by Nathan Phillips | Mar 2, 2015 | Austin Street |
Newtonville resident Jack Prior shared his summary, with some photos, from yesterday’s community meeting about the Austin Street project. He covers some good material here, and I’m wondering if anybody else who attended has anything to add. I was very...
by Jerry Reilly | Feb 28, 2015 | Austin Street, development, parking, Snow |
It’s not online yet, but Newtonville resident Peter Bruce’s op-ed column in this week’s February 25 Tab (page B3), has some interesting statistics on seasonal parking at the Austin Street lot. In addition to receiving data back to 2012 from the Planning department... by Greg Reibman | Feb 24, 2015 | Austin Street |
The Austin Street project Open House/Community Meeting previously scheduled for February 8th has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 1 from 1-3:00 PM at the Newton North High School Cafeteria. For questions, please contact Nancy Hyde [email protected]. by Greg Reibman | Jan 30, 2015 | Austin Street |
Kathleen Kouril Grieser, one of the chief opponents of the Austin Street project, had yet another column in the TAB last week where she, yet again, rehashed her opposition to the Austin St project and repeated her overall alarm about what she calls “the guise...
by Bruce Henderson | Jan 29, 2015 | Austin Street |
I prepared the Google Sketchup 3D model of the Austin Street project that Julia introduced in an early post. I did so because I shared concerns expressed by Jerry Reilly and Marti about the difficulty of visualizing the impact of the proposed project without a 3D...
by Jerry Reilly | Jan 28, 2015 | Austin Street, development |
On the recent parking thread, there was some confusion over the effective footprint of the building, and Marti expressed a wish for 3-D. Here are a couple of recent attempts to capture the 3-D impact of the proposed Austin Street project in context. The renderings...
by Greg Reibman | Jan 26, 2015 | Austin Street |
With so much of the discussion here and elsewhere regarding the project at Austin Street focused on parking, this rendering of the proposed project (in red and yellow, click on the image for a larger view) relative to the existing lot and surroundings may help... by Greg Reibman | Jan 23, 2015 | Austin Street |
From Nancy Hyde in the mayor’s office… To All Newton Residents, Please join Mayor Warren for the 3rd community meeting about the Austin Street parking lot project on Sunday, February 8th from 1-3:00 PM at the Newton North High School Cafeteria. You are...
by Jerry Reilly | Jan 21, 2015 | Austin Street |
If you’re one of those people who’ve been using the Newtonville Shaw’s as your long-term parking lot, it’s time to stop. Starting this week, the far side of the lot has been yellow-taped off, and Shaw’s associates from other locations... by Greg Reibman | Jan 14, 2015 | Austin Street |
Austin Street Partners, the firm selected by the city to develop the Austin Street parking lot following a unanimous vote to do just that by aldermen back in 2012, published an op-ed in this week’s Newton TAB. by Greg Reibman | Jan 12, 2015 | Austin Street |
The League of Women Voters are presenting this meeting on Wednesday. Next Steps for the Austin Street Proposal January 14, 2015: 7:00pm – 8:30pm West Suburban YMCA, 276 Church St., Newton 02458 Open to the public, but space is limited The plans to create new... by Greg Reibman | Oct 15, 2014 | Austin Street |
This report was done in Maryland but Nathan Phillips suggests that perhaps it should be applied to the way we think about Austin Street.. “Millennials are different from their parents, and those differences aren’t going away,” Maryland PIRG Director...
