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Fourth Roslindale GardenTour this Saturday

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The fourth ever Roslidnale Green and Clean Garden Tour will show offwhat the neighborhood has to offer in terms of greenery.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Forty-six-unit residentialbuilding proposed for

JP Glass siteMHC upset by environmental impact,

lack of community input

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District 5 City Council Candidate Mimi Turchinetz spoke during themeeting against the proposal's seeming promptness.

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Environmental and devel-opment concerns intersected ona proposed project for 24-38Stella Rd., discussed at theMount Hope CanterburyNeighborhood Association(MHC) on Thursday, June 13to a group of 40 people.

Residents were upset thatthere was virtually no commu-nity involvement in the process.The only discussion providedwas an outdoor abutters meet-ing on the evening of June 4.

Local resident Patrice Ryangave a slide presentation on theproposed project for four two-family townhouses on awooded lot, which is betweenthe Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter Day Saints and Ameri-can Legion Hwy. She and about

25 abutters toured the 27,200square-foot lot, which is closeto Stony Brook.

“What I’m fearful of is thatI am going to live on a penin-

sula,” Ryan said. She and otherresidents noted problems withflooding in the basements now.

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Primary DevelopmentGroup returned to the Green St-Glen Road-Washington St com-munity on June 6 to present twoalternative plans for a five andsix-story residential building at3326 Washington St., next toExodus Bagels.

Not one parking space is pro-vided in either option and no onein the full house of 45 residentssaid anything about it.

Instead, this was an historicpreservation crowd; most cameto advocate for the preservationof the 1851 former primaryschool house on the site that upuntil now had not solicited com-ment from residents in JamaicaPlain.

It was not included in the1982 Boston Landmarks Com-

mission Survey of JamaicaPlain.

Architectural historian JennyNathans has made the buildingimportant with an on-line bloghistory and she came preparedwith a handout history.

Tim Reardon lives onBeethoven Street and is activein the Egleston Square MainStreets.

“Historic Boston and MainStreets did an historic surveyand this building never crossedmy radar,” he said. “It’s a vi-nyl-clad building in the middleof Washington Street. We’retalking about building homes fora hundred people and you’restuck in the past.”

Veronica Cardenas of Pri-mary pointed out that preserva-

Hosted by Rosl indaleGreen and Clean, the fourthRoslindale Garden Tour iskicking off this Saturdayfrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Accord ing to fo rmerGreen and Clean presidentSheryl White, the tour willstart at the Roslindale Farm-ers Market at Adams Parkand head through six uniqueurban gardens, hosted bytheir homeowners. Whitesaid it’s a give and take pro-cedure on recruiting resi-den ts to open up the i r

homes.“It’s a combination of

people asking us and reach-ing out,” she said. “We havesix gardens this year, threeof which are within walkingdistance to each other.”

White said she suggestsbiking to the other three,and Adams Park now has aBlue Bike Station for justsuch a purpose. She said thetour originally started due tothe group’s affinity for gar-dening and the desire to im-prove greenspace in the

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DCR dedicates Meigs Playground

State Rep. Angelo Scaccia (left) and DCR Commissioner Leo Roy (right) spoke during the dedication cer-emony at Meigs Playground in Readville.

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About 100 residents, chil-dren, officials and City Coun-cil candidates came out on Sat-urday, June 15, for the dedica-tion of the Meigs Playgroundin Readville.

Massachusetts Departmentof Conservation and Recreation(DCR) Commissioner Leo Royspoke during the dedication,and said the new playgroundrepresents the history of HydePark.

“What a beautiful day hereat Camp Meigs,” he said. “Ithink everybody here in HydePark appreciates the history ofthis place and I’m glad we haverepresentatives of the glorious54th with us this afternoon. Asyou all know, they came hereand trained as the first blackbattalion of the Civil War. The5th Calvary, also trained hereas well. Not as well-known asthe 54th, but the 5th was the

first black calvary and they alsotrained over at Brook Farm.”

Roy pointed out a smallrock climbing structure shapedlike an old-style military tentthe soldiers would have slept induring their training and laterin the war.

“It’s a nod to the history ofCamp Meigs and the tents thatwere actually here on this pa-rade ground,” he said.

House Rep. Angelo Scacciasaid he was grateful for the stateinvestment in the playgroundand other areas of Hyde Park.

“Seven million dollars in thelast year and a half have cometo Readville and Hyde Parkthrough your insistence,” hesaid. “We can’t thank youenough. You have preserved thereservations... and what youhave done to our parkways,they are the most beautifullooking parkways not only inthe city of Boston but in theState... Every time you comehere, it’s a positive thing, wedon’t worry about what’s goingto happen.”

Roy said there is still workto be done at Meigs.

“The investment the BakerAdministration has made in thisplayground is some $380,000,and we’ve got more work todo,” he said. “We’ve got to dosome resurfacing of the tenniscourts in the back, so we havea little more work to do beforewe’re done here, but I hope youall enjoy the tremendous in-vestment.”

Roy said the state has alsoinvested in a new compressorsystem and locker room at theBajko Rink and the Kelly FieldHouse as well.

“It just shows the invest-ment we make in our outdoorspaces to stress the importanceof outdoor recreation,” he said.“But we can’t do it alone. Wedo it in partnership with theCity of Boston, our councilorsfor the City of Boston and ourrepresentatives who representus over at Beacon Hill.”

Roy added that a good por-tion of the play equipment wasdedicated for residents who aredifferently-abled, and that pro-viding access for outdoor rec-reation for those residents is akeystone for the Baker PolitoAdministration.

“One of the things that theBaker Administration is keenon is universal access,” he said.“Making sure that people of allabilities can get outside and useour recreational facilities.That’s why you can see that theconstruction of this playgroundhas this zero entry, and thiswonderful bouncy surface –and if you haven’t been on it,come and enjoy this bouncysurface – and if you notice thatlast swing at the end is designedfor people who are usually inwheelchairs to be able to getinto the swing, be strapped inand enjoy the swingset, just likeother kids can. This is very im-portant to us.”

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Farewell to . . . healing hands

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

In 1961 two hit song, plac-ing high on the charts, askedquestions. Barry Mann musi-cally posed, among other ques-tions, “Who put the bomp in thebomp, bah, bomp, bah bomp?” Then Smokey Robinson andthe Miracles wondered,“What’s So Good about Good-bye?”

When it comes time for thefinal meeting after decades ofbeing taken care of by an ex-pert, compassionate doctor whois retiring, there is certainlynothing good in that good-byefor his countless patients whomhe has comforted and whoseailments he has cured over theyears.

Former Faulkner Hospi-tal——yes, I know the proper,new name is Brigham andWomen’s Faulkner Hospital——urologist Doctor Robert Eyreannounced his retirement effec-tive the end of this month. Thethousands of his former patientsare grateful for his demeanor,patience, and gentle physicalapproach. Few people enjoygoing to doctors and going tocertain specialties is certainlyless desirable than others, andDr. Eyre’s specialties is one ofthose.

