CITY’S OPEN SPACE PLAN SURVEY NOW ONLINEHow well is Boston’s park system working for you? What improvements do we need to make over the next seven years?To make sure the City of Boston’s park system reflects the needs of all residents, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department has released an online survey questionnaire as part […]
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Executive SummaryBoston’s open space system is dynamic, historically significant,and critical to the quality of life for its residents. America’s firstpark, Boston Common, played a vital role in the beginnings ofour country, but it is also a neighborhood park with a playground, off leash dog areas, skating rink and tennis courts. TheCommon is also a regional
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TO: Charlestown, MA residentsCharlestown Master Plan 02129CMCampaign created byCharlestown Master Plan Our neighborhood of Charlestown is in a transformative period and the pressures of economic development must be balanced against preserving and strengthening our residential neighborhood. Our community needs a comprehensive master plan establishing the framework for future development in Charlestown and ensuring our voice
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The Boston Naval Shipyard at Charlestown was formally closed July 1, 1974. This action, in conjunction with the closing of the South Boston Naval Annex and the Chelsea Naval Hospital has significantly affected the City of Boston. It resulted in the direct loss of some 5,900 jobs in 1973-74, a year of unusually high unemployment
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Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears By DON BABWIN May 28, 20221 of 4Veldarin Jackson, Sr., center, talks about receiving the call that his mother, Janice Reed, had died as his wife Adjoa Jackson, left, becomes emotional, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Chicago. Reed was one of the three senior
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contact@pier5.org – Pier 5 Association, Inc. National Park Service Master PlanPlease read and please post and please sharehttps://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/news/2022-06-21-npb_develops_ea.htm Please make comments here BEFORE JULY 20th!https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=214&projectID=90626&documentID=121095All residents’ comments are welcome and encouraged. All Friends and Neighborhood groups, Pier 5 Association, Flagship, Constellation, Shipway, Parris Landing, etc may want to make a response. Charlestown Navy Yard Master Plan Please Comment – contact@pier5.org – Pier
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Yeomen (F) Register to VoteBoston National Historical ParkThe Yeoman (F) of Boston Navy Yard, 1918US Naval Archives – Department of the NavyYeomen (F) (F for female) were the first women to enlist in the United States military. Their service in World War I was made possible by the Naval Act of 1916, which created a
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/women-workers-bny-wwi.htm Helen McCormack, Yeoman 1st Class; Helen Barr, Radio Operator; Eva Forbes, Yeoman First Class, who were stationed at the Boston Navy Yard during World War I.Names from The Illustrated War News, 1918. Image courtesy of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. In spring of 1917, more than two years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right
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Once in a lifetime opportunity to create iconic open space By: SHERRIE CUTLER, ROSEMARY MACERO and KATHY ELLIOTT Jun 21, 2022 THERE IS A GREAT deal of uncertainty in the US economy with rising energy costs and inflation, and our city of Boston is grappling with a host of issues such as homelessness, affordable housing,
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This article appears in the June 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. The downtown skyline view from LoPresti Park on the East Boston waterfront is worth lingering over despite a chilly, brisk wind. On a Tuesday midafternoon, a bundled-up person and a dog stroll around the new blocks of orange, white, and taupe condos, the soccer field,
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