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A civic vision for Turnpike air rights in Boston

by Boston Redevelopment Authority, Strategic Development Study Committee for the Boston Extension of the Massachusetts Turnpike Air Rights

Express highwaysAirspace utilizationCity planningCommunity developmentUrban renewal

<U+2026>.this is the report of the Strategic Development Study Committee of citizens charged with creating a vision and strategy for the use of air rights over the Massachusetts Turnpike<U+2019>s entire route through the City of Boston; these are detailed, comprehensive guidelines for what should be allowed and not allowed to be built over the Turnpike which cuts through or near the Boston neighborhoods and areas of Allston, Brighton, Audubon Circle, Kenmore Square, the Fenway, Back Bay, South End, Bay Village, Chinatown, and others; this is a richly illustrated publication addressing nearly every aspect of development: traffic, transportation, urban design, engineering, quality of life, selecting developers, history/description of the Boston Extension of the Turnpike / parcels of land, economic considerations, open space, streets and bridges, costs, parking, pedestrian concerns, bicycle paths, environmental concerns (daylight and shadow, lighting and glare, noise, air quality, wind, groundwater, utility infrastructure, solid and hazardous waste recycling) implementation of the vision, streetscape, building locations, scale and massing, height, design character, and more; each parc

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