by Village 14 | Jun 9, 2018 | development |
City officials have tried to curb the demolition of historic homes by imposing delays on knockdowns — partly to preserve some of Newton’s stately Victorian and Italianate homes, partly to stave off the rise of new homes filling out local neighborhoods.
But officials are cutting developers and property owners some slack under the delay rule by
by Village 14 | Jun 29, 2016 | Newton |
House teardowns in Newton were nearly twice as frequent during the past five years as they were during the five years prior, the Newton TAB reports while the impact of that construction was unevenly distributed through the Garden City.
by Jerry Reilly | Oct 23, 2014 | development |
Not a word about it in the Tab, although the Globe’s Ellen Ishkanian was there and did an article for the October 19 Globe West, but it was standing room only in the Aldermanic Chamber last week for the October 15 public hearing on Alderman Amy Sangiolo’s...
by Jerry Reilly | Aug 13, 2014 | development |
Last Thursday a special meeting of the Zoning & Planning Committee discussed #237‐14, Alderman Amy Sangiolo’s request for a one-year moratorium on demolition of single- and two-family homes, while the Board of Aldermen addresses issues of the size and scale of new...
by Jerry Reilly | Apr 7, 2014 | Auburndale, development |
Closing the loopholes in the Tree Preservation Ordinance is again on the agenda this Wednesday, April 9, at Programs & Services, 7:45 pm in Room 222. Since the last discussion there and on Village14, further discussions with aldermen found a reluctance to infringe...
by Jerry Reilly | Jan 12, 2014 | development, Globe West |
A timely article in Globe West today about a contractor in Needham trying to save older affordable homes in Needham from demolition by buying, renovating and selling them. Here’s what the developer, Barbara Jones, told the Globe: “Just to take down an old house...