As I turned 50 years old al-most a quarter century ago, mygeneral practitioner recom-mended I receive a PSA analy-

sis. When the Faulkner spon-sored a free clinic for older menas prostate cancer made seri-ous, clandestine inroads intotheir lives, I first met this Uni-versity of Virginia MedicalSchool physician. Over theyears he monitored my continu-ally increasing PSA numbers ashe watched for the onset of can-cer.

His calmness, bedside man-ner, and way of comfortingshould be emulated by all phy-sicians. A former Savin Hillresident, whose cancerous blad-der had to be reconstructed byDr. Eyre, echoes these senti-ments.

His 43 years of medicine arenot going to the wayside in hisretirement years: no lolling un-der a beach umbrella at GoodHarbor Beach to read an un-abridged Mueller Report willfill his time at the end of hismonth. He wants to teach acourse in medical ethics at hisalma mater, Williams College;he plans to teach fourth yearresidents at Harvard MedicalSchool; he will work with a sur-gical instrument manufacturer;most importantly, he will be anavailable grandfather to adoles-cents as well as to toddlers.

With his office now locatedin Needham—a hop, skip, anda jump for those city residentsneeding or opting to take pub-

lic transportation provided bythe Purple Line——he leavesa trail of healing and curing be-hind him for countless thou-sands. Equally as important,one of his sons is following inhis footsteps, proving that theacorn falls not far from the tree.

Barry Mann in the “bomp”song actually starts off byslowly crooning, “I want tothank the guy who wrote thesong that made my baby fall inlove with me.” Thousands of usalso want to thank anothersomeone: a Marcus Welby/Dr.Kildare type of physician,namely Dr. Eyre, for extendingour quality of life, if not ourlives themselves, period.

EDITOR SHOULD HAVEDONE HOMEWORK

To the Editor: The writer of the editorial

“This and That” (June 6) shouldhave done a little research be-fore he or she smeared a groupof people standing up to theCultural Marxism that has takenover much of this state and na-tion. If the writer bothered tospend five minutes researchingthe issue and visited the StraightPride Parade’s website http://

www.superhappyfunamerica.com/, he or she would have learnedthat Milo Yiannopoulos willbe the Grand Marshall, and italso has a young homosexualpolitical activist as an orga-nizer.

Since the story went viral,the organizers, two of whomare combat veterans, have re-ceived death threats, threats ofgang rape, and threats of hav-ing their homes burned down.Not a peep of condemnation of

these threats by the corporatemedia, Hollywood, and thepoliticians who run this city andstate. Indeed, they are encour-aging it. It is irresponsible ofthis paper to make such unwar-ranted remarks against theStraight Pride Organizers. Let’s hope that the CulturalMarxist bullies do not win theday by inciting violence andending free speech.

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It often feels as though we could spend the rest of ourlives writing about the horror show that is public transpor-tation in this region.

The latest trigger, for both commuter pain and panderingdrivel from elected officials, comes on the heels of two re-cent subway derailments. The latter of these, on the RedLine, continues to vex commenters days later.

A response, as tweeted by Mayor Walsh, is to halt allfare increases for the MBTA.

“There should be no fare increase until the Red Line isfixed. The MBTA must act with urgency and it’s unfair toask riders to pay more until the Red Line is fully opera-tional,” he wrote.

City Councilor Michelle Wu has been more comprehen-sive with her suggestions and potential actions, many ofwhich appear to facilitate a goal of a “free” service. Amongthe options, in our view, is “robbing Peter to pay Paul.”

She wants the powers that be to consider:* eliminating exemptions from the sales tax for aircraft

fuel & parts* dedicating a portion of the sales tax on meals to MBTA

funding* dealing with T’s debt service from Big Dig* raising the Personal Income Tax Rate* restoring the tax rate to 5.95 percent, the rate in effect

in the late 1990s* pay somewhat more in personal income taxes under

such a scenario.* raising the tax rate on capital gains and/or dividends

and interest* an increased wealth tax* raising the estate tax* tax large private college and university endowments;

and* a surtax on sales of multi-million-dollar homes.Wu has also raised the prospect of various business taxes

that could affect entities of all sizes.The big problem here is that, yet again, local progressives

have never met a tax they do not fall in love with. Many ofthese assumed fixes would penalize state residents who nei-ther use the MBTA, or couldn’t if they wanted to with anyease because of their geographical location.

Don’t be fooled by rhetoric that tries to cast free subwayand bus service as some necessary welfare program forlower-income residents. There are ways to discount thosefares if desired. The reality is that the commuter rail is alsoin dire straits. We also might propose that well-off folks whohead into the Financial District each day would similarly ben-efit from free fares.

Let MBTA riders shoulder the burden through fare increases.The state should also budget more funding without resorting totax-dollar trickery. Let those who use a service, pay the freight.



The project requires 24 vari-ances for the property, ownedby Clifford Janey, which theCity previously has determined“unusable,” according to theAssessing Department.

The driveway would be lessthan ten feet wide. In order toaccess the development, Ryanadded, the easement wouldcross properties at 40 Stella Rd.and 50 Stella Rd.

The project has a date be-fore the Zoning Board of Ap-peals on August 13, accordingto Joe Coppinger, theRoslindale liaison to theMayor’s Office of Neighbor-hood Services.

Ryan and other neighborsasked why the abutters’ meet-ing was held outside withoutadvanced notification. Severalpeople said they only found outon the day of or the day beforethe meeting.

“It’s pretty common to doabutters meetings outside whenthere is good weather,”Coppinger explained.

Caroline Kimball-Katz,deputy chief of staff to CityCouncil president AndreaCampbell, said that the Coun-cilor and other elected officialscan ask for a deferral so thatthere can be more of a commu-nity process with indoor pre-sentations.

“It sounds like they have alot more work to do,” she said.“I am keeping a running list ofwho is in support or oppositionto this project, and I will let theCouncilor and her colleaguesknow. The Councilor sees herrole as yet another layer in the

process.”Ryan said she has a petition

with more than 40 signaturesagainst the project.

Frank O’Brien of theAllandale Coalition, who at-tended the June 4 abutters meet-ing, said that there was a briefpresentation by the develop-ment team before the residentstoured the site, followed by aquestion and answer period.

The developer is SolomonChowdhury of Shanti Acquisi-tion LLC. In Roxbury. The at-torney representing Janey isDaniel J. McDevitt, Esq.

“What was presented waspreliminary,” he said. “Theneighbors have concerns, too,especially regarding flooding.If you invest in a home, youwant to make that your invest-ment is protected. We are look-ing for a win-win solution.”

O’Brien added that the landhas an important resource valuebecause of its presence as awoodland and as a stream floodplain.

Also, several of the sidestreets in that neighborhood areprivate ways, with no curb cuts,gutters or City stormwater sys-tems, increasing the potentialfor flooding, according toO’Brien.

Coppinger noted that a de-ferral has to be requested at theZBA hearing, and that mea-sures such as a petition to stopthe developer would not behelpful.

