Columbia Point
Columbia Point
Train service interrupted over next two weeks
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The Dorchester leg of the Red Line will be shut down again this weekend as workers continue construction at Ashmont Station. The two-day hiatus will be repeated for a final weekend on April 4 and 5. Buses along Dorchester Avenue will replace train service between JFK-UMass and Ashmont on Saturday and Sunday. The T says that the shut-downs will also allow contractors “install additional improvements at Savin Hill station.†Customers can call the MBTA Construction Hotline at 617-222-6757 with additional questions.
Odor control facility will be going underground
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If you make a stink, it will sink.
That could be the lesson the owners of the Bayside Expo Center take to heart this week after the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority board of directors voted, 7-3, to sink underground a controversial odor control facility on Columbia Point. Read more
So far, UMass build-out not impacted by money crunch
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Facing a deficit totaling millions of dollars, UMass-Boston is forging ahead with plans to expand its Columbia Point campus, including a science complex, dorms and garages.
UMass officials say that despite the weak economy and state budget cuts, they remain on track to break ground on their own science building in autumn 2010. The 250,000-square foot "integrated science complex" is expected to open at the end of 2013. Read more
Odor still in the air for Bayside site
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nother salvo in the battle over an odor control facility on Columbia Point took place earlier this month, in the form of a tersely worded letter from developer Corcoran Jennison Companies. The director of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority said it's nothing new.
The fight centers on a proposed facility that would filter the air from an underground water storage tunnel that would store rainwater and raw sewage. In essence, Corcoran Jennison claims the current MWRA plan would stink, and the MWRA says it won't. Read more
Columbia Point plans, nearly complete, hit roadblock
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Plans to create a neighborhood feel amid developments being planned for Columbia Point hit a potential roadblock last week when both the MBTA and the state's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) voiced opposition to a new side street envisioned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority's urban planners. Read more
Columbia Point plan draws big crowd
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Despite the down economy which has sapped potential financing for two massive development proposals on Columbia Point, neighborhood folks came out to view the progress on the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan for the point on Saturday.
Their conversations were the best window yet on what might be agreed on in the plan and what has yet to be hammered out. Read more
JFK Museum highlights inaugural address in exhibit
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Inauguration Day, 1961: In front of the Capitol.With less than a week left before Barack Obama makes his inaugural address, he might heed instructions President John F. Read more
New director takes helm at Geiger Gibson Center
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Lou BradyDorchester's Geiger Gibson Community Health Center has a new executive director. Read more
State, Corcoran duel in "court of public opinion" over odor control
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It had to happen sooner or later. The bitterly opposed MWRA and Corcoran Jennison Companies and their hired engineers argued their cases in an ad hoc people's court last Thursday, temporarily interrupting the community planning process for Columbia Point. Read more
MWRA 'still open' to talks on odor facility
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The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority this week said it is still open to negotiations on a tense standoff over the design of an "odor control" facility on Columbia Point, but Joseph J. Corcoran - whose company plans a billion-dollar development next door - is sticking to his guns, saying Corcoran Jennison Cos. should not have to pay an extra dime to make sure the neighborhood isn't impacted by fumes. Read more
