Blessed Sacrament « Historic Hyde Square

Creating private outdoor spaces

Creating some private outdoor space for the residents of the redeveloped Church is no simple task. One of the developer’s proposals removes the roof from the sacristy (the lowest part of the building in the foreground).

This would allow the developer to create a landscaped private outdoor courtyard overlooking the future green core of the campus. [...]

Save(d) the Rectory!

Have you been by the Blessed Sacrament Campus recently and seen the newly restored Rectory?

Thanks to a tremendous efforts by neighborhood residents, the Boston Landmarks Commission agreed that preserving the Rectory building was important in the site’s redevelopment.

As a result, the site developers found an acceptable way to restore the building’s historic exterior while updating [...]

Stony Brook Cohousing to redevelop Blessed Sacrament Church

Stony Brook Cohousing, a local group formed in 2006 to create an “intentional community” in Jamaica Plain, has entered into a deal to take on the redevelopment of the long-vacant Blessed Sacrament Church. The group is planning to purchase the church from the JPNDC and New Atlantic, the original partnership that formed to redevelop the [...]

Blessed Sacrament Zoning Hearing (April 5)

The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s Zoning Committee is holding a meeting next Thursday to discuss the latest on the Blessed Sacrament redevelopment project.

According to a flyer found on Wyman Street, the meeting will focus on the zoning variances requested by the developer. It specifically notes Boston Zoning Commission dockets 28106 (30 Sunnyside Street, the Cheverus [...]

Creating private outdoor spaces

Save(d) the Rectory!

Stony Brook Cohousing to redevelop Blessed Sacrament Church

Blessed Sacrament Zoning Hearing (April 5)

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