Several residents askedCoppinger to get MHC defini-tions of “unusable” and“unbuildable” land.

MHC co-chair LisaBeatman told Coppinger thegroup wanted to see a clearlydefined presentation, and alsothat the ZBA date needed to bedeferred until the fall.

“We need to see blue-prints,” she said. “We need tosee a list of the 24 varianceswith the current zoning.”

“It just really feels like thisis an equity issue,” addedMimi Turchinetz, a candidatefor the District Five CityCouncil seat. “This is outra-geous. There’s a flood plainissue. It’s going to impact somany people.”

She added that there was noindication that there is anymitigation offered to the neigh-borhood.

MHC co-chair Rick Yodernoted that there are two pointsof contention involved.

“This is a beautifulgreenspace,” he said. “It seemslike a schizophrenic thing thatthe City is planting more trees.But on the development side,they are cutting down trees andplanting new trees.

“The second point is, in ourneighborhood, other than ourgreat people, our other asset isour greenspace,” Yoder contin-ued. “It isn’t American LegionHighway, with all of the fastfood trash and the decrepitmass transit.”

Another environmental is-sue was presented by CelesteWalker, a member of theAllandale Coalition. She is try-ing to get support for the wet-lands protection ordinance,which was reintroduced thissession by City CouncilorsMichelle Wu and MattO’Malley.

“Boston is one of threecoastal cities that doesn’t havea local wetlands ordinance,”she said. “Right now, you can’tdo anything within 25 feet ofa wetland. We are hoping toextend that boundary to 200feet.” She added that, if thispolicy had been enacted, ifwould apply to nearby Canter-bury Brook.

“This would improve thenatural habitat, the trees andthe floodwater issues,” Walkersaid. “It not only affects thecoast, but inland wetlands aswell.”

The trees help to absorb thewater and help with climatecontrol, which is becoming anincreasingly vital issue.

O’Brien said the ordinance,if adopted, would involve theConservation Commission ear-lier in the development pro-posal. Currently, the Conserva-tion Commission becomes in-volved after ZBA approval of aproject.

“We deserve the same na-ture and the same clean airhere,” Beatman said. “I thinkthis is a really great thing.”

Community Input continued from page 1

MHC co-chair Rick Yoder, right, spoke about the lack of greenspace inthe neighborhood.



BPDA approves Heron development, 45 Spring St. changeJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA)met last Thursday and approvedtwo proposals for WestRoxbury.

The larger of the two, 11 and26 Heron St., come just after theBoston Zoning Board of Ap-peals approved a 29-single fam-ily home development at WilletStreet, almost adjacent to theproperty. The project includestwo buildings with 72 residen-tial units and 85 parking spaces.The larger of the two buildingswill house 40 rental units (andfive Inclusionary DevelopmentPolicy affordable units at 11Heron St.) and the smaller willhouse 32 condominium units (at26 Heron St.).

BPDA Project ManagerAisling Kerr said the project,proposed by Onsite Builders andWest Roxbury resident PeterHeany, said Heron Street’s cur-rent condition would be im-proved by the project, as Heaneyhas promised several drainageand access improvements to theprivate street.

“At present, Heron Street isan unimproved private way opento public travel,” she said. “Theproponent has committed to ap-proximately $375,000 for im-provements to Heron Street andthe surrounding streets whichwould address many existing is-

sues for residents of the imme-diate area.”

She said Heaney workedwith the BPDA, the BostonTransportation Department andthe Boston Public Improve-ments Commission on the de-tails of those improvements. Shesaid they will continue to hashout those details discussed inearlier public meetings – whichat the time included drainageimprovements. Residents of thearea agreed that a dip in thestreet combined with not enoughdraiage regularly floods saidportions of the street. Heaneysaid he wants to totally rebuildthe street, at the time of the May6 BPDA public meeting on thesubject, and remove a full footof pavement and soil to realignthe street.

Heaney also said he wants toinstall seven-foot sidewalks,with five feet for pedestrians andtwo feet for street trees and land-scaping. He also said he was “intalks” with the adjacent StonyBrook Condominium Associa-tion to take over snow removal.

At the BPDA Board meetingon Thursday, Project ArchitectLuccio Trabucco went throughthe project and the existingproblems facing the street.

“The street is in really badcondition, the asphalt is deterio-rating, there’s no sidewalk andthere’s no vegetation,” he said.“It’s basically a run-down street.In addition to that, the whole

area is a valley – the highestpoint is on Washington Street –and there’s an area that’s 14 feetbelow Washington Street... It’sbasically just a valley.”

The street can ice over dur-ing the winter months, andTrabucco said the reconstructionof the street should reduce that.

“We are proposing to regradethe whole street, eliminating lowareas as much as we can so thewater doesn’t bond or ice in thewinter months,” he said.

The project will require sev-eral variances, including that it’sa multifamily project in a single-family zone, and will go beforethe Boston Zoning Board ofAppeals (ZBA) in the next fewweeks. Residents expressed

concern with the project’s den-sity, citing the fact that severalother projects have been ap-proved in the area and the factthat Washington Street can al-ready clog consistently duringrush hour traffic periods. BoardChair Timothy Burke had to in-form some residents whowished to speak during themeeting that it was not a publichearing.

“We’ve had public hearingsand meetings in the commu-nity,” he said. “This isn’t apublic hearing so we’re goingto move on with this.”

The Board also approved achange to the building cur-rently under construction at 45Spring St. in West Roxbury.

BPDA Project ManagerMichael Sinatra said thechange is the addition of fiveresidential units to the build-ing, which increases the sizeof the building to the pointwhere it is no longer an as-of-right project. Rap GeneralContracting and LaRosa De-velopment initiated the changeafter difficulties getting per-mits for the project, startedbuilding for the as-of-rightproject and then came back forthe additional five units. Thetotal 18 units will not incur anyzoning violations and will notinclude any IDP affordableunits.

The BPDA voted last week to approve the design for the proposed two-building project on Heron Street inWest Roxbury.

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Public Meeting

@BostonPlansBostonPlans.org

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

500 Cambridge StreetJackson Mann Community Center

Allston, MA 02134

Thursday, June 27

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

1515 Commonwealth Avenue

Project Proponent:

Project Description:

mail to: Michael Sinatra

Close of Comment Period:

Legals Garden Tour continued from page 1neighborhood.

“Most of the people onthe board are gardenersourselves and we really ap-preciate greenspaces,” shesaid. “We have found overthe years of doing thesetours that the people inRoslindale have to workvery hard and deal with thebanes of gardening in thecity like overgrown bushes,invas ive p lan ts , com-pressed soi l , chain l inkfences and things like that.So we’re always very im-pressed about what garden-

ers here have overcome tocreate some really amazinggardens.”

White said she feels it’simpor tan t to improvegreenspace throughout thecity as much as possible.

“Simply because they of-fer respite, and it’s a nicecalming way of dealing withtraffic too,” she said.

