Allston residents not fans of making Western Avenue corridor even denser

By adamg on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:05am

The Crimson reports on reaction at a meeting last week to a BPDA proposal to upzone Western Avenue from Barry's Corner to Leo Birmingham Parkway to allow bigger buildings.

Neighborhoods:

Allston

Topics:

Development

Free tagging:

Western Avenue

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Comments

Bus Lanes

By cinnamngrl on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:48am.

It looks like most of the problems would be solved by protected bus lanes. Every single block on this stretch is mostly parking lots.

The BPDA's proposal is

By anon on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 12:29pm.

The BPDA's proposal is literally to create protected bus lanes.

Alternate Headline:

By anon on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 12:14pm.

Two Allston residents not fans of making Western Avenue corridor even denser

Make your voice heard!

By Ari O on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 6:30pm.

If you support the rezoning and more housing for people, add your comments here.

If you believe that neighborhoods should never change and that parking lots and derelict warehouses and repair shops are the best land use in Allston, and that there is no housing crisis because you, a white boomer, were able to buy your house 50 years ago and have had it with these millennials complaining, the BPDA has a special link for you to provide feedback here.

Is it dense now?

By Ron Newman on Mon, 10/03/2022 - 4:08pm.

Compared to Allston Village or Brighton Center or Packard's Corner, there's not much here.