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Red Sox and partners unveil details of plans for development around Fenway Park
The ambitious project calls for 2.1 million square feet of office, housing, and retail space.
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,Updated January 29, 2021, 3:49 p.m.
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An artist s rendering of the proposed public gathering space adjacent to Fenway Park.WS Development
The streets around Fenway Park could be transformed over the next few years under development plans filed Friday by the owners of Red Sox and its partners.
Fenway Sports Group, the DâAngelo Family, and WS Development shared their clearest vision yet of plans to redevelop eight acres around the historic ballpark. A letter to the Boston Planning & Development Agency outlined a project that calls for 2.1 million square feet of offices, housing, and retail in four in buildings along Jersey and Landsdowne streets. Jersey Street would be permanently closed to vehicular traffic and become a âyear-round public gathering space.�
Guest Column
As Town Meeting Members and residents, we urge our neighbors and the Transportation Board to support the bus lanes proposed for the Gateway East project near our neighborhoods, Brookline Village and High Street Hill.
Gateway East was once the bustling center of Brookline Village known as Village Square, with trolley lines stretching in every direction. Today, Boylston Street at three intersections (High Street, Walnut Street and Brookline Avenue) is among the most congested spots in the region. That’s no accident. Over decades, removing the tracks and trees and narrowing sidewalks to make more room for cars succeeded in turning it into a highway.
Letter to the Editor
We urge the Brookline Transportation Board to support implementation of a pilot to test dedicated bus lanes along Washington Street, better known as Route 9, from High Street to the Boston line at River Road.
The proposed bus lanes, part of the Gateway East project, are an important opportunity to improve quality of life for those who live, work, and shop in and near Brookline. The proposal prioritizes movement of people, encourages sustainable modes of travel, and aims to reduce the number of cars and amount of fossil fuel emissions in Brookline.
The proposal is consistent with a growing trend in Brookline, as expressed through initiatives such as the 2019 Town Meeting Warrant Article on sustainable transportation, that the town’s transportation decision-making should prioritize social and climate justice. Bus lanes make our roads more just and inclusive. A high proportion of bus passengers in Gateway East are people of color, women, and from low-income hou
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