White said she got intogardening with her mother,and she said it’s one of thebest ways to relax after along day of work, at leastfor her, though she did men-tion she works at the ArnoldArboretum at the Coordina-tor of Visitor Engagementand Exhibitions.

“So I guess I ’m sur -rounded by plants all daylong!” she said with a laugh.“But I’ve always loved gar-dening, and now I own ahouse, but when I rented anapartment and if there wasany small piece of property,I would ask the landlord if Icould garden there. It’s verytheraputic and relaxing. I’velearned to love plants andplant selection and I love to

have any extra plants to giveto people or just sharing in-formation with people. Ifind it’s a really nice hobby,even thought I don’t think ofit as a hobby. It’s just a won-derful th ing I do once Ileave work.”

White said the processfor the tour started in thefall of last year. She saideach gardener has their ownpersonal liaison with theGreen and Clean member-ship to help them throughand let’s them know what toexpect with visitors.

“Throughout the year wejust get in touch with themand per iodica l ly s tay intouch to try to support themas much as possible,” shesaid. “I mean they’re rep-resenting us and the com-munity really as gardenersand we want to suppor tthem and not jus t l eavethem hanging while every-one waits for the show.”

Tickets for the tour are sell-ing for $20 and can be pur-chased on l ine a tRoslindaleGreenandClean.org/or the day of at Adams Park.


WFHCG makes progress on Moynihan Playground fundingMarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambon

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Moynihan Playground isone step closer to gaining fund-ing for renovations through theCommunity Preservation Act,the West Fairmount Hill Com-munity Group (WFHCG) an-nounced to about 15 membersat its bimonthly meeting onMonday, June 17 at the HydePark Library.

Nathaniel Thomas told thegroup that he discussed his pre-vious fundraising efforts to im-prove the playground near theRoosevelt School with a rep-resentative from the Depart-ment of Conservation and Rec-reation (DCR) earlier that day.

“I had originally set up aGoFundMe page to raisemoney for the playground,”Thomas said, noting that over$2,600 was raised so far, witha goal of $20,000. “Lastmonth, they selected us as afinalist for the FY 20 match-ing funds program.”

If the WFHCG wins, theDCR will match the moneyraised by the group on a two-to-one basis up to $25,000. Af-ter that, the DCR will matchfunds at a one-to-one ratio. TheDCR will manage all capitalprojects from origination tocompletion, and for consider-ation, a property must be onland managed by the DCR.The total design costs will be$60,000.

“Because we were selectedas a finalist, we are now in astatewide competition to getfunding through the Commu-nity Preservation Act,” Tho-mas said. “Our finalist statuswill start conversations be-tween the City and the stateregarding actual project costs,timeline, and the most effec-tive funding structure.”

The good news, he added,is that the deadline for finalistapplications is June 28, but theGoFundMe campaign can con-tinue after that date, increasingthe chance of its success.

“It’s a modest ask,” he said.“With the CPA, they are in abetter position to give us somefunding if they know it is go-ing to be matched by the state.Plus any funds raised show thecommunity has put skin in thegame.”

Thomas encouraged peopleto donate to the GoFundMe

The West Fairmount Hill Community Group met last week and released the good news that the Deparmentof Conservation and Recreation will start funding for the Moynihan Playground in Readville.


page as well because it showsthe community’s support. Thelink is www.gofundme.com/u2vmr-a-cause-i-care-about-needs-help, or search“Moynihan Playground” atgofundme.com.

Moynihan Playground wasbuilt in 2005 and is the largestplayground in southeast HydePark. During a site visit in Oc-tober, both city and state repre-sentatives determined that theplayground needed updatedequipment, including a hillslider and a net climber. Rub-ber turf would be installed ifupgraded, and structural repairsand improvements to landscap-ing would be made.

The improvements proposedwould improve accessibility,teach children spatial relation-ships and allow the playgroundto be a more valuable resourceto residents of Hyde Park andMilton.

“This is the last state play-ground in Hyde Park that is notreally up to par yet,” Thomassaid.

WFHCG co-chair MarciaKimm praised Thomas for hisefforts and stressed that it isan example of the group’s fourkey themes: purpose, pride,partnership and participation.

One problem at the parkresidents noted is that playersin corporate ball leagues aredriving over the curb and ontothe baseball field to park.

“There’s no reason forthis,” WFHCG co-chair JohnMacDonald said. “I don’t wantto see a child get hit.”

When Kimm began themeeting, she insisted thatpeople come to the table notwith complaints, but positivethings they have noticed in theneighborhood. People men-tioned that the area has beenquiet, more vibrant and thatthe planters in Cleary Square,recently maintained by KeepHyde Park Beautiful (KHPB),have made the area attractive.

KHPB founder Cathy Horntold the audience that thegroup will have an informationtable about its beautificationand anti-litter efforts at Stop &Shop on Saturday, June 22from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Theirfirst neighborhood litter patrolwill be on Saturday, July 6,with members meeting at thecorner of Washington and VanBrunt St.

She added that there willbe a nature walk at StonyBrook Reservation on July 13,and another at Sherrin Woodson August 10.

MacDonald noted that aneighbor had found somedaylily bulbs thrown into abunch of poison ivy and tookit upon herself to plant themat Faraday St. and TrumanParkway.

One goal of WFHCG,

Kimm said, is to form tieswith KHPB, Stop & Shopand other groups and busi-nesses to promote a sense ofbelonging.

At the end of the meeting,loud noise late at night andpeople parking in residents’driveways prompted a dis-cussion with the police. Al-though officers urged them tocall in complaints, somepeople said they were afraid

of the repercussions from theoffending neighbors.

Kimm suggested draftingan open letter to Mayor Mar-tin J. Walsh on behalf of thegroup addressing noise andother quality of life issues.

“I want all of our voices tobe heard,” Kimm said. “Wewant to make sure that this di-verse community is going toget the attention that it de-serves.”


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John “Jack” Of West Roxburyand Naples, FL, formerly ofNeedham and Bridgton, ME, diedpeacefully surrounded by familyon December 2, 2018 in Florida.Jack was the beloved husband ofKathleen (Sullivan) Ahern, lovingfather of Heather Ahern Huish,teacher extraordinaire, and herhusband David of Farmington,ME and John “JJ” Ahern, proudmember of the Boston Fire De-partment and his wife Elizabethof West Roxbury. Jack is also sur-vived by his brother, EdmundAhern, Jr. of FL, sisters DorothyAhern Pender and her husbandThomas of East Falmouth, KateAhern-Wolseley and her husbandStephen of Hatchville, grand-daughters Zoe and GretchenHuish of Farmington, ME andmany nieces and nephews. Hewas predeceased by his daughterAlison Ahern, siblings MargaretAhern Siegfried and MichaelAhern and parents Edmund andDorothy Ahern. A Memorial Ser-vice was held in the Eaton FuneralHome, 1351 Highland Ave,NEEDHAM, on Saturday, June15th. Burial following service atMary’s Cemetery, Needham. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade in Jack’s memory to St.Jude Children’s Research Hospi-tal, stjude.org or to a charity ofyour choice. For full obituary orto share a memory of Jack, pleasev i s i twww.eatonfuneralhomes.com

