Boulevard planning districts: Dorchester avenue boulevard planning district: staff briefing, October 23, 1986
Published: 1986
Language: eng
Subjects: Allston / Brighton, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Design.; Streets -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Urban Design.; Beatification -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Urban Design.; Dorchester Avenue, Boston (Mass.); Streets -- Massachusetts -- East Boston (Boston); Interim Overlay Planning District (IPOD) -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Roxbury (Boston); Signs and symbols -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Urban Design.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Streets.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Description: ...presents relationship of boulevard urban design studies to the Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD) zoning process in various Boston neighborhoods; outlines studies to be done for Roxbury, Allston / Brighton and East Boston; uses Dorchester Avenue as an example citing existing characteristics, problems and how they can be solved through zoning, signage code, architectural design controls, public improvements, etc. in these 4 areas: Lower Mills to Peabody Square, Fields Corner and approaches, Glovers Corner / Savin Hill and Columbia Road to Andrew Square; this item was in the BRA collection...