
The building was finished in 2017. But when the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) reviewed the completed project, it discovered the developer had sold the units that had been designated for affordable housing at market rates.
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Written by DAN ATKINSON Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction
The building was finished in 2017. But when the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) reviewed the completed project, it discovered the developer had sold the units that had been designated for affordable housing at market rates.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Big local corps quiet about huge profits to come from Repub tax scheme… except GE
An interesting WBUR article, “Largest Mass. Companies ... read more
Written by CHRIS FARAONE Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
This name-changing charade is insulting, and only possible because so many residents either don’t know—or don’t give a damn—about how Boston is the last major metropolis in America with an urban renewal agency.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS
The terms of the essentially secret deal that led to this situation—brokered by high public officials and GE leadership with no public oversight whatsoever—are already being violated.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS
General Electric brass, pols celebrate government giveaway while public opposition grows
Written by KEVIN MCCREA Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
If this story was about something salacious, and not a parking garage, then maybe more Bostonians would care about getting jerked out of millions
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
Do we need the BRA or urban renewal for the city to reap the benefits of large-scale, complex development projects?
Written by DIANNE WILKERSON Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS
CDCs have total control of who they put on their teams. In exercising this freedom, MPCDC and the BHA have chosen exclusion, and they’re not the exception.
Written by RACHEL HOCK Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction
Hundreds of Allston residents fought in the streets to save their neighborhood. Now, after a series of land swaps, Harvard’s ivy vines are creeping in again. This is for those who fought, and who fight, for their homes.
Written by EMILY HOPKINS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical
Despite a resounding “no” from the people of Boston, development remains a top-down process guided by the city’s elite