BALOGLU MELIDES

Eleni (Karagounis) Formerlyof West Roxbury, and PaleoFaliro, Athens, Greece passedaway on June 13, 2019. She wasthe beloved wife of the late Rev.Harry Melides. Loving mother ofKaliopi Baloglu of Athens,Greece, and Nikki Price and herhusband Daniel of Dedham. De-voted grandmother of JamesMichael Kypriotis, Glenn Priceand Harry Price. She was prede-ceased by her brothers, Timothy,Theodore, and AchilleasKaragounis. Also survived bymany nieces & nephews. A Fu-neral Service in the funeral homeon Wednesday, June 19th. Inter-ment Gardens Cemetery. Expres-sions of sympathy may be madein Eleni’s memory to Bear Moun-tain Parkway Rehabilitation 1190VFW Parkway, West Roxbury,MA 02132. For guestbookpemurrayfuneral.com P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury617 325 2000

COAKLEYWilliam I. “Bill” Ret. Lt.

B.F.D. Of Hyde Park, passedaway peacefully on June 14,2019, at the age of 102. Bornand raised in Boston, Bill gradu-ated from Boston College HighSchool. He then went on to at-tend St. Joseph College in NJ.Bill proudly served his countryin the United States Army dur-ing WWII, where he receivedseveral decorations and citationsincluding the Good ConductMedal and the American De-fense Service Medal. For 32years, he worked for the City ofBoston Fire Dept., first as afirefighter, then Lieutenant andretiring in 1981 as a Captain.Bill was an active member of theBoston Retired Firefighters LI-ARS Club. A devoted husband,father, brother, grandfather andfriend, Bill will be sorely missedby all who were blessed to haveknown him. Bill was the hus-band of the late Marie R.(Murphy). Loving father ofSandra Cummings and her hus-band Paul of West Roxbury,Barbara Fitzgerald and her hus-band Edward of Stoughton, Wil-liam A. Coakley and his wifeMarjorie of CA and the lateJanice G. Coakley and ThomasD. Coakley. Devoted brother ofGertrude Barden of Milton.Dear grandfather to SusanFitzgerald, Jill Sullivan, JasonCoakley, Kevin Coakley andRyan Coakley and great-grand-father to Patrick, Anna-Kate,Nolan and Madelyn Sullivanand Mila Rae Coakley. A Fu-neral Mass was celebrated onWednesday, June 19th in St.Theresa of Avila Church, WestRoxbury. Burial in St. Joseph’sCemetery, West Roxbury. In lieuof flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made in his nameto the Wounded Warrior Project,4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300,Jacksonville, FL 32256. Toleave a sympathy message forthe family, visitwww.cartwrightfuneral.com

CURTISCatherine S. (Brien) Of

Hyde Park, passed peacefullyon June 8th at the age of 87.Beloved wife of the late Will-iam F. E. Curtis. Devotedmother of Cathleen CurtisManiscalco of Lynn, and Will-iam P. Curtis and his wifeStephanie of Scituate. Cher-ished sister of Patrick Brien,Frederick Brien, MyrtleMurphy, Elena Roscillo,Bernadette Brien, PaulineBurchard, Dennis Brien and thelate Corinne Brady. Lovinggrandmother of Christopher,Stefan, Patrick and his wifeMaria and Tyler. Great-grand-mother of Ella and also survivedby many loving nieces, neph-ews, in-laws, godchildren andfriends. A Mass of ChristianBurial was held on June 14th atMost Precious Blood Church,Hyde Park. Interment at St.Josephs Cemetery, WestRoxbury. Please in lieu of flow-ers, all donations can be madeto the American Cancer Societyfor breast cancer. Forguestbook, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

HARTBarbara L. (Johnson) Of

Attleboro, formerly of HydePark, passed peacefully on June17 surrounded by her lovingfamily, at the age of 72. Cher-ished daughter of the late Josephand Helen (Florenze) Deveneyand the late Frederick Buckman.Beloved wife of the late MichaelF. Hart. Devoted mother ofJames A. Dunn, Jr., Donna(Dunn) Ohalloran and her hus-band Stephen and Helene(Dunn) Brown and her husbandChris, all of Attleboro. Loving“Nana” of Amanda, Megan,C.J., and Mason. Great-grand-mother of four. Cherished sisterof James Johnson of NH, JosephJohnson of Hyde Park, RobertJohnson and his wife Jeanette ofDennis, John Johnson ofQuincy, Toni Kimatian of RI,Chuck, Herb, Kathy, Judy,Sande, Barbie, and FredBuckman and the late Kenneth,Howard, Judith (Butler), Linda(Elwood), and Helen “Cookie”(Enokian) Johnson. And alsosurvived by many loving nieces,nephews, cousins and her bestfriends Dianne and Pat. Funeralfrom the Carroll-Thomas Fu-neral Home, 22 Oak St., HYDEPARK, Friday morning at 9am,followed by a Mass of ChristianBurial at Most Precious BloodChurch, Hyde Park at 10am.Visiting Hours Thursdayevening from 4-8pm at the Fu-neral Home. Relatives andfriends invited. Interment atFairview Cemetery, Hyde Park.Please, in lieu of flowers, all do-nations can be made toAmedisys Foundation, 3854American Way, Suite A, BatonRouge, LA 70816. For direc-tions and guestbook please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

HOBANAnn M. (Cushing) Of West

Roxbury, formerly of Roslindaleand Brookline, June 13, 2019.Beloved wife of the late RobertHoban. Loving mother of Rob-ert and Patricia Hoban ofNeedham, Mark and JulieHoban of Norwood, Michaeland Patricia Hoban of Medfield,and Paul and Myrabeth Hobanof Quincy. Devoted grand-mother of Matthew, Rory,Bryan, Meredith, Michael,Jillian, Shane, and Rachel. Lov-ing sister of the late John,Arthur, William, Henry and Jo-seph Cushing and MarieMcMahon. Loving aunt to manynieces and nephews. A Mass ofChristian Burial was held onTuesday, June 18th in The HolyName Church at 10:00 am.Relatives and friends are invitedto attend. Interment Walnut HillsCemetery, Brookline. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein Ann’s memory to The HolyName Church, 1689 Centre St.,West Roxbury, MA 02132.lawlerfuneralhome.com Lawler& Crosby Funeral Home 617-323-5600

JOYCEKevin G. In West Roxbury,

formerly of Brookline, on June15, 2019. Loving son of the late

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John and Catherine Joyce. De-voted brother of Michael ofBrookline, James of WestRoxbury and the late John,Fred, Patrick “Teddy” Richard,Bridget, Maureen and Marga-ret “Peggy Ann” MacEachernand her husband Danny. Alsosurvived by several nieces andnephews and their families. AGraveside Service will be heldon Friday, June 21 at 1:30 PMin the Walnut Hills Cemetery,96 Grove St., Brookline. Rela-tives and friends are kindly in-vited. Visiting Hours have beenomitted.

