Central business district urban renewal project: preliminary staff proposals.
Published: uuuu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1966
Subjects: South Station (Boston, Mass.) -- Urban Renewal.; Central Business District, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Renewal -- Proposals.; Downtown, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Renewal -- Proposals.; Hinge Block, Boston (Mass.); Ladder Blocks, Boston (Mass.); Planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Proposals.; Summer Street, Boston (Mass.) -- Urban Renewal.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Urban renewal -- Massachusetts -- Washington Street (Boston)
Description: ...sets forth preliminary urban renewal plan objectives (increased accessibility, stabilization of values, new development project opportunities, expansion of unique characteristics and diversification of land use) for Boston's downtown central business district; discusses transportation issues, office buildings, retail-commercial development, entertainment, theater and cultural activities, residential housing, hotel-motel development, property acquisition and zoning; includes a table of parcel development by parcel number giving address and indicating possible building height, potential uses, etc.; also discusses urban design objectives for upper Washington St., the Ladder Blocks, Summer Street/South Station and the Hinge Block; also kept on this number is a summary report and a copy, dated 10 February 1966, stamped "Staff Draft for Review Only"; copies of these items were in the BRA collection...