Fort Point Channel

Whadaya know, the Northern Avenue bridge still works

adamg — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:13:58 +0000

Video of the Tea Party Museum's Beaver on its entry into Fort Point Channel this morning, with the Northern Avenue bridge swun open to let it through.

Via DotRat, who also has a clip of the ship further out in the harbor.

Tea-party ship leaves Gloucester; to arrive in Boston in time for real Patriots Day

adamg — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:42:17 +0000

Good Morning Gloucester has photos of the Beaver, the first of three ships meant for the Tea Party Museum, leaving Gloucester on its way to Fort Point Channel.

It's scheduled to arrive in the channel tomorrow morning, on the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord.

The end of Fort Point Channel

adamg — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Not very impressive looking.

Stand on the Summer Street Bridge and look toward South Boston, and Fort Point Channel looks like a long rectangle, ending in a wall just past the Gillette plant.

In fact, the channel continues for a few more blocks, as a narrower drainage channel, ending at the Boston Water and Sewage Commission Wet Weather Sewage Discharge Outfall Number 70.

You can stroll the Harbor Walk to what looks like the end of Fort Point Channel and admire the re-painted remains of a giant train bridge that crossed there before the Ted Williams Tunnel remade that area (and from which you can still watch the trains arriving at and departing from South Station):

He's on track

adamg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:17 +0000

Victoria Welch spotted this guy this morning gazing at Fort Point Channel - from down on one of the tracks once used to swing the bridge open:

I don't know how he got down there, but I hope he was just curious about the view.

Boston miffed over long delayed Big Dig transportation project

adamg — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:43:57 +0000

No, not the Green Line extension. NorthEndWaterfront.com reports the Boston Conservation Commission is wagging its collective finger at the state over the continued non-existence of a usable dock at Atlantic Wharf on Fort Point Channel, despite a state promise to have one built as part of mitigation for the Big Dig.

Reflections on Fort Point Channel

adamg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:58:27 +0000

Greg MacKay photographed the Congress Street Bridge and the nearing-completion Tea Party Museum.

Copyright Greg MacKay. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Why does the city welcome you to Fort Point only as you're leaving Fort Point?

adamg — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:59:28 +0000

Hello, we must be going.

The sign welcoming you to Fort Point is one of the last things you see before you cross the Summer Street bridge from Fort Point into downtown (the other side of the sign says "Welcome to South Boston").

Probably not many wooden roofs going up along the waterfront these days

adamg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:09:01 +0000

Every day, it looks more likely that this time, the Tea Party Museum will actually reopen. On Tuesday, some roofers were busy up on, well, the roof.

Fort Point no longer without pier

adamg — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:02:06 +0000

The Fort Point Pier opened today:

With its broad floating dock having a planked deck surface only 12.5" inches above the waterline, generous in cleats and other potential tie-up points, Fort Point Pier is perfectly suited as a FREE, public launch point to Boston Harbor for kayak, canoe, stand-up paddle board (SUP), sit-on-top (SOT), rowboat, scull, surf ski and windsurfer/sailboard.

The pier offers all amenities necessary for easy onshore parking, pickup, drop-off, and portage of a kayak or similarly lightweight watercraft.

Channeling reflections

adamg — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:50:05 +0000

Greg MacKay spent some time by Fort Point Channel earlier this week.

Copyright Greg MacKay. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Zoning board approves veterans' housing, small brewery for South Boston

adamg — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:39:40 +0000

The Zoning Board of Appeals yesterday approved plans to convert the old C-6 police station on D Street into apartments for veterans.

Coupled with a planned extension to the building, the new project will provide 23 apartments - 11 studios, 10 2-bedroom units and 2 apartments with one bedroom apiece.

Two residents said the project would bring Level 3 sex offenders into a neighborhood already saturated with subsidized housing.

Separately, the board approved Trillium Brewery's plans to turn space at 369 Congress St. in Fort Point into a brewery turning out 1,000 barrels of craft beer each year.

Body found in Fort Point Channel

adamg — Wed, 25 May 2011 00:43:53 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports two BFD divers recovered a body from Fort Point Channel by the Congress Street bridge tonight. Boston Police report the body appears to be that of a male in his early 40s and that a preliminary investigation shows no visible signs of trauma.

5/24/11 - 8:00 pm

One of the costs of running a bakery

adamg — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:10:42 +0000

Joanne Chang just tweeted about an incident at her Fort Point Channel Flour:

No wonder bathroom @ F2 keeps clogging-plumber found pair of sunglasses when he pumped pipes. Guess sign saying "TP only pls" not big enough.

21-story apartment building approved for Fort Point Channel

adamg — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:09:16 +0000

The Fort Point Channel Blog details the proposed 184-unit building at 319 A St. Rear.

What's missing from the Innovation District: Public amenities and services

adamg — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:01:19 +0000

Karen Cord Taylor finds much to like about the SimCity-like development happening on the 1,000 acres between the Reserved and Fort Point channels, but worries about what isn't being defined in the plans:

So far no plans call for schools, a community health center, post offices, a Y, baseball fields, a soccer pitch, public tennis courts, a skating rink or libraries - public realms as important as green spaces where you sit and enjoy fountains. ...

I got particularly worried when Fan Pier's website touted Morton's Steakhouse and Starbucks Coffee as amenities. Don't we have higher aspirations for our city than eating and buying stuff?