KAVANAGHMary Ann “Marian” Of

West Roxbury, June 9, 2019.Formerly of Dorchester andCo. Kerry, Ireland. Beloved sis-ter of Vera, Billy, Daniel,Maurice, Joseph and the lateSean. A Funeral Mass was heldon Wednesday, June 19th in St.Brendan Church, Dorchester.Interment Ventry Cemetery,Raheens, Co. Kerry, Ireland.For guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

McKEENEYDan Died peacefully at

home in West Roxbury on Sat-urday, June 15. After an ex-tended bout with Alzheimer’sdisease, he spent his finalweeks under the care of his lov-ing wife, Mary, supported byhome health care aides and hos-pice providers, and surroundedby family and friends. He wasborn on May 27, 1936, the el-dest of seven children, to Denisand Mary (Doherty) McKeeneyin Malin Head, Co. Donegal.He left Ireland as a young manand came to the United Statesin 1956. He spent most of hiscareer working for HarvardUniversity as an engineer andsupervisor at the power plantserving the Longwood areahospitals until his retirement in1999. In retirement, he was de-voted to caring for his grand-children and keeping busy with

jobs and projects for family andfriends who needed benefit ofhis hard work and skills. Hewas the beloved husband ofMary (Naughton) McKeeneyfor nearly fifty seven years, liv-ing in Roslindale, WestRoxbury and Dennisport. Theyhad four children and tengrandchildren.He is survivedby his wife, Mary; his brotherHenry McKeeney of WestRoxbury and his wife Ann; sis-ters Mary McKeeney of Ja-maica Plain and BrigidMcKeeney of Malin Head, Co.Donegal; his son MichaelMcKeeney and his wife Connieof West Roxbury; son DanielMcKeeney and Colleen Rogersof Westwood; daughter MauraBilafer and her husbandStephen Bilafer of Dedham;daughter Patricia McMahonand her husband JamesMcMahon of West Roxbury;grandchildren MichaelMcKeeney, ChristopherMcKeeney, Brian Bilafer,Daniel McKeeney, MollyMcKeeney, James McMahon,Ryan McKeeney, GloriaBilafer, Jack McMahon, andColleen McMahon; in-laws Ri-chard and Peggy Hefling ofWilbraham, Bridgie and JimMcDonald and Michael andEileen Naughton of Randolph,Murt Naughton of Roslindale,Peter and Ann Naughton andJim Boland of Co. Galway, andmany nieces and nephews. Hewas predeceased by his broth-ers, Willie, John and Denis ofMalin Head, Co. Donegal. AMass of Christian Burial washeld on Wednesday, June 19thin the Sacred Heart Church,Roslindale. Interment St. Jo-seph Cemetery. In lieu of flow-ers, the family requests dona-tions be made to the Society ofSt. Vincent de Paul at theChurch of the Sacred Heart,169 Cummins Highway,Roslindale, MA 02131.

MORESHEADDenise T. (Condon) Of West

Roxbury, June 11, 2019. Lov-ing mother of Cheryl J. Rispoliand her husband Frank ofMansfield, MA; LauraWilliamson and her husbandJames of Raynham, MA; MaryDonnelly of Norwood, MA;Julia Rutledge and her husbandMichael of Natick, MA; EmilyMoreshead of West Roxbury,MA; and Alison Melvin and herhusband John of West Roxbury,MA. Devoted grandmother ofSean, Brian, Melanie, Emily,Shannon, Nicholas, Katherine,Ryan, Michael, Shaylie, Scott,Wyatt, and Caden. Devoted sis-ter of James J. Condon, Jr. andhis wife Elizabeth, and ThomasK. Condon and his wifePatricia, all of West Roxbury.Daughter of the late James J.and Eleanor E. (Finigan)Condon. A Funeral Mass washeld on Friday, June 14th in St.Theresa Church. Interment St.Joseph Cemetery. In lieu offlowers, donations may bemade in her memory to theScleroderma Foundation NewEngland (SFNE), 462 BostonStreet, Suite 1-1, Topsfield, MA01983 or [email protected] guestbookgormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600

PONCIA Jr.Dominic H. “Dom” of

Dedham, suddenly, June 15,2019. Beloved husband ofAnita L. (Vozzella). Lovingfather of Dominic H. III andhis fiancé Arielle Mullaney ofBoston, Amanda L. andVincent L. “Vinny” both ofDedham. Dear Son of Irene(Carlevale) Poncia of HydePark and the late Dominic H.Poncia Sr. Brother of DianneHurley and her husbandJames and Doreen Marchetti

all of Hyde Park. Brother inlaw of Robert W. Vozzella andhis wife Mary Ann of AK.,Paul J. Vozzella and his hus-band Alan Trown of CA.,Michael L. Vozzella and hishusband Michael Silver ofILL., Carole McLaughlin ofFLA., Dianne M. Joyce andher husband Sean of WestRoxbury and David Vozzellaof Readville. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews. AFuneral Mass on Wednesday,June 19th in Most PreciousBlood Church, 43 Maple St.,Hyde Park.. Interment in St.Michael Cemetery. In lieu offlowers donations in Dom’smemory may be made to St.Jude Hospital , 262 DannyThomas Pl. Memphis, TN.38105. For onl ineguestbook, gfdoherty.com. Arrangements by George F.Doher ty & Sons FuneralHome, Dedham.

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Lucy (Mulattieri) Of HydePark, passed peacefully on June13th, surrounded by her lovingfamily, at the age of 95. Belovedwife of the late Dominic J. Cher-ished daughter of the lateGiovanni and Vincenza(Mulattieri). Devoted mother ofLucille Brennan and her husbandThomas D. of Holden, DeniseKascavitch and her husbandSteven of Norwood and the lateJohn T. Seibert. Mother-in-law ofLinda Petersen of Georgia. Sis-ter of Dominic J. Mulattieri ofFlorida and the late GuidoMulattieri. Loving “Nana” ofDominic II, Gina, Amy, Thomasand Eric. Great-grandmother ofIsabella and Ava. A Mass ofChristian Burial was held onTuesday, June 18th at Most Pre-cious Blood Church, Hyde Park.Interment at Fairview Cemetery,Hyde Park. For guestbook, visitthomasfuneralhomes.com


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USED BASEBALLGLOVES WANTED

The Jason Roberts Chal-lenger League is in need ofused baseball gloves. Espe-cially left handed baseballgloves. Donations of gloveswould be much appreciated andcan be dropped off at SuperFlash 1731 Centre St. in WestRoxbury.

JIMMY FUND 5K& FUN RUN

Join friends and family forthe inaugural Jimmy Fund 5K& Fun Run presented by Bayer,Sunday, July 21, 10:00 a.m.Choose between a 3.1-mile runor a half-mile fun run, aroundBoston’s scenic MillenniumPark, 300 Gardner Street, WestRoxbury. Registration is $35for adults and children age 13and older, and $15 for childrenages 3-12. All participants re-ceive an online fundraisingpage to help them raise moneyto support their run. Individu-als who raise over $100 willreceive an official race techshirt. Race entry includes ad-mission to the post-race party,including complimentary foodand two Harpoon adult bever-age tickets for 21+ entrants. Formore information and to regis-ter visit:www.jimmyfund5k.org.

