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Nice view of Salvation Army?
and the people sleeping there on the sidewalk?
It's a diverse neighborhood,
It's a diverse neighborhood, you're gonna have some diversity of income and means and sobriety.
The area around the Pine Street Inn is also booming right now.
indeed...
...let's hope PSI can be a moderating influence on the influx of
on the glitz, glamor, galleries, and gentry, and not become another Tremont Street, which is just not as interesting as it used to be.
techincally
they approved the zoning, not the building
Extractive
This quote really epitomizes our whole attitude towards development in Boston. Anything developers want to build is viewed as wholly without benefit and whatever concessions the city and neighborhoods can wring out are viewed as wholly without negative impact.
To whom do the developers pass on the costs of additional amenities and delayed projects? To us, the consumers of market rate housing and beneficiaries of retail space.
Menino lived by it
Always shook down companies for donations to various charities.
Exactly
This bullshit attitude towards development is why I might not be able to live here much longer. Simply can't afford it here. I love it here, but I just turned 40 & I can't deal with crazy roommates much longer without blowing a fuse, and I sure as hell don't want to move into my mom's cellar in JP.
Dude I hear ya and I'm only
Dude I hear ya and I'm only 21. Born and raised here but will not put up with the cost of living. As soon as i'm done with school I'm out of here.
? Any others with interest in the Minutes of Public Meetings
? Any others with interest in Minutes/Public Documents of Public Meetings of metropolitan area city councils, town meeting, selectmen, alderman, boards, commissions, et al
http://rwinters.com
http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/board-of-aldermen
http://www.brooklinema.gov/264/Town-Meeting
http://citystenographboston.blogspot.com/
http://boston.gov/citycouncil
http://boston.gov/cityclerk
https://www.facebook.com/michelleforboston/notes
meghan.irons at globe.com
Boston’s City Council races are starting to take shape
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/05/19/candidates-submit-signatures...
Qualified List of Candidates Preliminary Municipal Election September 8,2015 - as of 5-19-2015
http://bostondocuments.blogspot.com
Uh oh: "at least 8 percent of
Uh oh: "at least 8 percent of units in the proposed tower will be “micro-units” between 350 and 550 square feet, whose tenants won’t get to apply for a residential parking permit for a car."
So it's no longer enough to give away street parking to city residents. Now they're playing games with saying *which* residents get the city-provided benefit.