites. The Boston Public Market Association envisions the downtown site as the hub of a series of open-air markets in Boston neighborhoods, selling fresh, locally grown produce.

The association believes it needs about $12 to $15 million to outfit the building and bring it fully up to state code; private vendors could cover any additional expenses. The Legislature authorized $10 million for a public market in the current environmental bond legislation, but it will be up to the Patrick administration to provide the funding. Organizers envision a mix of state and private funds raised by selling naming rights and staging fundraisers at local restaurants. They estimate the market will have $30 million in annual sales, meaning the state?s investment would be returned in income-tax revenue in well under a decade.

These are small dollars compared to the other, more ambitious proposals associated with the Greenway. All of them, from a greenhouse to a cultural center to a new museum, are either defunct or struggling to raise money. This makes the need for visible progress more urgent.

Bringing tens of thousands of public-market customers to the edge of the Greenway would help establish the space as a second Boston common. Even in these economic down times, when every dollar must be counted more carefully than ever, the state should push ahead with plans to improve this vital public resource.

The first step is easy and cost-free ? having the Department of Transportation designate the site for a market. Then the Patrick administration can choose a developer and determine how much of the bond authorization is necessary to bring this promising vision to life.
? Copyright 2010 Globe Newspaper Company.
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The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for food vending carts at four locations on the North End and Wharf District Parks. Submissions are due April 2nd and vendors are expected to start operating on June 1st.

http://www.northendwaterfront.com/h...fp-for-food-vending-in-north-end-wharf-d.html

The RFP states the carousel will be back, this year.

Also, this - but why are they removing some of the seawall stones?

The Rings Fountain is a signature destination and was a major draw in 2009, especially for families with children. At least some of the seawall stones currently protecting the fountain are slated to be removed in late spring; if all stones are removed, alternative seating will replace them.
 
There needs to be a concrete wall with a platform in front of it and it can either be used as a stage or shine a projector onto it and have benches where people can watch live music or movies. Also there needs to be food vendors, art vendors, toy venders, souvenirs, a redsox/patriots/bruins booth, and other attractions that people could walk along the greenway and buy. Also maybe a basketball court on one parcel with scrimmages going on or a streetball game wit the celtics. There should be a couple like 15-20 floor buildings and one should have a rooftop bar to look out over the harbor and skyline. The greenway could really be come the cultural center of downtown quick.
 
JohnAKeith said:
The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for food vending carts at four locations on the North End and Wharf District Parks. Submissions are due April 2nd and vendors are expected to start operating on June 1st.
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This is a far cry from a market.
 
I think the future of the Greenway might be a nice homeless park for the drug addicts of the city. It?s only a matter of time before the squatters take action.

Failures across the board,
Greenway
Filenes
Columbus
South Station
Tommy's Tower 1,000Ft


We are in a recession and it seems we might be heading for a depression. If we couldn't get these projects built in the biggest real estate bubble in history then we may never see these projects actually move forward for about 20 years. Bottom line: The city is just too expensive to do business. We need costs to come down for retail to regain its footing. I'm predicted we are heading for a deflationary death spiral into the toilet 2011.
 
Ron Newman said:
How do you propose to make this happen?
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It might be time to pay the piper. The Federal Reserve is going to have to raise rates and crash the system or we are going to be at GRIDLOCK for a long long time until massive Job Creation happens to boost state Revenues.

Tax Revenues will continue to decline for the state so nothing will be built on the Greenway unless we get private donors. The state might want to consider selling the parcels to private developers if they can. Or make a deal with all the commercial development properties to help the city maintain the Greenway Parcels.

I'm really not sure anymore. It might be time for city officials to start making some tough choices like downsizing state and local govts.
 
I'd say privatize the Greenway akin to Bryant Park but they already tried that, in parts (Mass Hort and museum parcels), and that failed.
 
ablarc said:
This is a far cry from a market.
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It's worse than that. The City is apparently deciding what we should and should not eat as the request for proposals seeks "healthy" options. Get ready for veggie bowls and roll ups. Why can't 2 of the carts be designated "healthy" options while the other two carts being whatever the people actually want. Is it really that bad to have a fried dough vendor near the carousel or fountain? Healthy options are great but to make the carts exclusively healthy seems a bit too much for a area trying to draw tourists.
 
I'll have a bratwurst, a side of shoestring fries, and a creme brulee, please.
 
From beginning to end, the Greenway has been a jamboree of ineptitude.
 
There's nothing like a rice cake and a water -- all in "green" packaging -- on a hot day.
 
C'mon everybody . . . You mean to tell me you don't believe the government should be responsible for telling us what we can and cannot eat?!?!

Rifleman's idea of downsizing the government (all levels, as far as I am concerned) is a brilliant one. Aside from providing a national defense, what does the government do that the private sector could not do better and more efficiently?
 
buju b said:
Aside from providing a national defense, what does the government do that the private sector could not do better and more efficiently?
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Put out fires, police the streets, provide health insurance.
 
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