REGISTRATION NOWOPEN FOR BOSTONNEIGHBORHOODBASKETBALL LEAGUE

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department has an-nounced that registration isnow open for the 50th annualseason of Boston’s favoritesummer basketball league, the

Boston Neighborhood Basket-ball League (BNBL), kickingoff on Monday, July 8.

To register online for BNBLgo to https://apm.activecommunities.com/c o b p a r k s a n d r e c d e p a r t /Activity_Search. BNBL alsooffers a free Pee Wee Develop-mental Program for boys andgirls ages 6 to 11 offered atvarious locations across the cityin Dorchester, Mattapan,Roslindale, South Boston, WestRoxbury, and Roxbury. Thisprogram teaches young playersthe basics of basketball in a funand non-competitive setting. Registration for Pee WeeBNBL is done on-site at the PeeWee locations.

For more information,please email Charlie Connersat [email protected] orcall (617) 961-3093.

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BOOK DISCUSSIONGROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton Library/40 Academy Hill Road (617)782-6032 on the last Wednes-day of each month at 11:15 am..

The featured selection forJune 26th will be The KillerAngels by Michael Shaara.Copies of the book are avail-able at the branch. Everyone isinvited and new members arewelcome.

JAMAICA PLAIN

WHITE PARTYThursday, June 27th | 6:00

pm - Come party with GoddardHouse and wrap up LGBTPride Month in style. Dress toimpress in your best white out-fit!

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OPEN MICAT THE SWITCH

Musicians, poets and perform-ers are invited to perform atSwitch Artist Coop Gallery onWednesday, June 26 from 7:00-9:00 PM. Everyone gets a turn per-forming in this low-key and wel-coming environment located at 21Fairmount Ave, Hyde Park.

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

CHRONIC PAIN SELF-MAN-AGEMENT PROGRAM

Chronic pain and discomfortlimit activities adults may enjoy.This FREE 6-week workshopteaches adults suffering fromchronic pain simple techniques tobetter manage their pain, improvesleep, increase energy, eathealthier, and more. Location:Spring Street Apartments (Com-munity Room), 23 Spring Street inWest Roxbury Day and Time: Tues-days, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Class dates:June 18 – July 23, 2019 For moreinformation or to register contactAnn Glora at 617-477-6616 [email protected]

BIKE RIDETO DOWNTOWN

June 30th, 2:00. Discover theSouthwest Corridor by Bicycle,with the West Roxbury BicycleCommittee. A casual 10-mileround-trip bike ride from WestRoxbury to Downtown for peoplewho don’t bike much or haven’texplored around West Roxbury. Almost all of the ride is off streeton dedicated bike paths. BlueBikesare available with a reservation. Meet at the flagpole at the cornerof West Roxbury Pkwy and WeldSt. Contact Ben for [email protected].

The 22nd annual Taste of Allston is bringing back itsunique flavor to the neighborhood this Saturday, June 22(rain date June 23).

It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for the AllstonVillage Main Streets (AVMS), and AVMS Executive Di-rector Emma Walters said it’s an amazing event that helpsAVMS help the local businesses, many of which are fea-tured during the Taste. She said the newest restaurant tocome on the scene for the Taste is Kimchipapi Kitchen.

“He opened a year ago and it’s exciting to get him in,and we have some of regular favorites too, like Lulu’sand Hopewell coming back,” she said.

Another change this year is that if you’re willing topay a little bit more to support the district, they have cre-ated a VIP experience.

“We’ve got 100 tickets and they provide an opportu-nity for exclusive seating at their own bar, free drinks, aswag bag and some exclusive vendors too,” she said. “It’san opportunity to make it a little more special.”

Walters said the event helps create funds for the dis-trict so that AVMS can work to help more and more busi-nesses flourish in Allston. She said they have just under300 businesses in total in the district.

“At AVMS, we work to promote the business districtand help maintain a healthy business community,” shesaid. “We do that through promotion, design and economicdevelopment. We also provide pro bono technical assis-tance to small businesses and provide signage assistance.”

Walters said the big thing they’re working on now is acomplete business survey that they hope will turn into acomplete and up-to-date business directory.

“We’re basically getting better demographic info sowe can get better programs to assist the businesses,” shesaid. “We’re looking for volunteers, so go toAllstonVillage.com and click on the tab ‘how to get in-volved.’”

The Taste brings a festival atmosphere to the HarvardMurr Center at 65 N Harvard St., and will boast just un-der 20 different local restaurants. There will also be livemusic and lawn games throughout the day.

For more information on the Taste, go to https://www.tasteofallston.com/

Walters also mentioned that though she has been in-volved in the AVMS for more than five years now, she’sleaving on July 17. She said it was a bittersweet move,and she’s loved the good for the community she’s beenable to do in that time.

“ We will miss her and her leadership but wish herluck as she moves on to pursue a master’s degree in ur-ban planning,” writes the AVMS Board of Directors.“Thank you, Emma, for your dedication to Allston Vil-lage Main Streets over the past 5 years. We are gratefulfor your contributions and accomplishments and wish youthe very best in your new endeavors!”


Ruskindale Road NA talksplayground, development


The Ruskendale RoadNeighborhood Association(RRNA) met on Thursday, June13 and discussed a new play-ground and public park comingto the Chittick ElementarySchool.

The project, put forth by theBoston Public Schools and theBoston Parks Department, wasscoped out first by what theschool and the city sees as whowill be the park/playground’smost frequent users: the stu-dents at the Chittick.

Boston Parks Program Man-ager Erina Keefe introducedMelissa Ix and Todd Potterfrom Studio Hip, based out ofNew York.

“We worked with fifth grad-ers, because they were actuallyour user-clients for this project,and they know the playgroundbetter than anyone else,” Pot-ter said.

Potter and Ix said that theywent through design ideas withthe kids, and had them actuallymeasure out the current play-ground area and describe fea-tures they would like to see,though they said Parks held thismeeting with the RRNA to so-

licit feedback from residents.Potter said they started with

design notebooks, then mea-sured out the current space andstarted using design templatesto figure out what could fitwhere.

“They were like puzzle partsin the design process,” he said.“So they started to piece to-gether things they liked and fig-ured out what was all going tofit... There were six or so teamsthat worked together to figurethat out.”

He said they first solicitedfeedback from the fifth gradersin terms of a survey to see whatwas more popular with them,then opened it up for an age-weighted survey for studentsthroughout the school.

The park/playground willbe open to residents after schoolhours, and would include twobasketball hoops – one in a halfcourt and the other stand alone– a small soccer field, a turffield with a running track,swings, chairs, a hammockswing, student art, shade trees,game tables and a host of newplay equipment. The projecthas about $850,000 to $1 mil-lion to work with. It will alsofeature permeable pavement soas to reduce stormwater runoff.

