BRA staff analysis, draft gruen plan of 1/16/64.
Published: 1964
Language: eng
Subjects: South Station (Boston, Mass.); Avery Street, Boston (Mass.); Business relocation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Hinge Block, Ladder Blocks, and Raymonds Block, Boston (Mass.); Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Planning.; Old Boston Center, Boston (Mass.); Park Square, Boston (Mass.); Summer Street, Boston (Mass.); Transportation and Traffic Circulation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Central Business District -- Plans.; Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Description: ...this analysis of the Victor Gruen Associates draft Urban Renewal Plan for Boston's downtown central business district includes a summary of the plan's proposals; identifies major issues in which they agree (Old Boston Center, Raymond's Block, Summer Street and the Hinge Block), major issues which are unresolved (Ladder Blocks) and major issues in which they disagree (circulation/traffic/upper Washington Street, overpasses and Avery Street development); presents the staff's conclusions and recommendations; Appendix A contains comments on other issues of the Draft Plan (MTA, South Station, Financial District, Park Square, rehabilitation, engineering, land use, urban design, and actions required by other public agencies; Appendix B is a lengthy analysis of transportation issues by William R. McGrath; Appendix C is a Robert Gladstone letter addressed to Robert Hazen concerning marketability of the plan; appendix D is a business relocation analysis; Appendix E concerns analysis of financial aspects of the plan; a copy marked "Staff Draft for Review Only" is also kept on this number to which is attached five pages of comments by David A. Crane; these items were in the BRA collection...