The association is dismayed with in certain aspects of Boston Redevelopment Authority’s guidelines for the area, specifically regarding the inclusion of areas where buildings could be built higher than regulation.
After months of planning, the Boston Redevelopment Authority released guidelines informed by neighbors about the future of the South Huntington Corridor at the end of March. Not two weeks later, a prominent Jamaica Plain neighborhood group publicly voiced its disappointment in them. The Jamaica Pond Association said in a letter from chair Jack Fay Jr. to the BRA April 5, the association is “dismayed in a few specific but critical aspects of the current draft product.” The association takes umbrage with four “special height zone” areas along the corridor – which runs the length of South Huntington Avenue in Jamaica Plain. In these areas, the BRA recommends that buildings could be built higher than what is currently known as regulation. The …
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It's almost 2013.
1. Over the weekend, Bikes Not Bombs shipped its 50,000th bicycle overseas. 2. As is tradition in Boston, shoppers will enjoy two free hours of metered parking at all City parking meters continuing on consecutive Saturdays through Dec. 29. While meters will be free on these days, a two-hour time limit will be enforced by the Boston Transportation Department to accommodate as many visitors as possible in shopping districts. 3. The Jamaica Pond Association will hold its December meeting tonight at Jamaica Tower, 111 Perkins St. at 7 p.m. 4. Lots of readers have an opinion on the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Association's opinion on the ZBA and BRA. 5. Pop-up Chocolate Store: Purefections Chocolates, a local company specializing in handmade …
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The Jamaica Pond Association took a clear stance against a large apartment complex slated for the current Home for Little Wanderers site.
A developer's plans to raze the Home For Little Wanderers campus and put 196 apartment units there were roundly rejected by the Jamaica Pond Association. The association's board of directors heard from Boston Residential Group Monday night at a meeting held in Jamaicaway Tower. The developers gave a short presentation about their plans for 161 S. Huntington. The project would create an E-shaped building of five and four stories with parking beneath the edifice. Most units would be one-bedrooms of various sizes, aimed at appealing to the medical professionals who work in the Longwood area. The association's board of directors made it clear they did not oppose a residential use for the property, but rather it was the size and design of the …
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Bob
2:25 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013
And as I have pointed out before, I was not for tearing down the beautiful home for little wanderers. And I am not for tearing down the Goddard house either if that would ever come about. But the way you are posing arguments is not going to help us come together for those causes. more ›