Keefe said the Trust forPublic Land and the city is pro-viding the funding for theproject.

“The Trust for Public Landapproached because we’vebeen doing community-basedparks around the FiveBurroughs for 22 years,” saidIx of the process of the citycoming to Studio Hip, which isbased out of Manhattan. “Ourpassion is not coming in as de-signers and saying ‘I’m goingto design your park for you,’ butto give the students and com-munity a voice in their play-ground and their park. This is acommunity amenity, and you’rea unique community and wewant to make sure your voiceis heard in the design.”

She said the park will beunder the jurisdiction of theBoston Parks Department forcleaning and maintenance. Oneteacher in the room asked aboutthe possibility for teachers topark in the playground, whichthey do now during heavy snowdays. Ix and Keefe said theywill be able to, but only in oneplace, and that restriction willmake it tandem parking only.

“The first one in will be thelast one out, unfortunately,”Keefe said.

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289 Walk Hill sellsfor $4.2 million

About 20 onlookers, official bidders and others involved in the 289Walk Hill St. development attended its auction on Tuesday, June 18.The property sold to a pair of men who did not wish to be identifiedfor $4.2 million. Former owner and proprietor of Calisi's Flowers,Louie Calisi, said he was glad to see movement on the proposal, butsaid he thought the whole thing could have been done faster andeasier with just townhouses instead of large 106-unit building..

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Wyatt Komarin describes The Courtyard plan that preserves the old schoolhouse.PHOTO BY: RICHARD HEATH

tion of the existing building wasnot a priority at the first com-munity meeting on Feb 21; byfar affordable housing was themost important to people.

“But we have received a lotof comments since February topreserve the building,” she said.“So now we’ve looked at howto preserve the existing building,and add affordablehousing,which is the priority,and include affordable retail.”

Jenny Shen,one of the part-ners of Primary, showed twomassing studies,one retainingthe existing building.

“One thing to keep in mind,”she said, “is how to maintain theheritage of the site and the as-pects of the street, as well as thefuture.”

“How can this affect the fu-ture?” Shen asked. “The num-ber of housing units? Populationgrowth? How can this contrib-ute to and sustain growth?”

Primary selected two mass-ing options it called The Court-yard and The Terrace. Unlikeother developers, the Primarystudies did not show every win-dow or the color of the siding,just the size and shape of thebuilding in context of the street.

The Courtyard would pre-serve the schoolhouse buildingthat would be moved next toExodus Bagels and face Wash-ington Street. A 46-unit, five andsix-story-residential buildingwould fit around the school-house with a courtyard space inbetween. The schoolhousewould have ground floor retailand upper floor office space.

Wyatt Komarin is anotherprincipal with Primary.

“We wanted developmentwithout displacement,” he said.“We heard that a lot from thecommunity. The choice of sitedoesn’t displace anyone. It’s anunderused industrial site.”

“We wanted to relive therental pressures to provide a newbuilding with a unit plan of stu-dios, one and two–bedrooms. Inorder to get affordability we hadto add a sixth story.”

Thirty-four of the 46 unitsare one bedroom. The addedcosts of moving and relocatingthe existing building requiredthat the affordability level be 13percent, the minimum requiredby the city.

The Terrace design is a se-

ries of set-backs in a five story,46-unit building with groundfloor retail. Twenty percent willbe affordable at 70 percent areamedian income (AMI).

Urban Edge owns the abut-ting set of three buildings namedJamaica Plain Apartment, andMaria Holguin, community or-ganizer, came to observe.

“We had our first face-to-facewith Urban Edge earlier today,”Shen said. “We will make surethat the set backs of The Terracewill provide light and air for Ja-maica Plain Apartments.”

Sue Pranger of Chilcott Placequestioned the affordabilitynumbers. She said that Plan JP/Rox has very specific percent-ages of affordability.

“Of the five or six approvedprojects since Plan JP/Rox,”Shen said, “the highest is Bos-ton Community Ventures [3353Washington St] at 20 percent (af-fordable).”

“The city is changing,” saidresident Eric Herot. “The needschange. The Terrace meets a lotof peoples concerns.”

Standing in the far corner,resident George Lee said he wasfrom Keep it 100 Egleston andlived at no fixed address. Hepushed back on the affordabilitynumbers.

“You chose to buy that landknowing you could not make theaffordability,” he said.

“It’s challenging to meet JP/Rox guidelines,” Komarin said.“Construction costs are veryhard to meet. It’s impossible. Weare providing as much as wecan.”

“ How much did you pay forthe land?” someone asked.

“ The cost of land was $2.7million,” Shen said. “The ownerwas asking $3.6. They had manyoffers at that price, but at thatprice we could offer little or noaffordability, so we talked themdown to $2.7 million.”

“Land costs are high but thereal kicker are constructioncosts,” Shen said. “When PlanJP/Rox was approved in 2017 thecost was $200 a square foot. Nowit’s $265-$300 a square foot. Itgoes up 5 percent to 8 percent ayear.”

“That’s your problem,” saidLee. “Use Community Preserva-tion Act funding.”

Helen Matthews lives onGreen Street and works for City

Life/Vida Urbana. She raisedconcerns she has brought up withother developments.

“I appreciate the scenarios,”she said. “Ultimately the para-digm is there are 100’s of work-ing families making well belowmarket rate income.”

“Let’s have some roundtablediscussions on this,” she said.“Have you considered partneringwith a non profit?”

Komarin said they had talkedwith Historic Boston.

“But we need [zoning] vari-ances before we can apply forsubsidy funding and then wehave to go through rounds of ap-plications.”

Marie Turley lives on UnionAvenue and is on the zoning com-mittee of the Jamaica PlainNeighborhood Council.

She waited over an hour tospeak, but stood up and directlyfaced Herot and Reardon.

“This is an example of thattype of conversation of long timeresidents with new residents,”she said. “The mayor’s goal of55,000 new housing units is halfway there on Washington Streetalone. There’s tons of affordablehousing on Washington Street.”

Turning to face the Primarypartners,Turley went on.

“ Really, you have a minimallevel of creativity,” she said.“Plan JP/Rox is not a zoningdocument. The bottom line ispeople are concerned about pres-ervation, affordability, height anddensity.

“Don’t polarize us and don’tparalyze us,” she said. Turley wasstill angry as the meeting ended.

“It’s all about race and class,”she said. “I’ve never seen twomore entitled white men.”

In a statement on June 12,Pri-mary said it would “host a fol-low-up, interactive workshop todiscuss priorities, challengesand design solutions and intro-duce financial and design com-ponents. The meeting will belimited to 6 people to encouragea diversity of viewpoints. If youare a member of a specificgroup,Primary asks that yousend 1-2 attendees to this meet-ing to allow for other voices.The meeting date will be se-lected based on participant avail-ability. Sign up deadline isJune19. This meeting is not oneof the required Article 80 com-munity meetings.”



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