A better look at the Somerville by Design drawings presented on Jan. 8.
On Jan. 9 we posted a story about the Somerville by Design presentations. The presentations represented the result of a process in which members of the public worked with city planners in an effort to map out the futures of Ball, Magoun and Gilman squares. Unfortunately, we weren't able to immediately post some of the cool drawings and renderings that were part of that presentation. Somerville's planning department was kind enough to pass along a drawing of Magoun Square and a drawing of Gilman Square. (Gilman Square is behind Somerville High School near Medford and Pearl streets.) Here they are. Because the exact location of the proposed Green Line station in Ball Square isn't yet determined, planning staff did not have a finished …
Somerville by Design envisions major changes for Magoun, Ball and Gilman Squares.
A "naked intersection" in Magoun Square, a tower in Gilman Square and a new bridge lined with storefronts in Ball Square: Those were some of the ideas presented Tuesday night for the future of those city squares. The proposals were the results of the Somerville by Design process, intended to prepare the city for changes that would come with the extension of the Green Line through the city. Jeff Speck, former design director at the National Endowment for the Arts and author of "Walkable City," served as a consultant for the city on Somerville by Design. The Green Line Extension, which is scheduled to come to Gilman, Magoun and Ball Squares around 2019, is a "game changer," he said. "The neighborhoods [will] change." "The purpose of this …
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Residents and members of the business community met Wednesday night to discuss the future of Brickbottom and Inner Belt.
The transfer station is closing; the Green Line, despite delays, is expected to arrive some day, and the state is even conducting a study that could lead to "grounding" the McGrath Highway. The world around Brickbottom and Inner Belt, two industrial, underdeveloped areas in the southeast part of Somerville, is changing, and the city wants to capitalize on that change. On Wednesday night, residents, members of the business community and officials met at the Somerville Lions Club, in the Inner Belt area, to discuss the future of this corner of the city. "You've got to start somewhere," said Charlie McKenzie, a Somerville Chamber of Commerce member who's part of a focus group working to establish a strategy for transforming Brickbottom and …
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Lucas Rogers
10:01 pm on Monday, January 14, 2013
Notice that neither drawing shows the power lines. Wouldn't it be nice if we could bury them! more ›