By Project
By Issue
By Issue
- 01/23/04 - Suggested
questions for the Boston Redevelopment Authority at its
series of "Neighborhood Nights"
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Chapter 121 and rezoning powers
- 11/22/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place, Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) comment
- 05/01/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the Chestnut Hill Waterworks rezoning process
- 02/20/02 - ABN comment letter to the BRA regarding Liberty Place DPIR
- 01/25/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place, PNF comment
- 01/15/02 - ABN letter to the EOEA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place #12657
- ABN comments to the BRA on Two Financial Center DPIR
- 03/28/00 - ABN letter to EOEA on Two Financial Center project in the Leather District
- 03/17/00 - ABN letter regarding BRA meeting re Two Financial Center in the Leather District
- Additional reference:
- Urban Development Corporations Fact Sheet (PDF file) - from the Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development
- Chapter 121A - "Urban Redevelopment Corporations," General Laws of Massachusetts
- Chapter 121B - "Housing and Urban Renewal," General Laws of Massachusetts
- Chap. 652 - "An act concerning the development or redevelopment of blighted open areas..." (legislation abolishing the Planning Board and making the BRA the planning agency for Boston, Sept. 1960)
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Eminent Domain
- 11/22/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the Boston Red Sox demonstration project involving the BRA's seizing of Yawkey Way
- 01/31/01 - ABN letter to The Bostonian Society on the Museum Project Proposal for City Hall Plaza
- 06/30/00 - Guarding the Public Realm at City Hall Plaza - OpEd in Boston Globe
- 06/24/00 - ABN letter to City Council on hearing re City Hall Plaza
- 06/01/00 - Testimony at City Council hearing on proposed redesign of City Hall Plaza
- 03/17/00 - ABN letter to City Councilor Maureen Feeney on development plans for City Hall Plaza
- Additional reference:
- From The Atlantic online, July 30, 2002: "Condemning private property for private use is a booming national business."
- The Castle Coalition: Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse
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Article 80
- 03/28/00 - ABN proposed changes to Article 80; letter to the BRA
- 03/24/00 - Summary of ABN's Proposed Changes to Article 80
- 03/24/02 - Sixty-one Modifications to Article 80, prepared by the ABN (PDF file, 764K) - March 24, 2000
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Urban Renewal
- 10/10/02 - Transcript of "The Birth, Transformation, Death and Afterlife of the Federal Urban Renewal Program," by Mark Yessian, guest speaker, ABN meeting, Oct. 10, 2002
- 11/09/01 - ABN letter to the DHCD regarding review of BRA Urban Renewal Plan modifications
- 06/27/00 - ABN request for dissolution of BRA/Urban Renewal Program
- Conflict of Interest as Developer/Planner
- Other
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- 05/10/03 - Letters from Boston resident and neighborhood group regarding Joslin Center expansion and BRA process
- 12/30/02 - Letter from ABN member to the Boston Redevelopment Authority regarding Longwood Medical Area Interim Guidelines
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Additional Reference
- Boston Redevelopment Authority
- Chap. 652 - "An act concerning the development or redevelopment of blighted open areas..." (legislation abolishing the Planning Board and making the BRA the planning agency for Boston, Sept. 1960)
- What is Urban Renewal? - reprinted from the web site of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
- Hub zoning code causes contention - Boston Herald, January 25, 2002
- Chinatown's voices must be heard - Boston Globe, Oct. 12, 2002
- Redevelopment: The Unknown Government: What it is. What can be done. -- A Report to the People of California, August, 1998, Second Edition, published by Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform (MORR), through a grant from the Fieldstead Institute, Irvine, CA
- 09/07/01 - ABN letter to EOEA and BRA regarding Fan Pier FEIR/FPIR - MEPA #12083
- 11/30/00 - ABN letter to the mayor regarding Municipal Harbor Plan, Fan Pier
- 01/07/99 - ABN comments to the EOEA on Fan Pier Development PNF/ENF
- 05/28/01 - ABN letter to the Joint Committee on Natural Resources in support of a bill to establish an environmental justice designation program
- 05/11/01 - ABN letter to the FAA and EOEA regarding Logan Airside Improvements Planning Project
- 05/15/02 - ABN
town meeting: There Goes the Neighborhood!
Gentrification, affordable housing, middle-class housing,
or none at all?
Meeting report
Fact sheet - 12/08/99 - Intellectual Property: Institutions bank campus land and expand into neighborhoods - Boston TAB Op-ed
- 06/06/02 - ABN
town meeting: Boom for whom? Does urban
revitalization revitalize all of us?
