Monday, February 11, 2013
The city has suggested changing one-ways between Medford and Bunker Hill in response to Allston Street residents' concerns about speeding on their road.
[UPDATED Tuesday, Feb. 12, 10:47 p.m. Editor's Note: In the original version of this article, the CNC member leading the meeting was misidentified as Paul Clausen. Clausen was not at the meeting; instead, it was Precinct 5 representative Richard McCarthy who led the meeting.] When Allston Street residents raised concerns about vehicles speeding down their one-way street, the city responded with a plan to reverse the direction of two other one-way streets nearby, to help ease traffic flow between Medford and Bunker Hill streets. But the plan comes with a new set of problems. According to Boston Transportation Department procedure, for the change to take effect, the Allston Street residents must convince more than half of their neighbors on …
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Allston St & Medford St, Boston, MA
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Sackville St & Medford St, Boston, MA
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Mystic St & Medford St, Boston, MA
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The council voted in favor of a request to serve all alcohol in the restaurant's downstairs hookah lounge.
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council on Tuesday confirmed the Basic Services Committee’s decision last week to support Tangierino Restaurant’s request for a full liquor license for their downstairs hookah lounge, Koullshi. About eight residents attended a Jan. 28 public hearing on the proposal, with most of them generally supporting the restaurant, Basic Services chairman Bill Galvin said. Owner Abdessamad Naamad is seeking to expand his existing license, which allows for beer, wine and cordial, to a full liquor license—one of the state’s new neighborhood licenses, which are non-transferrable from the site, Galvin said. One condition of the license would be that at least 51 percent of the hookah lounge’s sales must come from tobacco …
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Tangierino Restaurant
83 Main St, Charlestown, MA
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Courageous Sailing Center
1 1st Ave, Charlestown, MA
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Monday, February 4, 2013
The at-large Neighborhood Council member talks about the large project review process, Charlestown's master plan and the council's ability to say no to a project.
[UPDATE Monday, Feb. 4, 8:46 a.m.] Anyone who has driven around Charlestown lately or watched the constant stream of public meeting notices posted by the Charlestown Neighborhood Council can see that the development business is booming right now in the community. There are construction projects in various stages all over town, from the apartment building going up on the former Knights of Columbus site to the nearly complete Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the Navy Yard. Charlestown Patch recently sat down with CNC Development Committee chairman Mark Rosenshein to talk about that construction boom, as well as how the review process works, the role of the council and the ability local residents have to say yes or no to a project. …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Concerns about parking, business hours and rodents were among the issues raised at the Jan. 29 community meeting.
The Boston Department of Neighborhood Development on Tuesday hosted the third in a series of meetings to gather community input for the future use of the old Charlestown Armory building. Located at 374-398 Bunker Hill St., the 105-year-old Armory is currently vacant, owned by the city and managed by the DND, which is looking to create a request for proposals, or RFP, for developers interested in renovating the site. The DND expects to hold at least one more community meeting, at which residents can review a draft RFP, before posting the document in late March or April, said Reay Pannesi, DND senior project manager. At the meeting, which was co-hosted by the Charlestown Neighborhood Council, Pannesi quickly reviewed the site’s history and …
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374 Bunker Hill St, Boston, MA
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Friday, January 25, 2013
The Starboard Place residential development features 54 rental units but no on-site spaces for vehicles.
Though they are recommending support of the Starboard Place proposal for the Navy Yard’s Parcel 39A, members of the Charlestown Neighborhood Council Development Committee remain concerned about the project’s lack of on-site parking—and about Navy Yard parking in general. Six CNC members were present at a project review meeting hosted jointly with Boston Redevelopment Authority project manager Geoff Lewis on Thursday night. The meeting was held at Constitution Inn, located next to the empty lot where the 54-rental unit project is being proposed, at the corner of First Avenue and Ninth Street. Also present were Henry Kara and Andrew Kara, attorneys for development company Kavanagh Advisory Group LLC, and project architect Joel Bargmann of …
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1st Ave & 9th St, Boston, MA
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A joint meeting with the BRA is scheduled Feb. 12.
