Nexis4jersey
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Re: South Station Tower
What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
Because it's a terrible idea that no one would support.What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
What haven't they filled the Channel yet?
Paddle boats from in front of the Children's Museum.
How hard would that be right now? And why has it not been done yet?
Are you kidding me thats the #1 worst idea iv heard on this forum yet if anything they should b making it longer and more useable. If they get rid of that ups warehouse theres gonna be a lot of prime waterfront realestate and even if they dont why would you want to get rid of what there is in front of atlantic wharf and the intercontinental. They already filled in way too much way back in the day the south bay went way past whats there now they never should have filled in that much so we need to keep what little is left and make it nice.
By the 60's it was a giant toilet bowl, and I was pretty happy back then to see it get filled in. I recollect that this was a common sentiment, it was just so awful.
In my lifetime, it seems like everything in South Bay east of the Expressway to the west "shore " of South Boston, then south to the South Boston Bypass Road has been filled in and put to use as rail yards, city tow lots and meat markets. (I'm sure someone can give a more precise description.)
A lot of it was still navigable, in theory at least. The Broadway Bridge would pivot once in a while, and occasionally got stuck in the open position. The Rapid Service Press Building had a dock behind it. (Miss that big red light up sign on the roof with the sequence: "Rapid. Service. Press. Rapid Service Press."
By the 90's much of it had been filled in. The Big Dig seemed to finish it off what was left.
I guess the area has been put to good use. But I now feel guilty that I was once happy to see it filled in.
There's probably some safety issue connected with the fact that the channel is directly connected to the harbor. Of course, with the new plan to fill it in, that's kind of a moot point.
Toby -- I didn't realize you were a true "long gray beard" -- most of the South Bay was filled in the 1920's and 1930's and the rest when the T built the Cabot Yards -- long before the Big Dig
I truely think they should widen it up and make it so you can get boats down to the end and have boat docks along it so there would be a lot more places to get access to the harbor this along with the new seaport buildings will really expand access in the future. Its not like theyd be digging a new channel it was already there so they would be reclaiming it which would be easier to push through. This is boston were a waterfront city if you dont like it move to oklahoma.