A university agrees not to devour a neighborhood

By adamg - 6/5/08 - 8:00 am

Suffolk agrees to a "non-expansion zone" on Beacon Hill.

As Harry Mattison (over in Collegelandia, i.e., Allston/Brighton) notes, one interesting part of the deal is that it was between the school and a residents group, rather than the school and the BRA.

Comments

Suffolk should take the West

By anon (not verified) - 6/5/08 - 10:10 am

Suffolk should take the West End.

Please....

Agreement is not Final

By Ross Levanto (not verified) - 6/5/08 - 3:48 pm

The agreement still has to be approved by the Beacon Hill Civic Association Board of Directors, which meets Monday.

This is important as there are a lot of varying viewpoints on Beacon Hill about Suffolk.

I am going to be posting later on tonight on my blog more about this... Stay tuned.

Ross Levanto
Beacon Hill Civic Association Board Member

Update: Current Status of Suffolk/Beacon Hill Agreement

By Ross Levanto (not verified) - 6/5/08 - 8:48 pm

I have written a blog entry on my blog about the current situation involving Suffolk and the Beacon Hill Civic Association. You can find it here:
http://rosslevanto.blogspot.com/2008/06/suffolk-and-beacon-hill-is-agreement.html

The first part is a factual review of the current situation, as objectively as I can put it. The second part is my opinion.

Map of university-owned land in Boston

By adamg - 6/5/08 - 4:18 pm

Interesting map (although technically, Harvard only leases the land for the Arboretum - for 999 years).

Via MetaBoston.

The Arboretum definitely doesn't belong on that map - it's a public park. Hellenic College keeps the land along the southwest side of Jamaica Pond from being developed - which many people in the city would tell you is a public good. UMASS and RCC are publicly owned, and so are of course not taxed. The guy over-reaches in what he says.

Current Agreement Status

By Ross Levanto (not verified) - 6/5/08 - 8:45 pm

As a Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) Board member, I wrote a review of the current situation between Suffolk and the BHCA. You can find it here.
rosslevanto.blogspot.com...suffolk-and-beacon-hill-is-agreement.html

The first part is a review of the current situation, as objectively as I can put it. The second part is my opinion...