By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated December 26, 2021, 1:26 p.m. The $4 billion COVID-19 relief package includes $125,000 to extend the Danvers Rail Trail in Middleton.JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF Lowell will get money to improve its parks, Belmont to design a skating rink, Lexington to buy electric school buses. The $4 billion COVID-19 relief package signed this month …
Pier 5 Association independently engaged an engineer company to report on the continued viability of engineering reports commissioned by BPDA (2000 prepared by Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, and from 1987, 2004 and 2017, performed by Childs Engineering Corporation). A recent Preliminary Report from DeSimone states: Anticipated loads from a public occupancy such as a park …
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Christopher Nicodemus Charlestown, MA (excerpts from December blog post at www.pier5.org) The Pier 5 Association is celebrating the decision by BPDA to reject the three development proposals advanced for privatization of pier 5. The BPDA has expressed willingness to allow the community to actively find preferred solutions for this critical location at the head of Boston …
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where John Winthrop sailed and then founded Charlestown; where he met and traded with Squaw Sachem. This is the area where British Ships assaulted the Patriots at The Battle of Bunker Hill. This site can celebrate Boston’s Marine History, and the brave men and women who served here in the United States Navy, and is at the birthplace of …
Where Pier 5 probes the Water Writing on behalf of pier 5.org, I have used the iconic pier 5 location at the confluence of the Charles and Mystic Rivers to reflect on our nation’s history, the flourishing aquatic life, the role of the pier in our national defense and also consider comparative approaches to restoration …
Shoreline at Pier 5 Storm Tides in the Navy Yard Storm tides have breached the top of drydock 2 at its western end by First Ave and the Constitution Gate House both in 2018 and 2019 Sea-Wall at Pier 5 The granite and steel seawall between Pier 5 and the Flagship Wharf surrounded by remaining …
Christopher Nicodemus, Charlestown, MA What began as a group of concerned citizens concerned about the public process address the fate of pier 5 has turned into the establishment of a new organization focused on neglected pieces of the Boston waterfront, especially here in Charlestown. The P5A is now a 501C3 organization focused on bringing together …
Public access is key… to breaking down physical and social bar. Commit to opening up more waterfront access for recreation and education, with a focus on creating equitable open spaces for all New Yorkers. Open space access has been acutely felt by New Yorkers during Covid-19, especially as vulnerable and lower-income communities have access to …
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This is an example of the actual Harbor-View impact Including the entire Pier 5 and the water-sheet between Pier 5 and Pier 4, the base of Courageous Sailing Center: Home – Courageous Sailing Note: this shows only 30′ elevation, while other proposals are going as high at 55′.
A recent RFP by the BPDA, called developers to submit This is example of one of the proposals. Aiming to place floating buildings, blocking over 200′ of the currently open waterfront and privatize the entire use of Pier 5 AND over 50% of the existing water-sheet.
