The National Park Service (NPS) designated the Uphams Corner neighborhood a historic district last week and listed it in the National Register of Historic Places. The decision came after a series of meetings last year. The neighborhood’s cluster of late 19th and early 20th century commercial and residential buildings – 24 in all – were deemed historically significant and
Stakeholders in Uphams Corner want the central section of the neighborhood to be recognized as a National Historic District – a designation that must be granted by state and federal authorities. Such a status could bring new resources to the Dorchester crossroads. The effort is being led by the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (EDC). An online meeting, hosted by
You can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline. Ed Forry learned that lesson again, on his tenth time as publisher and editor of the Dorchester Day supplement to the weekly Dorchester Argus-Citizen. The year was 1983, and the insert’s red-white-and-black cover saluted a high point of the preceding twelve months with a lead photo of President Ronald Reagan
You can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline. Ed Forry learned that lesson again, on his tenth time as publisher and editor of the Dorchester Day supplement to the weekly Dorchester Argus-Citizen. The year was 1983, and the insert’s red-white-and-black cover saluted a high point of the preceding twelve months with a lead photo of President Ronald Reagan
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved two projects for two parcels on Columbia Road that will mean 113 new affordable apartments, artist space and the preservation of two historic buildings across from the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. One of the projects will mean the elimination of 16 SRO apartments, but the current tenants will be guaranteed new, larger units in
The City of Boston has announced its financial support for a mixed-use, mixed-income development in the Upham’s Corner neighborhood. Called Columbia Crossing, the project will repurpose the historic Dorchester Savings Bank building and adjacent parking lot into an approximately.
Projects in Dorchester and Mattapan are set to receive millions in funding as part of a City Hall effort to create and preserve hundreds of income-restricted housing units. Mayor Wu last week announced $67 million in new funding, spread to 17 projects across 8 neighborhoods. The money, which comes primarily from three sources the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Community
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The former Dorchester Savings Bank building in Uphams Corner will become home to roughly 86,000 square feet of mixed-used, residential, commercial, and retail space under a plan approved by city officials.' The Boston Planning and Development Agency board on Nov. 17 approved the proposal, which calls for a six-story addition at the back of the existing bank building. The total