I wasn’t able to make last night’s Mass. Executive Office of Transportation workshop in Natick, but here are the 3 issues I e-mailed them about this morning:
1) Walkability on Rte. 30 desperately needs improvement. We need more adequate pedestrian crossings! There are hundreds of office workers off Rte. 30 along Speen Street, the Leggatt-McCall connector [...]
Archive for September, 2008
3 issues for the Mass. transportation office
September 23, 2008Saxonville Lumber site plans: Details and my comments
September 21, 2008I got a look at Tony Kwan’s plans for the old Saxonville Lumber site yesterday. While as Brett said in the comments, the plan isn’t everything I hoped it might be, it’s a huge improvement over what’s there now, and a lot better than plenty of other possible site uses.
Here’s a photo of the model [...]
Redevelopment plans emerge for Saxonville Lumber site
September 19, 2008The owner of the 5+-acre site housing the one-time Saxonville Lumber business has plans to put two buildings there: one housing a health club and medical office, the other for retail space, the MetroWest Daily News reports. This looks like good news indeed for the neighborhood, which has seen a key piece of the business [...]
Route 30: What Could Be
September 14, 2008With numerous nearby office buildings and hotels and loads of retail, Framingham’s Route 30 still has the potential of being a park-once, walk-to-many destination with a real sense of place (despite the numerous chain stores).
Rte. 30 now has two specialty food shops with the potential to draw traffic from miles around: B&R Artisan Bread (a [...]
When outsiders change a neighborhood
September 7, 2008As a traveller, it’s hard to complain that there are “too many tourists” someplace, since by definition, you’re on of those outsiders. Nevertheless, if you’re travelling to see a specifically authentic place, it can be disappointing to see it overrun by mobs from tour buses or cruise chips, along with tacky souvenir shops and others [...]
