After months of community meetings and conversations about the Blue Hill Avenue corridor and the redesign of Mattapan Square, final decisions by the Wu administration on what’s next are expected by the end of the year.
It’s hard to miss the Sgt. William E. Carter American Legion Post 16 on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan Square with its large, newly painted exterior murals – as well as a history dating back 104 years. But leaders of the post say they have been left out of planning for the reconstruction of Mattapan Square to date and they feel they aren’t wanted in the community.
There’s no doubt the pedestrian situation in Mattapan Square has been life-threatening for generations, and while most everyone favors the major safety improvements that are being planned, one part of the re-design –a call to move one of the Mattapan Heritage Statues – is facing some community opposition. The two statues commemorate both the Mattahunt Tribe that once called