JeffDowntown
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Why the fixation on covering the ramps? The cost benefit doesn't seem worth it. Just work with the areas around the ramps at parcel 12. There is usable green space at parcel 12 or enough room for some structures.
Go with a scaled back Boston history concept and make it into a new visitor center maybe with some small flexible exhibition space. And/or just a bunch of pushcart vendors. Tie parcel 12 in with Quincy Market and the North End with information about the Freedom Trail. Boston is the museum, make parcel 12 a place to tie it together.
Part of the fixation is that the ramps are actually unfinished. There is a ton of rebar sticking up at the various ramp parcels on the tops of semi-finished walls.
So at least finishing off the tops of the walls, and trying to get something useful seems better than just leaving the ugly rebar there.
Also the ramp parcels tend to damage the connectivity of the Greenway.