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State goes with hotel, rather than apartments and market, on Haymarket parcel
By adamg on Fri, 08/09/2013 - 10:17pm
NorthEndWaterfront.com reports the state Department of Transportation surprised many by selecting a developer that wants to build an eight-story, 180-room hotel on the so-called Parcel 9 at Haymarket, rather than a competing apartment/market oriented proposal that had the backing of many local officials and an advisory group.
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ah HA!
See? I was right. I knew the old developer ditched its plans for parcel 9!
Kinda sad to see a market won't go here. Only because one of the things that really ticked off North End residents (the old timers) was when Stop & Shop @ Charles Circle converted to a Whole Foods and they were really looking forward to having non-high end grocery store come back to the area on Parcel 9.
downtown supermarket
yeah, it strikes me as odd that the only "real" supermarket in all of downtown Boston is the Shaws at the Pru, that's a real hike from the N. end. Would seem that a haymarket supermarket would be hard-pressed to fail. I remember something about a supermarket going into the Filene's hole, does anyone know if that is still happening?
Yes
I believe its going to be a Roche Brothers. Still on the high end side, but its a good median between a Stop & Shop, and a Whole Foods.
Yeah you'd think a supermarket would do well anywhere in the city. Real surprised that S&S or Shaws hasn't stepped up.
Gee imagine if a Market Basket opened up within the City Limits, it would make the Chelsea store seem to like a breeze!
Parcel 9 market
Doesn't the article say that the hotel proposal also includes a market?
(Neither proposal was for a "supermarket". Not big enough for that.)
ahh ...
like another Lambert's. I could use another source of $2.50 oranges.
Look North! (Delaware North)
This looks like the Garden parking lot is going to get a supermarket. Rectangular floor plates, ease of truck and vehicular access, at least in City density terms.
Makes sense that if Wegman's is coming to the Fenway that they distribute to two and not just one.
More tourist
How nice for Boston. This city is turning into Disney World. All we need now is Mickey Mouse dressed up in a tricorn hat and colonial gear marching and waving up and down Tremont and Boylston streets.
Beacon Hill, Back Bay, downtown, North End is now almost exclusively:
Tourist
Out of town college students
Yuppies [and Yuppie wannabes]
Empty Nesters [mostly rich, retired executive-types]
DINKS
You're lucky if in downtown/Back Bay/Beacon Hill you hear anyone with a Boston accent ... in the center of Boston, no less. Sometimes on crowded trains I feel like I'm in Omaha, Nebraska or Bogota, Colombia judging by the way 95% of the people talk.
This city has lost it's soul.
Thank goodness
Um, is it really nostalgic to want to listen to some perk-ed out townie lady on the way to the clinic yapping on the cell phone with a raspy voice and a charlestown accent? Let's perpetuate that manner of speaking, right? If you want to feel like you are living in Boston, move to Atlanta, please...
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH A BOSTON ACCENT
This might surprise some people, an accent that over accentuates the "R" can be just as annoying as some people find the Boston accent. Yes, I'm a "townie" [not Charlestown, but from Boston], and yes I pronounce my Rs as 'ah' not "errrrrrr". I find he-ah [here] much more pleasant to the ear than hee-urrrrrrrr [here]. But that's just me.
When I'm in NYC, I want to hear NY accents.
When I'm down south, I want to hear southern accents.
When I'm in London, I want to hear London accents.
Must EVERYWHERE you go in America sound like Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio, or rich suburban Connecticut and Los Angeles ?
DISCLAIMER:
Alright, I agree, the Charlestown version of the Boston accent is overly harsh [hahhhhhhhhhshhhhh]
Seconded
I agree completely with this particular anon (at least on this issue). (To anon -- why not adopt a nom de digi-plume).
I'll third
I moved here from Ohio (sorry!) because I love this place and the accent. I even find myself using the accent, but I try not to because it's not consistent and I know the locals will notice and hate me even more.
Bostonians should be flattered that so many want to live here. But, the transplants need to understand that keeping the local flavor is what makes Boston appealing. I can always tell transplants because they don't know how to cross the street and they don't know how to get out of the way. Hello? That sidewalk is not the best place to have a family pow wow. Get the heck out of the way!
I'll try to talk quietly in public so I don't piss off the townies with my Cleveland accent.
How to spot a transplant
It's "Geh the fuck outta my way!," not "Get the heck out of the way!"
If there are still any Beacon Hill matrons...
... what would THEY say?
I agree with your underlying thought but...
The proposal that was accepted was a little more local-friendly than the rejected proposal. The rejected proposal was all about massive restaurants that would cater to the convention / sports event / concert trade; a small hotel puts a lot less strain on the local neighborhood.
Not every native Bostonian
Not every native Bostonian has a Boston accent, dumbbutt