City Council approves Washington Street Vision Plan
In its final act of its 2018-19 term, the Newton City Council approved the Washington Street Vision Plan by a 17-6 vote Monday. The plan allows for buildings in some limited locations to potentially be up to six stories high. But its important to note that is just a...The Slippery Slope of Size
To listen to the Right Size argument in Newton is to hear a lot about the heights of buildings. Right Sizers living near the Northland property think it has too many apartments, while those over near Riverside fretted (until recently) that it had too few housing units...Road diet skeptic Boston City Councilor changes his mind, can the same happen in Newton?
Boston City Councilor Michael Flaherty was once a staunch opponent of the idea that narrowing a road can improve safety and traffic flow. But he’s changed his mind, Universal Hub reports. Incumbent Councilor Michael Flaherty said he once would have stood...
Marijuana retailer to hold community meeting Thursday
Ascend Massachusetts is holding a community meeting Thursday on its proposed recreational marijuana shop at the site of the former Beacon Hill Athletic Club at the corner of Cross and Washington Streets. The meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m., Thursday, July 18 at...
The Shoe Barn to move to Washington Place
The Barn Family Shoe Store will be moving down Washington Street to Washington Place in Newtonville, Mark Development announced Tuesday. Washington Place is currently under construction and a date for the move was not announced. News of the Barn’s eventual move...
Fuller outlines plan to buy armory for affordable housing
Mayor Fuller released this statement today… This morning I sent a request to the City Council to authorize the purchase of the West Newton Armory Building and land at 1135 Washington Street just outside West Newton Square. The City of Newton is being...
Norton’s take on Washington Street Vision plan is misleading
I received a campaign email newsletter from Newton Councilor Emily Norton and was disappointed to read her misleading take on the Washington Street Vision plan. In her letter she references the second draft of the plan, writing: The final version of the Vision Plan...Video: Jeff Speck on walkability
Renowned planner Jeff Speck (who has been working as a consultant with Mark Development on both Washington Street and Riverside Station) was the guest on Lois Levin’s NewTV program “Trailblazers.”
Proposal would create new parks in Newtonville and West Newton
The Globe’s John Hilliard explores the proposal for park decks over the Mass Turnpike in West Newton and Newtonville that’s part of the Hello Washington Street visioning process.
Under proposed zoning for the area, developers would be able to build commercial buildings of up to 10 stories by special permit, but would also have to contribute to a fund to help support construction of the park decks, as well as improvements to the city’s commuter rail stations, [City Councillor Susan Albright] said.
The “vision” test of commenting on Hello Washington Street Draft 2
Before even getting to the substance of the content, my first comment on the second draft of the Washington Street “Vision” was on the difficulty of actually reading it. Maybe it works better on one of those huge double-wide computer screens (anyone got...
Zoning and the future of transportation
Last week in West Newton the city held a discussion around the changes both proposed and underway for the village center. Unfortunately, I had a previous engagement and couldn’t make it, though I listened to much of the conversation through the Facebook feed. ...
Crazy Divers: Men be like...
drivers man be like
This error message is only visible to WordPress admins
Error 403: Requests from referer https://village14.com are blocked..
Domain code: global
Reason code: forbidden