Answering Austin Street parking questions
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...Austin Street meeting Sunday
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].What does the affordable housing debate say about Newton?
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...
Austin Street in 3-D (II)
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...
Austin Street in 3-D (without those weird glasses)
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...
Is this enough parking at Austin Street? (updated w second image)
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...Austin Street meeting: Feb. 8
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...
Newtonville Shaw’s stepping up enforcement of customer parking
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...Austin Street developers outline parameters for project
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.Austin Street discussion Wednesday
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...Study: Millennials really are different from us baby boomers
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...
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