Fan pier/pier 4 progress report/development guidelines. (draft for discussion purposes only).
Published: 1986
Language: eng
Subjects: Boating and Water Transportation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront.; Environmental impact analysis -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront -- Development Projects.; Fan Pier, Boston (Mass.); Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront.; Open Space and Outdoor Recreation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront.; Pier 4, Boston (Mass.); Piers, Wharfes, Wharves -- Massachusetts -- Boston.; Transportation Impacts -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Waterfront -- Issues.; Fort Point Channel Area (Boston, Mass.); South Boston (Boston, Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.
Other titles: Boston fan piers: progress report / development guidelines. (draft).
Description: ...presents draft guidelines for the proposed mixed use development project in South Boston on waterfront property along Northern Avenue and at the mouth of Fort Point Channel; issues covered include urban design (height and mass, architecture, public open space), maritime uses (water transportation, recreation/boating, commercial uses, landside facilities), market focus and context (development program/Fort Point peninsula development activity and concept), environmental impact (summarizes draft EIS, public comments and transportation impacts and mitigation measures), community benefits (housing opportunities, employment, traffic and parking), and review process schedule; five varient drafts are kept on this number as is a draft revision of the Design Guidelines; copies of these items were in the BRA collection...