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[UPDATE Friday, Jan. 25, 3:45 p.m.] The Charlestown Neighborhood Council is hosting a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12 to discuss the closing of the fountain in the Navy Yard for recreational use and the creation of a new water play feature in the same area. Previously scheduled for Jan. 31, the meeting was postponed because of a scheduling conflict. The meeting will be jointly run by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The BRA has retained a design firm to work with the community to locate and design a new water play feature for recreational use in the Navy Yard. This feature would be intended to replace the fountain, which the Redevelopment Authority has closed to recreational use due to liability concerns. The Redevelopment Authority has …
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Constitution Inn YMCA
150 3rd Ave, Charlestown, MA
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Monday, January 14, 2013
The proposal involves construction of a four-story apartment building in the Charlestown Navy Yard, across from the YMCA.
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council Development Committee and the Boston Redevelopment Authority will co-host a community review meeting regarding the Parcel 39a development proposal on Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Constitution Inn in the Navy Yard. This is the third community meeting regarding the latest Parcel 39a proposal. The review process began in November 2012 and was continued at a meeting in December. The developer, Kavanagh Advisory Group LLC, will present their residential development plans for the empty lot known as Parcel 39a, located at the corner of First Avenue and Ninth Street in front of the Constitution Inn YMCA. Representatives from the Boston Redevelopment Authority will participate in the Jan. 24 meeting, which is part …
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Constitution Inn YMCA
150 3rd Ave, Charlestown, MA
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1st Ave & 9th St, Boston, MA
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Hospital reps hope to have a temporary certificate of occupancy by today.
Plans to relocate Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to the Charlestown Navy Yard are moving right along, with developers expecting to have a temporary certificate of occupancy in hand today. Rebecca Kaiser, director of government and community relations for Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, shared an update on the project with the Charlestown Neighborhood Association at their Tuesday, Jan. 8 meeting. “Construction is 99 percent complete,” Kaiser told the council. “We’re hopeful to have the temporary certificate of occupancy by this Friday and then the official certificate of occupancy by Jan. 18.” The $220 million project involves construction of a new 300,000 sq. ft. medical facility at the corner of 16th Street and First Avenue in …
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125 Nashua St, Boston, MA
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16th St & 1st Ave, Boston, MA
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Charlestown Neighborhood Council member Bill Galvin feels companies should do a better job of notifying residents about production plans.
A discussion over Boston's policy regarding notification about film crews coming to Charlestown streets got somewhat heated Tuesday night, as Charlestown Neighborhood Council member Bill Galvin told a city representative he felt 72 hours notice was not enough. Galvin had requested in December that someone from the city come in to talk with the council after receiving what he felt was late notice about a production crew coming to Charlestown to do pick-up shots for Donnie Wahlberg’s new reality show, “Boston’s Finest.” Patricia Papa, film director with the city’s Film Bureau, spoke at the CNC meeting on Jan. 8, saying Boston was one of the strictest cities in the country in which to film. “Film companies are used to rolling into New York …
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council also heard from City Councillor Sal LaMattina and Charlestown High School Headmaster William Thompson at their meeting on Jan. 8.
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council’s first meeting of 2013 was a busy one, as the council welcomed two new members, heard from District 1 City Councillor Sal LaMattina and covered a range of topics, from notification of film shoots in the area to an update on the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital project. New council member Amanda Reinfeld took her seat after being chosen in November to serve in one of the council’s seven at-large seats. In addition, the Charlestown Preservation Society sent a new member to replace outgoing representative Lee Braun. Mal Watlington took over the CPS seat. Watlington lives on Main Street, is also a member of the Charlestown Chamber of Commerce and has experience in city management from Wilmington, NC. The …
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Knights of Columbus
545 Medford St, Boston, MA
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Bette Task
11:58 am on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Many years ago, I requested speed bumps where Lowney Way turns onto Adams Street. I was told that the city of Boston does not use speed bumps on city streets. more ›