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Five-story apartment building could replace parking lot on Mission Hill
By adamg on Sun, 11/10/2024 - 12:28pm
Bird-infused rendering by JGE Architecture and Design.
A developer has filed plans for a five-story, 38-unit apartment building at 36 Parker Hill Ave., at Hillside Street on Mission Hill.
The proposal, by Jason Savage's Savage Properties of Allston, calls for the units to be split between studios and two-bedroom apartments. Its filing with the Boston Planning Department does not say how many of the units will be affordable, but if it complies with new affordable-units that came into effect Oct. 1, six or seven would have to be provided.
The building would have eight parking spaces behind two neighboring buildings, which Savage plans to buy but keep as is, plus indoor storage for 38 bicycles. Also part of the project: A roof deck.
The redevelopment of 36 Parker Hill Ave. from a corner parcel parking lot to a newly construction urban multifamily will add significant value and comfort to the ongoing transformation of the Mission Hill/ Longwood community. ...
The new 5-story building is designed to prominently anchor the intersection of Parker Hill and Hillside Streets taking advantage of the corner lot location. The exterior facade is articulated through a base, middle, top composition with lighter more reflective materials along the top floor above the cornice. Roman brick in a stack bond richly clads the ground level with more traditional roman running bond continues on levels two through four. Generously sized window openings allow light and air to enter the units while also providing a punched rhythm that is consistent with the architecture of the neighborhood.
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NIMBY ALERT!!1
*air raid sirens spin up*
This is not a drill! All hands respond to combat proposed replacement of parking with housing!
Kinda ugly
Its kinda ugly and looks a lot like every other apartment building constructed in the last 15 years, but such is life.
It is going to piss off a lot more people than its ugliness for taking up coveted parking spaces however. I can hear the gnashing teeth already.
NIMBY is not a dirty acronym.
NIMBY is not a dirty acronym. Sure, there’s the occasional overreach and arrogance of gating an historic public path, but people have a right to take up space in this world and create nice things. We still live in a democratic republic with liberty and rights.
lol
You should hold a candlelight vigil for the parking lot.
Save Our Spaces
goddamned YIMBIES taking away our goddamned right to park our goddamned SUV's.
Yes some of us wake up 3:30
Yes some of us wake up 3:30 with coffee and UHub.....until I realized I didn't have to work today. Thank you all Veterans! Ok, so why can't we build the housing on top of the parking lot? Win win. Now I'm skipping the coffee and going back to sleep.
Huh?
Have you heard anybody objecting to this? I am happy about it.
Also, that is not what "NIMBY" means.
The only time I ever parked
The only time I ever parked in that lot was in the winter, and it was completely iced over because water from further uphill drains out of the retaining wall and had become a smooth sheet. The lot also slopes downhill, not as dramatically as PHA but still pretty steep. I crept in as slowly as possible but immediately lost traction and verrrry slowwwwwly slid sideways until my car gently bonked into another one. Parking on Mission Hill has always been an adventure! You know the risks when you move there.
Does anybody think
that there will be 38 bikes in this building? Our building took the bike spaces and converted them to 2 parking spaces.
BPDA Mandate
Gotta have a bike room to build. And yes, they usually sit empty and are repurposed eventually.
Additional Info
The story is missing some interesting info.
I believe Savage already owns all of these properties so I don't quite understand the part about him buying them and making no changes.
The lot has about 20 spots currently that were a zoning requirement for the 40+ units that are currently there so if the math is right you currently have 20 spots for 40 units which will be reduced to 8 spots for 78 units.
It is curious how you can eliminate parking that was a requirement to build the three buildings that sit on the site.
I realize the city does not care about parking requirements for new projects any longer which makes some sense but it seems like the current trend is to remove all existing parking. I wonder if other past zoning requirements such as open space and setbacks will be allowed to be eliminated for a new project on the same parcel?
I guess we will see if it works.
Sounds great
I know this is meant to be a scare quote, but I unironically love it.
This is a block from an E line stop and given the likely price of this housing probably also a short walk to Longwood for the medical professionals who will be able to afford to live there.
Plenty of demand from people who don't need/want to have a car in the city.
Also a block from the 66 and
Also a block from the 66 and 39 and not much further from the D and OL.
Missed the point
Demand is not really the point I was making. Parking is not even the point I am making.
This is not simply a 36 unit project with minimal parking as adjoining properties now need to get variances to eliminate all of their required parking to allow for this one to move forward which is unusual.
I don't recall another project that required adjacent properties to amend zoning to allow for a new project to move forward. Maybe someone can cite a project?
Boston still loves building parking don’t worry
Have you been to the seaport? That’s all new construction in the past 20 years and there’s tens of thousands of parking spaces there. And the city permitted 8,000 more just in 2022. This is the main reason traffic has gone from bad to one of the worst in the US.
Boston is still very much in love with parking and driving, don’t worry.
Why doesn't someone build a
Why doesn't someone build a park and plant trees?
The rent sucks
Hard to make money off building a park... Also, there's plenty of green space on Mission Hill already (though it would be better if Fitzgerald park were actually public, not private).
Interesting fact
On the apartment building next door there was a double murder during a botched robbery, execution style (RIP Roland & Karen) in one of the basement apartments. I believe there was also another more recent execution of an NU student in one of those buildings - retaliation killed, but they got the wrong apartment.
On a more positive note, buddy growing up's family owned a three decker across the street and out of curiosity checked and looks like they held on to it. Probably bought it for less that $200k and it's pegged at over $1.8 million now. Pretty happy for them and their investment.
In the apartment building
My roommate when I lived on PHA adopted their cat after this.