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BHA, developer to file plans to nearly double size of Faneuil Gardens development in Brighton with all new construction
By adamg on Thu, 12/14/2023 - 1:33pm
The Boston Housing Authority and the Community Builders say they will soon file detailed plans to replace all 258 subsidized units at the Faneuil Gardens development in Brighton with new apartments and to add 212 additional units on top of that.
In a letter of intent filed with the BPDA, the BHA and the developer say the current complex of ten buildings off North Beacon and Faneuil streets, which was built in the 1940s, is in dire need of replacement - the apartments are small and outdated, not accessible to people with mobility issues and are the antithesis of energy efficient.
They write they are planning to replace the current buildings with five new buildings. As for the non-BHA units:
Most if not all units will be income-restricted for households at a range of incomes from 30% of Area Median Income to potentially 120% AMI - making for a truly mixed-income residential community. A majority of units will be family-sized, maintaining Faneuil Gardens’ status as one of the few areas in Brighton with a large concentration of families.
The 7.5-acre site, they say, is primed for not just new subsidized units but greater housing density because of its location near the Boston Landing commuter-rail station, two MBTA bus lines and a variety of stores along Market Street.
They add:
In addition to housing, the master plan will include a diverse mix of outdoor spaces, new connections to neighborhood assets, active ground floors including a new community center, site-wide amenities and potentially small community-oriented retail and artist live/work units. The new publicly accessible outdoor spaces will provide opportunities for recreation and socialization and will better connect the site to the surrounding neighborhood.
They say they will reconstruct and expand the development in phases. The first phase would include 110 apartments - 81 for BHA tenants - and would be built so that existing Faneuil Gardens tenants could move into the new units without having to be moved to other BHA developments.
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Hey, wait...
This is in MY neighborhood....I don't know if I want them doubling the density THERE!
jk, ship it!
Nah
Triple it. Quadruple it.
Seems the new zoning board is a bit less obstructionist.
ORDER OF MAGNATUDE!!!
Three orders of magnitude. Why not, talk is cheap.
Lived around the corner for 15 years
In the words of Steve Miller, "House the people."
Just maybe exclude the kind of person who would give a woman a black eye. I saw that once back when the 7-Eleven was a Store 24.
Wait, I thought Faneuil was being canceled?
I thought there was talk to change the name of Faneuil Hall, along the lines of the Dudley/Nubian, Yawkey/Jersey retroactive cancelations. Surely these developers wouldn't risk it!
Indeed...
Where is the city council resolution?
Councillor Safety
Will probably file some motion to delay this on the way out the door, if she doesn't crash into a retaining wall first.
Rosemary Scapicchio Gardens
former resident
..
It is name for a different Faneuil family member. One that does not have direct ties to slavery
"Faneuil Street was laid out across the estate of Richard Dana in the 1650s. It replaced a major part of the Old Indian Lane referred to earlier, but did not acquire its present name until the 1840s. Faneuil Street was named for Benjamin Faneuil, who owned a 70-acre country estate on Bigelow Hill near Oak Square, where the Crittendon-Hastings House grounds are now situated. Benjamin was the brother of Peter Faneuil, the wealthy Boston merchant who gave Faneuil Hall to the town of Boston. When Peter, a bachelor, died in 1743, Benjamin inherited his vast wealth. Benjamin’s loyalist sons fled the country during the Revolution, and with their father’s death in 1784, the Faneuil name died out here in Brighton."
http://www.bahistory.org/Streets_Faneuil.html
Interesting.
I wonder if inheriting a fortune from a slaveholding brother is acceptable.
Token transit is great for developer claims and not much else
I would not want my transportation whenever I need to leave the house to depend on the Worcester commuter rail (once an hour whether you need it or not, a mere 15 to 20 minute walk from this complex!) and the 86 and 70 buses.
What stores on Market Street? 7-Eleven? Dunkin Donuts? The Gulf station and Scrub-a-Dub car wash? At least there's a CVS and a corner store that claims to specialize in meat. Too bad WGBH didn't build some ground floor retail instead of a giant blank wall.
I mean, greater density here is better than in a giant apartment complex somewhere off the highway, but it's still a long way from a pedestrian-oriented neighborhood.
Magoo sez
Magoo thinks Faneuil Hall should be renamed because Mr. Faneuil was a slave trader. Magoo thinks FaneuilHall should be renamed “Trying to be Kitchy Overprised Tourist Zone, Local NoGo Zone” or KOTZ NoGo Hall for shortsies. Magoo.
P.S. If Magoo was the T-1000 Magoo would be called the Magooinator. Magoo.
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Lest we forget
Faneuil Gardens is where Mr. Tania Fernandes Anderson earned his lifetime stay at Casa Souza-Baranowski.
(This was meant to go under the Councillor Safety comment)
mr tania fernandes anderson
he murdered someone i knew. i know rosemary is trying to get him out but i hope he rots away forever.