Meeting Report
Fact Sheet - 06/19/00 - ABN letter to the Boston City Council regarding the BRA's request for city operating funds
- 06/14/00 - ABN letter to the Boston City Council regarding the BRA's request for city operating funds
- 02/01/00 - ABN letter to the mayor on search for new Planning Director at the BRA
- 11/10/99 - ABN letter to Mayor Menino with working paper on planning in Boston
Privatization of Public Land
(see also BRA - Eminent Domain, above)
- 09/23/07 - A letter urging public process for development of the Rose Kennedy Greenway's Parcel 13
- 11/22/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the Boston Red Sox demonstration project involving the BRA's seizing of Yawkey Way
- 08/01/02 - Greenway Trust legislation halted. From the Boston Globe, August 1: "Efforts to create an independent public trust to develop and oversee a Surface Artery Greenway downtown died yesterday, opposed by legislators and public groups who contend it was rushed and riddled with problems." - more
- 08/01/02 - Letter to ABN members and friends on the halting of the Greenway Trust legislation.
- 07/31/02 - Bulletin sent on behalf of ABN to legislators who will have to vote on the Greenway Trust legislation on Wednesday, July 31.
- 07/31/02 - Letters from Boston residents to State Joint Transportation Committee regarding proposed Surface Artery legislation.
- 07/26/02 - Proposed legislation (as of 7/23/02) currently before the Massachusetts State Legislature that would establish a public-private trust to govern the use of land being made available by construction of the new Central Artery tunnel.
- 07/23/02 - Boston Globe prints letter to editor from ABN member arguing against legislation that would create a Greenway Trust to govern the Surface Artery
- 06/26/02 - ABN request for an open public process and extended comment deadline for legislation that would govern the Surface Artery
- 05/06/02 - ABN letter to State House Ways and Means protesting possible transfer of lands from MDC to Mass. Highway Dept.
- 05/01/02 - ABN letter regarding Surface Artery legislation
- 01/16/02 - ABN letter to EOEA expressing thanks for decision on the BU sailing pavilion proposal
- 04/20/01 - ABN letter to State House representatives re Senate 1613 Boston University Sailing Pavilion on Charles River Esplanade
- Additional reference:
- From The Atlantic online, July 30, 2002: "Condemning private property for private use is a booming national business."
- 03/28/00 - ABN letter to the Boston Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) regarding policy and implementation plan for disposition of public property
- 01/26/00 - ABN letter to DND regarding community participation in disposition of city-owned property
- Property Tax Fact Sheet - for Nov. 22, 2004 ABN meeting
- Property Tax slide presentation - 11/22/2004
- Property Taxes in Boston - notes from Feb. 12, 2004 ABN meeting
- ABN property tax primer:
- Reference:
- Boston Herald, Nov. 12, 2004: "Through the roof: Hub residents face enormous tax hike"
- Boston Herald, Nov. 11, 2004: "Tax bills far from full value: Rent-based formula helps only Hub's towers, not homeowners"
- Boston Herald, Feb. 28, 2003: "Troubled cities eye land-value tax: Some experts see 19th century idea as modern solution"
- 08/31/02 - MBTA commits to improvements on Fairmount Line. The Boston Globe reports that new trains and stations will be added, "significantly boosting transit service to Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park - among Boston's poorer and least-served communities."
- 05/20/02 - ABN letter to KKO, MBTA consultants, regarding improvements to the Fairmount Line
- 04/03/02 - ABN
town meeting: Manhattan vs. Pleasantville. Traffic,
density, and "quality of life" -- what kind of city are
we building?
Meeting report
Fact Sheet - 03/11/02 - ABN letter to the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) regarding MPO Public Involvement Program for Regional Transportation Plan
- 10/29/01 - ABN letter to EOEA regarding Urban Ring Corridor ENF
- 05/11/01 - ABN letter to the FAA and EOEA regarding Logan Airside Improvements Planning Project
- 04/12/01 - ABN letter of support to the Arborway Committee for restoring Green Line MBTA service from Heath Street to the Arborway
- 02/14/01 - ABN comments on proposed amendment to the FY 2001 Transit Program
- 06/27/00 - ABN letter to the MBTA protesting proposed fare increase
- 06/23/00 - ABN letter to the MBTA regarding the Urban Ring Major Investment Study
- 01/05/00 - ABN comment on Boston MPO Transportation Plan 2000-2025
- 07/13/99 - ABN letter to the EOEA regarding the MBTA's Silver Line and South Boston Piers Transitway
- Additional reference:
- 10/23/02 - ABN rejects proposed zoning amendment (RDA) for downtown Boston. Letter to BRA requests comprehensive zoning and thorough public process before the city makes changes in downtown development rules.
