StreetsblogMASS - Mon May 13, 2024
Boston's Transit, Bicycle Riders Likely to Get More Space On Back Bay Streets in 2024
Boston transportation planners hosted a meeting May 2 to discuss their plans to add more bike lanes and bus lanes to various streets in the city's Back Bay neighborhood, which is currently a significant bottleneck for frequent-service bus routes and a major gap in the Massachusetts capital's growing network of protected bike lanes....
Architect’s Newspaper - Wed April 10, 2024
New England Revolution Soccer Team Wants to Build Its Own Stadium in Everett, Mass.
The New England Revolution team has one of the largest fan bases in Major League Soccer (MLS), but its stadium is almost an hour outside of the city of Boston, hurting both attendance and ticket sales....
The Daily Free Press & Boston.com - Wed February 14, 2024
Refurbishment Work to Boston Public Garden Fountains Will Wrap This Summer
The construction to improve accessibility and restore the iconic fountains around the Boston Public Garden is expected to end this summer almost a year after the work first began last September. The Child Fountain Restoration Project is the last of three refurbishment phases commemorating the 50th anniversary of Friends of the Public Garden, an advocacy group for the 24-acre park and surrounding area, adjacent to Boston Common, in the heart of the city's downtown....
Harvard Crimson - Wed January 31, 2024
Boston Begins Planning a New Neighborhood On Harvard-Owned Land in Allston
The city of Boston, Mass., has undertaken a planning process for Beacon Park Yard (BPY), a large tract of Harvard University-owned land in Allston which is set to be the site of a large highway and transit project....
Boston Herald & WBUR Public Radi - Tue August 01, 2023
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Bans Fossil Fuels in Construction of New City Buildings
In the latest push for her Green New Deal, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that prohibits city-owned buildings from being constructed or renovated in a way that allows for the use of fossil fuels....
WCVB-TV & Boston.com - Thu July 06, 2023
Six-Week Shutdown of MBTA Green Line in Suburban Boston Delayed Until September
One of the newest stretches of the MBTA's Green Line Extension will remain open through the summer, the office of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced July 5. The news comes less than one week after the transit agency said the portion of commuter rail line would need to close for six weeks amid construction on the Squires Bridge....
Boston Globe - Tue June 13, 2023
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Signs New Construction Project Safety Rules
Citing a string of major construction problems in Boston in recent years, Mayor Michelle Wu signed new rules June 1 that require large construction and demolition contractors working on projects in the city to file detailed safety plans in order to get a building permit....
Spaces4Learning.com & Finegold Alexander - Wed January 18, 2023
Boston Architecture Firm Debuts Design of New Cranston, R.I., Elementary School
A Boston-based architecture firm, Finegold Alexander, has released its designs and plans for a ground-up rebuild of a 1950s-era elementary school in Cranston, R.I. The city of Cranston and Cranston Public Schools has partnered with the company on the designs of the new, 100,000-sq.-ft....
Boston Globe - Tue September 27, 2022
Boston's South Station Development Progressing Toward 2025 Opening
High above the train platforms at downtown Boston's South Station on Sept. 19, construction workers in hard hats and safety harnesses stood amid a dense network of steel support beams, aligning a hulking piece of steel like it was a puzzle piece....
Gilbane Building Company - Mon September 26, 2022
Gilbane Building Company Completes MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, alongside officials from Fenway Sports Group Real Estate (FSGRE), a subsidiary of Fenway Sports Group (FSG), Live Nation and the City of Boston, joined representatives from Gilbane Building Company and D'Agostino, Izzo & Quirk Architects Inc., as well as members of the greater Boston community to celebrate the official grand opening of the new 91,500-sq....
