Cambridge Street study
Published: 1991
Language: eng
Subjects: Historic preservation; Cambridge Street; Beacon Hill / West End; Pedestrians; Suffolk County (Mass.). Jail; Proposals; Suffolk County (Mass.).; Community and Economic Development; Planning; Traffic Circulation; Bowdoin Square, Boston (Mass.); Charles Street Jail, Boston (Mass.); City planning; Cambridge Street, Boston (Mass.); Massachusetts General Hospital; Charles Circle, Boston (Mass.); History
Description: ...the study of Cambridge Street aims to create a new identity based on its historical background, enhance its role as "gateway" to Boston, strengthen the image through strengthening regulations and design guidelines, and its role as a boulevard, improve pedestrian flow, protect historic buildings and introduce community services and to support a mixed-use economy to stimulate 24 hour street activity; includes an historic overview of this Beacon Hill / West End area; discusses visual issues, urban design, traffic and pedestrian remedies for Charles Circle, Bowdoin Square, etc.; a 24 page draft is also kept on this number; these items were in the BRA collection...