- 01/14/02 - ABN letter to BRA regarding proposed downtown IPOD zoning change
- 12/19/01 - ABN letter to the Boston Zoning Commission on Downtown IPOD proposal
- 10/29/01 - ABN White Paper #3 - Boston Zoning Board of Appeal: Variance Process Reform
- 05/24/00 - ABN letter to the Boston Zoning Commission regarding Loew's Boston Hotel Project
- 01/26/00 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding lack of BRA approvals for Mission Hill Global Ventures development project
- Additional reference
- Code experts call for change - Boston Herald, January 11, 2002
- Code officials counter critics - Boston Herald, January 18, 2002
- Hub zoning code causes contention - Boston Herald, January 25, 2002
- Chinatown's voices must be heard - Boston Globe, Oct. 12, 2002
- Liberty Place and Justice for All - from the Asian American Movement Ezine
By Project
- 09/23/07 - A letter urging public process for development of the Rose Kennedy Greenway's Parcel 13
- 08/01/02 - Greenway Trust legislation halted. From the Boston Globe, August 1: "Efforts to create an independent public trust to develop and oversee a Surface Artery Greenway downtown died yesterday, opposed by legislators and public groups who contend it was rushed and riddled with problems." - more
- 08/01/02 - Letter to ABN members and friends on the halting of the Greenway Trust legislation.
- 07/31/02 - Bulletin sent on behalf of ABN to legislators who will have to vote on the Greenway Trust legislation on Wednesday, July 31.
- 07/31/02 - Letters from Boston residents to State Joint Transportation Committee regarding proposed Surface Artery legislation.
- 07/26/02 - Proposed legislation (as of 7/23/02) currently before the Massachusetts State Legislature that would establish a public-private trust to govern the use of land being made available by construction of the new Central Artery tunnel.
- 07/23/02 - Boston Globe prints letter to editor from ABN member arguing against legislation that would create a Greenway Trust to govern the Surface Artery
- 06/26/02 - ABN request for an open public process and extended comment deadline for legislation that would govern the Surface Artery
- 05/01/02 - ABN letter regarding Surface Artery legislation
- Boston Globe series: Beyond the Big Dig
- 08/22/02 - Boston Globe article: Water works Chestnut Hill Reservoir envisioned as new Jamaica Pond
- 08/16/02 - Boston Globe article: Water fight: Preservationists, developers eye reservoir landmark
- 05/01/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the Chestnut Hill Waterworks rezoning process
- 01/31/01 - ABN letter to The Bostonian Society on the Museum Project Proposal for City Hall Plaza
- 06/30/00 - Guarding the Public Realm at City Hall Plaza - OpEd in Boston Globe
- 06/24/00 - ABN letter from ABN to City Council on hearing re City Hall Plaza
- 06/01/00 - Testimony at City Council hearing on proposed redesign of City Hall Plaza
- 03/17/00 - ABN letter to City Councilor Maureen Feeney on development plans for City Hall Plaza
- 10/23/02 - ABN rejects proposed zoning amendment (RDA) for downtown Boston.
- 01/14/02 - ABN letter to BRA regarding proposed downtown IPOD zoning change
- 12/19/01 - ABN letter to the Boston Zoning Commission on Downtown IPOD proposal
- 11/22/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place, Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) comment
- 01/25/02 - ABN letter to the BRA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place, PNF comment
- 01/15/02 - ABN letter to the EOEA regarding the proposed Residences at Kensington Place #1265
- 02/20/02 - ABN comment letter to the BRA regarding Liberty Place DPIR
- More information:
- The Fight Against Liberty Place - from the Campaign to Protect Chinatown
- Liberty Place and Justice for All - from the Asian American Movement Ezine
- 05/10/03 - Letters from Boston resident and neighborhood group regarding Joslin Center expansion and BRA process
- 12/30/02 - Letter from ABN member to the Boston Redevelopment Authority regarding Longwood Medical Area Interim Guidelines
- 05/06/02 - ABN letter to State House Ways and Means protesting possible transfer of lands from MDC to Mass. Highway Dept.
- 01/16/02 - ABN letter to EOEA expressing thanks for decision on the BU sailing pavilion proposal
- 04/20/01 - ABN letter to State House representatives re Senate 1613 Boston University Sailing Pavilion on Charles River Esplanade
Mission Hill Global Ventures Project
- 09/07/01 - ABN letter to EOEA and BRA regarding Fan Pier FEIR/FPIR - MEPA #12083
- 11/30/00 - ABN letter to the mayor regarding Municipal Harbor Plan, Fan Pier
- 07/13/99 -ABN letter to the EOEA regarding the MBTA's Silver Line and South Boston Piers Transitway
- 01/07/99 - ABN comments to the EOEA on Fan Pier Development PNF/ENF
- ABN comments to the BRA regarding Two Financial Center DPIR
- 03/28/00 - ABN letter to EOEA on proposed Two Financial Center development in the Leather District
- 03/17/00 - ABN letter regarding BRA meeting re Two Financial Center in the Leather District