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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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REST IN YEAST (FOR NOW AT LEAST): A LANDMARK BAKERY SAYS GOODBYE TO ITS CAMBERVILLE HOME

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Two days before New Year’s Eve, the company’s 12 staffers woke up unemployed. Still, in hope of reinventing their venture somewhere else, Andrew and Greta are taking everything with them

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bakery, buildings, business, Cambridge, development, gentrification, Greta and Andrew Platt, hikes, planning, RENT, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News Garden, The Biscuit, zoning

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM? A HARD LOOK AT SOMERVILLE’S ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ ZONES

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 11, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, Housing, opportunity zones, planning, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News Garden, SomerVision

THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO COME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 11, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Scenes from the 9.9.19 Cambridge City Council hearing on parking space disposition for the disputed Sullivan Courthouse development

How Cambridge can put public need before private greed

 

A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.

 

As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, City Council, Column, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corporate greed, DCAMM, Debate, Democracy, development, dispute, East Cambridge, Environment, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, parking, Politics, Sullivan Courthouse

EASTBOUND AND GOWN: AS STUDENTS DISPLACE LONGTIME EAST BOSTONIANS, A COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS

Written by ERIN NOLAN Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“We will lose the connection, the tight community we have in our neighborhood,” she said of more transient renters. “We won’t get to know our neighbors.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston East, City Life, condos, development, displacement, east boston, eastie, gentrification, Housing, housing costs, immigration, Lydia Edwards, Maverick Square, rent control, Vida Urbana

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS CAN STOP UNDEMOCRATIC COURTHOUSE DEAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 22, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Four votes against the proposed leasing of city parking spaces should do the trick

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, Councilor Tim Toomey, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Gov Charlie Baker, Gov. Deval Patrick, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

DILAPI-DAVIS SQUARE

Written by LYNNE DONCASTER Posted March 7, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Somerville residents squawk about the state of infrastructure, deteriorating public art

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Curtatone, Davis Now, davis square, development, infrastructure, Iwerks, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville Community Summit, Somerville News Garden

2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:

 

The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 2030, adaptation, Apparent Horizon, Boston, china, Climate Change, coal, Column, development, Fourth National Climate Assessment, france, gas, Germany, global warming, IPCC, japan, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, migration, new england, news, oil, Paris Agreement, Politics, poor, survival, third world, UK, united nations, United States, US

FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, development, dorm, gentrification, government, higher education, Housing, Jason Pramas, news, Politics, pricing, private, Protest, public, Real Estate, student, tufts

FOR DEVELOPERS IN BOSTON, IT MAY PAY OFF TO BLOW OFF INCLUSIONARY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted November 28, 2018 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.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 135 Athens Street, 160 West Broadway, Boston, Boston housing, Boston Planning and Development Agency, BPDA, BRA, development, fines, gentrification, Housing, inclusionary development, market rate, property, zoning

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