Construction underway at 266-270 Centre Street

If you’ve been wondering what’s going on across from the Jackson Square T station at the corner of Lamartine and Wise Streets, it’s new construction by the JPNDC. This project is slated to include approximately 35 units of affordable housing and several thousand square feet of retail space on its ground floor.

The project combined a [...]

Centre Street redesign to enhance Hyde Square rotary

Proposed Hyde Square Rotary improvements

At yesterday’s Centre/South Street Corridor Advisory Group meeting, consultants for the city’s transportation department revealed preliminary plans to improve Hyde Square’s iconic rotary.

The proposed improvements reclaim asphalt from the roadway and create two significant plaza areas. One new plaza is in front of 401-403 Centre Street (at the southwest corner) [...]

Celebrate Preservation Month!

May is Preservation Month! What are you doing to celebrate?

A couple of ideas..

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is encouraging folks to participate in This Place Matters, a photo and video collection of people at the places that are important in their lives. You can browse the collection so far or register and upload your [...]

Demolition delay hearing for 266-270 Centre Street

The JPNDC has requested a permit to tear down a multifamily on Centre Street that is one of the last prominent tenement buildings from the pre- Interstate 95-demolished neighborhood. The house at 266-270 Centre Street is a handsome mid-block wood frame structure with a mansard roof and decorative bracketing at its cornice.

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