Downtown plan: cultural district plan staff notebook. (draft for discussion purposes only).
Published: 1986
Language: eng
Subjects: Adult Entertainment District, Boston (Mass.); Cultural District, Boston (Mass.) -- Planning.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Grant Applications -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Cultural District.; Historic buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Midtown Cultural District, Boston (Mass.) -- Planning.; Neighborhood -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Theater District, Boston (Mass.) -- Planning.; Theaters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Proposed.
Description: ...presents facts on existing conditions in Boston's proposed Midetown Cultural Theater District and outlines issues that need to be addressed; covers such objectives as adding housing, creating a "center of arts" activities with new cultural uses near existing major theaters and connect to and protect adjacent districts (Chinatown, Bay Village, Boston Common, South Cove, Park Square, etc.); includes proposed zoning and information on specific theaters (number of seats, use, style of architecture, architect, historic rating and current status; also includes an article from the Boston Globe, a statement of the Boston Art Commission, a grant application to the National Endowment for the Arts, data on possible development project sites, and other information; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...