Stories We’re Following

The Northern Avenue Bridge is being replaced, and the city is debating just who will be allowed to use it

With an $80 million to $100 million redevelopment of the decrepit span getting underway, the Walsh administration is mulling who’ll get to use it in the future: bikes, buses—or cars, too.

→Source: The Boston Globe
Stories We're Following Parks, Public Way

Euclid City Council takes historic vote to launch innovative lakefront trail

Euclid City Council on Monday voted to build an innovative and nationally significant lakefront trail made possible by the city’s agreement to pay for erosion control on private lakefront properties in exchange for easements allowing public access.

→Source: The Plain Dealer
Stories We're Following Parks, Public Way

Boston faces a daunting future of rising seas

Boston may soon go through another era of reshaping the city, as it did in the 19th century—but this time for different reasons.

→Source: Public Radio International (PRI) "Living on Earth"
Stories We're Following Resilience

Fear not, East Boston: Parks mean you won’t end up another Seaport

Some of the city’s most expansive waterfront parks are planned for the Eastie side of the harbor. It means that Eastie has a shot at remaining a waterfront for all, not one for only those who can afford it.

→Source: The Boston Globe
News, Stories We're Following Parks, Public Way, Resilience

This map will show you every publicly accessible space on Boston’s waterfront

You might not know it, but you have access to some of the biggest waterfront views in the state.

→Source: Boston 25 News
News, Stories We're Following Public Way

Flood Resiliency Zoning Overlay District and Resiliency Design Guidelines RFP

This project will function as a critical step in implementing the City of Boston’s 2016 Climate Ready Boston 30vulnerability assessment and resiliency plan and more recent technical analysis of coastal resiliency strategies for East Boston, Charlestown, and South Boston.

→Source: Boston Planning & Development Agency
Stories We're Following Policy, Resilience

Building community beware: Risks rising along with the tides

Even without current comprehensive regulation, there are strong reasons for industry professionals to look to the future design needs both to add long-term value and to avoid liability from increasingly obvious risks.

→Source: New England Real Estate Journal
News, Stories We're Following Policy, Resilience

Commercial Wharf Ch. 91 Exemption Would Grandfather Mixed Use & Parking Rights

The battle at Commercial Wharf for access, use and parking rights continues on the North End waterfront.

→Source: North End Waterfront
News, Stories We're Following Policy, Public Way

5 for Good: East Boston programs work to make the waterfront accessible to all

The Piers Park Sailing Center and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay have joined forces in East Boston to education local kids about the environment and get them out onto Boston Harbor.

→Source: WCVB5
Stories We're Following Programs

Don’t let Eastie become Southie, residents say

East Boston, with its picturesque views of the harbor and downtown skyline, diverse restaurants, and historic landmarks, has emerged as one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods for real estate — second only, perhaps, to South Boston’s Seaport District.

→Source: The Boston Globe
Stories We're Following Policy, Public Way
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