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Commented on Broadway Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Commented on Broadway Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago
I live nearby
Supported a comment by B Larkin on
Broadway Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago
B Larkin
This is just too large and imposing. Also this does not provide enough parking for the owners. Parking is already tight in this neighborhood now under normal conditions. When you add in street sweeping and snow emergencies it's nearly impossible!
This is just too large and imposing. Also this does not provide enough parking for the owners. Parking is already tight in this neighborhood now under normal conditions. When you add in street sweeping and snow emergencies it's nearly impossible!
Followed Broadway Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Supported a comment by Leah Beckett on
Broadway Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Leah Beckett
Open space. I believe this parking lot would be an invaluable addition to the Green Rose Heritage Park and help create a zone that doesn’t need to serve as a multipurpose field. While it seems like you are looking for housing to be the solution for this lot, I think taking a long-term approach to redeveloping several blocks in this area would make the city more livable. One big idea includes completely redeveloping the city’s suburban style public housing along Harvard and Washington Streets. The low density, car-centric, Garden City style is at odds with the surrounding area. It would be better designed if the Harvard-Windsor-Washington-Main block were converted into a contiguous park with the Green Rose Park, replacing Harvard Street between Windsor and Moore Streets with a bike and pedestrian path. This would then allow the Harvard-Windsor-Washington-Portland block to redevelop into a more appropriate scale for the city: The huge block could be divided into several smaller blacks, possibly even maximizing space by straightening Washington Street and continuing School Street. The buildings should then favor underground parking instead of surface parking lots and have retail / commercial space on the ground floor, especially on Main Street. Instead of 3 story buildings with basement units, they could be taller and feature common spaces on different levels and usable green roofs for an architecturally interesting, urban upgrade.
Open space. I believe this parking lot would be an invaluable addition to the Green Rose Heritage Park and help create a zone that doesn’t need to serve as a multipurpose field. While it seems like you are looking for housing to be the solution for this lot, I think taking a long-term approach to redeveloping several blocks in this area would make the city more livable. One big idea includes completely redeveloping the city’s suburban style public housing along Harvard and Washington Streets. The low density, car-centric, Garden City style is at odds with the surrounding area. It would be better designed if the Harvard-Windsor-Washington-Main block were converted into a contiguous park with the Green Rose Park, replacing Harvard Street between Windsor and Moore Streets with a bike and pedestrian path. This would then allow the Harvard-Windsor-Washington-Portland block to redevelop into a more appropriate scale for the city: The huge block could be divided into several smaller blacks, possibly even maximizing space by straightening Washington Street and continuing School Street. The buildings should then favor underground parking instead of surface parking lots and have retail / commercial space on the ground floor, especially on Main Street. Instead of 3 story buildings with basement units, they could be taller and feature common spaces on different levels and usable green roofs for an architecturally interesting, urban upgrade.
Followed Kendall Square: MXD Substation Development Plan
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Commented on Kendall Square: MXD Substation Development Plan
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Broadway 'street wall' would be a bit extreme for Cambridge IMO and a hidden park at the back may not feel too safe after adjacent building workers leave work at night. Consider moving the tower into the site and opening the 'park' onto Broadway. The local green spaces are interesting, but generally disconnected from each other.
My suggestion is that it gets smaller - 8 units at FAR 1.75 like the neighboring area. Minimum 8 parking spaces.