Thanks, I missed that detail. And I agree with Dave. The kinds of businesses that do best in outer neighborhoods are smaller foot print (ie more affordable rent) spaces. We build far too much large format retail space that can then only be used by somebody with deep pockets.
I don’t understand how the city still fails to recognize this. Buildings in Jackson Sq, and Bruce Bolling building in Dudley/Nubian, and many others, suffer from overly large retain / restaurant spaces. For Rozzie, the new development on Belgrade across from Spike’s is a great addition, but it has what I anticipate will be a similar issue of having ground floor retail that’s too big.
Brain fart!
Oh hell yes! I’ve been saying for years that the funeral home site would REALLY help close in this section of Belgrade, calm traffic, define/“make imageable”, and overall is the lot the development of which would improve things the most out of any around here.
It is already populated with a lot of people who once lived in Davis Square, and moved to Rozzie when they wanted to have a family. Lot of former South Enders for the same reason, though they are more likely to go to JP. The Orange Line extension will really make the Square in to one of the more special neighborhoods in Boston (already is).
I think the main thing that really holds Boston neighborhoods back from being as lively as Cambridge and Somerville is the longstanding restrictions on liquor licenses... even in JP which should be way more like Davis, eg, there just aren't that many sit down restaurants above the level of burrito/thai/pizza. And all the new licenses haven't seemed to really do much of anything yet. It might also just be a stronger antipathy to more thriving activity in Boston neighborhoods; but for whatever reason, other than Allston, Boston hoods are always deader on the restaurant and bar end of things than their equivalents across the river. I think despite all that Rozzie Sq is doing pretty well. I think it would be great if the zoning rules were changed to upzone everything from Healy Field to Walworth, and also the Square-ends of Cummins and Belgrade, for more height and street level commercial space.
Can these people be hanged? Literally, they are depraved, morally corrupt, and are contributing to suffering of poor people.Another apartment building rejected on Washington Street in Roslindale
“The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal to expand the Arboretum Grill building on Washington Street at Mosgrove Avenue by adding three more floors and 14 apartments, saying that while Washington Street in Roslindale could certainly do with more density, the specific proposal was just too dense.”
https://www.universalhub.com/2022/another-apartment-building-rejected-washington
