What’s Wrong with Chiofaro/Prudential Plan to Re-develop the Harbor Garage?

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Harbor Towers One and Two, and the 1400 car harbor garage were built in the late 1960s as a single developments at a time when the waterfront was walled off from the city by the Central Artery. This was a blighted area consisting of unused dilapidated warehouses and was a dangerous neighborhood that had fallen into disrepair…

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Historical Commission Says Parcel 9 “Haymarket Hotel” is Too High for Blackstone Block

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The Massachusetts Historical Commission has taken issue with the proposed height and massing of the Haymarket Hotel proposal for Parcel 9 by Normandy Real Estate Partners and Harbinger Development. In a January 26 letter, the MHC noted the proposed height far exceeds the 55 feet zoning limit that was set to protect the historic character of the Blackstone Block district…

http://northendwaterfront.com/2015/02/historical-commission-rejects-haymarket-hotel-parcel-9-design-as-too-high-for-blackstone-block/