Hinge block, a proposed cultural complex for greater Boston.
Published: 1980
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1969
Subjects: Adult Entertainment District -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Proposals.; Combat Zone, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Cultural Facilities -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Proposals.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Proposed.; Downtown, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Midtown Cutlural Dsitrict, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Theater District, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.
Description: ...describes a proposed development project in Boston's downtown Theater/Adult Entertainment District/Combat Zone bounded by Tremont, Stuart, Washington and Bolyston Streets; proposes construction of a new arts complex based on the concept of close integration of a large scale real estate development in which the proportion of highly profitable land uses (hotel, apartments, offices) exceed the proportion of marginally profitable uses; the plan allows facilities of the arts to be built as secondary but integral parts of a larger, financially viable real estate development; presents the concept, preliminary urban design, financing and development steps and lists officers and members of the Foundation; includes an aerial view of the site; copies of this item were in the BRA collection...