By Michael Coughlin Jr. At Monday’s Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) meeting, those in attendance voted to support a project that would bring new units to 60-62 Byron Street. The proposal, as explained by Attorney Richard Lynds, is to demolish…
Author: Michael Coughlin Jr.
Proposed Marginal Street project presented at JPNA meeting
Plans for a proposed project at 210 Marginal Street were presented at the latest Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) Planning and Zoning meeting last week. The proposal, as explained by Attorney Richard Lynds, is to preserve the existing three-unit building…
HVNA Formally Opposes Bennington St. Restaurant
After a year, the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) was finally able to hold a formal vote on a proposed project that would bring a restaurant to 636-638 Bennington Street, and attendees overwhelmingly opposed it at the group’s latest meeting…
Tree Eastie Secures Grant for New Fruit Tree Program
Tree Eastie, a local non-profit organization that focuses on planting and maintaining trees while educating residents about their benefits, has been awarded a grant for a fruit tree program that will begin this month. The $50,000 grant, which comes from…
636-638 Bennington Street Presentation finally occurs
After months of postponement, the proponents of a proposal that would bring a restaurant called El Parche to 636-638 Bennington Street presented their plans to the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) during its monthly meeting on Monday. El Parche’s origins…
GSNA Hears Plans for Maverick Street Project
During the Gove Street Neighborhood Association’s (GSNA) monthly meeting last week, attendees were presented with plans to add several units to the site of an existing garage at 265 Maverick Street. As part of the project, adaptive reuse is proposed…
Updates about McLean Park and 636-638 Bennington St. Provided
On Monday, the Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) held its monthly meeting, where attendees were given updates on two items that have been major topics of conversation recently: McLean Park and a project at 636-638 Bennington Street. The first item…
Supporting Children
Boston After School & Beyond gives over $1 million to 67 after-school organizations Boston After School & Beyond, a local organization that focuses on expanding access to after-school and summer programs in the city, recently provided grants to 67 after-school…
Updates on 64 Homer Street and 636-638 Bennington Street provided at HVNA meeting
During its monthly meeting on Monday, Skip Marcella, a Harbor View Neighborhood Association (HVNA) Board Member, shared some updates with attendees about two ongoing processes, one at 64 Homer Street and the other at 636-638 Bennington Street, which have been…
Abutters Meeting Held for 531 Bennington Street
Last week, the City of Boston hosted an abutters meeting for a project at 531 Bennington Street, which was previously home to a three-unit building, which the Attorney for the project, Richard Lynds, described as the leaning tower of Pisa…