A plan to manage growth: briefing material.
Published: 1987
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Boston Civic Design Commission.; Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Policies.; Architecture and Urban Design -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Policies.; Environmental impact analysis -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Growth Policy -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Plans.; Handicapped Access -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Historic preservation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD) -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Linkage -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Policies.; Open Space and Land Use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Traffic -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.
Description: ...explains Boston's growth policy; covers the Downtown Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD), historic preservation, open space, development project review requirements (such as urban design, environmental and traffic impact, architectural design, affordable housing, etc.), barrier-free handicapped access, Boston Civic Design Commission and parcel to parcel linkage; includes a statement by Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, sections on the elements of downtown and neighborhood zoning, a socioeconomic profile of Boston and a summary of comments from community letters together with reprints of related articles from Boston newspapers; also includes color maps and charts; a 35p. varient edition is also kept on this number as is a 66p. varient (which lacks the color maps and charts); these items were in the BRA collection...