The building does look like a fist with a middle finger "salute."
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KA Fischer
11 years ago
Too congested, too many transient renters, it will remove the neighborliness of Mission Hill.
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Gabriel M Dickey
11 years ago
No. It's too congested already.
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Michael C Pulte
11 years ago
NO MORE STUDENTS !
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Rob Woodin
11 years ago
Sounds like it will be impossible to find parking in a family neighborhood after this is built. What is the developer thinking?
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Ellen Bass
11 years ago
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Generally i support building new, more dense housing in Mission Hill, to keep housing costs affordable for a variety of income level households. However, a tower this disproportional to anything else nearby seems excessive.
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Patrick E. O'Connor
11 years ago
massive eyesore...no good here!
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barry twomey
11 years ago
I would be for a smaller version w/ a percent of affordable units
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Kevin Hannon
11 years ago
This building is a disproportionate Eyesore to the surrounding buildings and far too big occupancy-wise for the surrounding neighborhood infrastructure to support.
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Laura Gusztak
11 years ago
As a resident on Wigglesworth, I ask that you please don't let this happen. Thank you
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Lisan Parker
11 years ago
please, no more high rises to block the sky. Boston has a unique character and charm that would be greatly diminished by such a building project. Please, no more high rises in the Mission Main area. Thank you.
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Roderick L. Kersey
11 years ago
This building project should not be allowed in our Mission Hill Neighborhood. It is completely out of character, size & scope for the area and will have a negative impact on the residents and environment. The owners of 75 St Alphonsus - where my brother first lived back in 1976, have turned that building into an international student ghetto, unfit for local residents to live in anymore. The owners have no concern for the neighborhood, other than their own monetary enrichment. They are not good neighbors.
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Luanne E Witkowski
11 years ago
Besides the fact that this is an unnecessary and overwhelming I oppose this project for the following reasons: Height: The building would be much higher than anything in the surrounding community—probably around 400 feet— probably more than 300 feet taller than the 75 feet allowed height for the Article 59 MFR subdistrict. It would block the view of many residents and create shadow and wind impacts for abutters. Traffic impact: The proposal is for traffic to enter from Smith and Worthington Streets, which are narrow, 19th century streets, inadequate for the traffic that will be generated. Traffic already backs up on to Huntington Avenue and Tremont Street from these tiny streets; additional cars will make the situation more dangerous. By contrast, the three high rises already on the parcel front on St. Alphonsus Street, (which was widened to facilitate traffic) and Huntington and Tremont, both major thoroughfares. Parking: Only 270 parking spaces are proposed for 690 units. (295 existing units and proposed 385 units.) Parking is already extremely difficult in the neighborhood. Scale and density: There are three existing high rise buildings along St. Alphonsus Street, making the area extremely dense already. The project will front on Worthington Street in the Mission Hill Triangle Architectural Conservation district, a residential area of brick and brownstone row houses, which are only 35 feet high. The proposed building would be more than 10 times higher. This height would be appropriate in the down town business district, but not in a residential area. There are some 65 houses in the historic district, in a balanced mix of owner-occupied and rental units, creating a close-knit community. To add 385 rental units on Worthington Street would upset this balance and change the character of the neighborhood. Zoning: Zoning for the area is MFR-3 with a maximum height of 75 feet. The tower would be some 400 feet, Current zoning calls for a floor/area ratio
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Kathleen L Szatkowski
11 years ago
This proposal is over sized for our neighborhood and would impact it negatively in many ways. I don't see any positive advantages for Mission Hill and its residents in this proposal.
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Federica Pisacane Rohde
11 years ago
I sincerely hope this is never going to get built!
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Loretta Holliday
11 years ago
Please do not do this Mission Hill is currently congested already.
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CATHERINE GALLAGHER
11 years ago
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS BLDG.
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Alison Pultinas
11 years ago
Thank you to all the residents who are organizing against this
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Patricia Flaherty
11 years ago
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The project is too dense for Worthington Street and should be reviewed for its impact on Mission Hill ' s only historic district. Height, massing, FAR,parking relief sought are all unacceptable. This also sets a dangerous precedent in a neighborhood under extreme private and institutional development pressures.
This proposal celebrates greed over community!
The building does look like a fist with a middle finger "salute."
Too congested, too many transient renters, it will remove the neighborliness of Mission Hill.
No. It's too congested already.
NO MORE STUDENTS !
Sounds like it will be impossible to find parking in a family neighborhood after this is built. What is the developer thinking?
Generally i support building new, more dense housing in Mission Hill, to keep housing costs affordable for a variety of income level households. However, a tower this disproportional to anything else nearby seems excessive.
massive eyesore...no good here!
I would be for a smaller version w/ a percent of affordable units
This building is a disproportionate Eyesore to the surrounding buildings and far too big occupancy-wise for the surrounding neighborhood infrastructure to support.
As a resident on Wigglesworth, I ask that you please don't let this happen. Thank you
please, no more high rises to block the sky. Boston has a unique character and charm that would be greatly diminished by such a building project. Please, no more high rises in the Mission Main area. Thank you.
This building project should not be allowed in our Mission Hill Neighborhood. It is completely out of character, size & scope for the area and will have a negative impact on the residents and environment. The owners of 75 St Alphonsus - where my brother first lived back in 1976, have turned that building into an international student ghetto, unfit for local residents to live in anymore. The owners have no concern for the neighborhood, other than their own monetary enrichment. They are not good neighbors.
Besides the fact that this is an unnecessary and overwhelming I oppose this project for the following reasons: Height: The building would be much higher than anything in the surrounding community—probably around 400 feet— probably more than 300 feet taller than the 75 feet allowed height for the Article 59 MFR subdistrict. It would block the view of many residents and create shadow and wind impacts for abutters. Traffic impact: The proposal is for traffic to enter from Smith and Worthington Streets, which are narrow, 19th century streets, inadequate for the traffic that will be generated. Traffic already backs up on to Huntington Avenue and Tremont Street from these tiny streets; additional cars will make the situation more dangerous. By contrast, the three high rises already on the parcel front on St. Alphonsus Street, (which was widened to facilitate traffic) and Huntington and Tremont, both major thoroughfares. Parking: Only 270 parking spaces are proposed for 690 units. (295 existing units and proposed 385 units.) Parking is already extremely difficult in the neighborhood. Scale and density: There are three existing high rise buildings along St. Alphonsus Street, making the area extremely dense already. The project will front on Worthington Street in the Mission Hill Triangle Architectural Conservation district, a residential area of brick and brownstone row houses, which are only 35 feet high. The proposed building would be more than 10 times higher. This height would be appropriate in the down town business district, but not in a residential area. There are some 65 houses in the historic district, in a balanced mix of owner-occupied and rental units, creating a close-knit community. To add 385 rental units on Worthington Street would upset this balance and change the character of the neighborhood. Zoning: Zoning for the area is MFR-3 with a maximum height of 75 feet. The tower would be some 400 feet, Current zoning calls for a floor/area ratio
This proposal is over sized for our neighborhood and would impact it negatively in many ways. I don't see any positive advantages for Mission Hill and its residents in this proposal.
I sincerely hope this is never going to get built!
Please do not do this Mission Hill is currently congested already.
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS BLDG.
Thank you to all the residents who are organizing against this
The project is too dense for Worthington Street and should be reviewed for its impact on Mission Hill ' s only historic district. Height, massing, FAR,parking relief sought are all unacceptable. This also sets a dangerous precedent in a neighborhood under extreme private and institutional development pressures.