Boston crossing: draft project impact report.
Contributors: HMM Associates.
Published: 1989
Language: eng
Subjects: Air quality -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Boston Crossing, Boston (Mass.); Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Environmental aspects.; Environmental impact statements -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Groundwater -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Jordan Marsh, Boston (Mass.); Lafayette Place, Boston (Mass.); Linkage -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Development Projects.; Noise -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Shades and shadows -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Transportation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; City planning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.
Other titles: Draft project impact report: application for planned development area and development impact project plan approval for Boston crossing, Boston, Massachusetts.
Description: ...report on proposed development project located in downtown Boston's Midtown Cultural District that would rebuild Jordan Marsh which would tie into a new specialty retail mall where Lafayette Place is now located as well as other office and retail development; covers public benefits, transportation, wind, shadow, noise, air quality, urban design, construction impact, historic preservation, archaeology, infrastructure (utilities), solid and hazardous waste, noise, groundwater, public benefits, citizen participation, MBTA issues, etc. and presents mitigation measures for each; the final report is in one volume, the draft report is in two volumes; vol. 2 of the draft is the schematic submission and consists of plans, photographs, sketches and diagrams that illustrate the proposed project's architectural compatability with surrounding structures, its relationship to urban design features of the subdistrict in which it is located and its enhancement of the pedestrian environment; a copy of these items were in the BRA collection...