Holiday Events With A Mix of Life Sciences, Seaport Square Expansion, Climate Resilience & Cycling

updated 12/1 with Mayor Wu's Sunday, December 4 Enchanted Trolley Tour & Tree Lighting and new 7 Channel Center Public meeting date.

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and inviting you all to enjoy holiday events and a couple developments going on in the neighborhood. 

November 29: FPNA Fort Point Seaport Holiday Social at The Holiday Market at Snowport from 6pm-8pm. R.S.V.P. required.

November 30: Boston Harbor Now’s Harbor Use Forum on CFROD (Climate Resilient Flood Overlay District) at 8:30am. Find out how designs are evolving, and what designers, developers, and advocates should know about CFROD.

November 30: 17 Farnsworth St Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. Replace existing, 361-vehicle parking garage built in 1986 with four-story life science building. In addition, per CFROD, dry flood-proof at least two feet above Sea Level Rise Base Flood Elevation (19.5 ft. BCB).

December 1: South Boston Christmas Stroll, Shop, Dine, Splurge, starts at 4pm. View the details and where Santa is visiting at 2022 Christmas Stroll Schedule - South Boston Chamber of Commerce

December 1: Winter Cycling Clinic with Seaport TMA & MassBike from 5pm to 6:30pm. Curious about biking into work in the winter, but hesitant about how to get going? Learn best practices about cycling in the window. Meet up at The Benjamin, 25 Northern Ave.

December 2: LightUp Seaport from 5pm - 9pm with holiday tunes, a celeb appearance by Betty the Yeti, and annual tree lighting on Seaport Common. Enjoy special offers and sparkling surprises at neighborhood businesses as you stroll.

December 4: 26th Annual Enchanted Trolley Tour & Tree Lighting with Mayor Wu and Santa at Medal of Honor Park (E. Broadway & M Streets). Festivities start at 2pm. 

December 5: Seaport Square Public Meeting at 6pm to discuss Notice of Project Change and amendments to the Planned Development Area including project impacts and mitigation.

December 7: 7 Channel Center Public/IAG Meeting at 6pm The proposed project is to redevelop an existing historic 4 story building into a 9 story office/labs Life Sciences building. This project requires a Notice of Project Change and an amended Planned Development Area.

ongoing through December 31st, the Holiday Market at Snowport welcomes over 120 small businesses to fill your gift list. 

originally published 11.23.22

A Look At What's Happening This Week & Next

updated 8/1/22 with August 1st Abutters meeting recording and August 2nd National Night Out.

What's Developing in the Neighborhood: 

July 19: 17 Farnsworth Street Public Meeting at 6pm. Replace existing, 361-vehicle parking garage built in 1986 with four-story Life Sciences building with mechanical penthouse set back from the roof edges to minimize visibility from the ground. No onsite accessory parking. Per Coastal Flood Resilience Overlay District, dry flood-proofed at least two feet above Sea Level Rise Base Flood Elevation (19.5 ft. BCB). For additional project details, explore the Project Notification Form. Comment deadline: July 29, 2022

July 19: 776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. Phase 1 will be located on 8.4 acres / 364,409 square feet within the approximately 15.2 acre (approximately 661,500 square foot) parcel of land known as and numbered 776 Summer Street in South Boston. It includes the rehabilitation of the Edison Turbine Halls 1, 2, and 3 and the construction of the buildings on Blocks D and F.  

July 20th: Blue Bottle (113 Autumn Lane) Abutters Meeting at 4pm. Requesting a Common Victualler License. Public welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83983923336

July 20th: Madras Dosa Co (55 Wharf Rd) Abutters Meeting at 5pm. Requesting to extend operating hours to 2 AM on weekdays and 3 AM on the weekends plus add third party delivery services. This fast, casual Indian restaurant does not serve alcohol.  Public welcome.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89317945940 

July 20: Moakley Park Design Phase 1 Community Meeting at 6pm. Register.

July 20: BPDA Proposed Zoning Amendments of Floor Area and Other Definitions Public Meeting from 6pm-7:30pm. The proposed amendments will update several terms in the definition sections in Articles 2 and 2A, including Filled and Flowed Tidelands, Gross Floor Area, and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to make clear that tidelands/land underwater is not included in lot area and FAR calculations and that above-grade parking structures are included in Gross Floor Area. View meeting details and documents.

July 25: Seaport Square (Notice of Project Change) Impact Advisory Group Meeting from 6pm-8pm. Public is welcome to attend. If you missed July 11th Public Meeting, view the presentation and video recording. Comment deadline: July 29, 2022

July 27: 7 Channel Center (Notice of Project Change) Public Meeting from 6pm - 8pm. The proposed project is to redevelop 7 Channel Center Street in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston (the “Redevelopment Site”), by constructing a new office/research and development (“R&D”) building. View Notice of Project Change.

July 27 - August 4th: Better Bike Lanes Are Coming to A Street. The Boston Transportation Department is hosting a variety of times to talk with you in the A Street Park. 

August 1: Grace by Nia Abutters Meeting at 5pm. 1 Seaport Square (part of the former movie theater space). Requesting a 7 day All Alcoholic Beverages License, Live & non-live Entertainment License. View Abutters meeting and enter passcode CmAQ64S!  If you have any questions or comments about this proposal, please contact Anna White, South Boston Liaison, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services.

August 2: Tishman Speyer 232 A Street (former Gillette Parcel 3 parking lot) Coffee Hour at Binford Park (end of Binford St.to the left of the Pump House when facing the Channel) from 8:30am - 11am. Come meet the Tishman Speyer/Breakthrough Properties project team to learn about this 2.5 acre Life Sciences project within the 100 Acres Master Plan.

August 2: National Night Out in South Boston at Moakley Park (near JFK/Umass T stop) from 5pm - 8pm. Meet Mayor Michelle Wu,incoming Police Commissioner Michael Cox, BPD Command Staff, and your neighbors! Free kids’ activities, food and entertainment! Awards for Boston’s crime watch groups! For more information, call the Neighborhood Crime Watch Unit at 617-343-4345.

August 3:  776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Public Meeting at 6pm (replaces the original meeting scheduled for July 26th). See July 19th phase 1 project description under July 19th. Register.

originally published 07.18.22

Neighborhood Summer Gathering June 28th & July Happenings

updated 7/06/22 with 25 Thomson Place restaurant abutters meeting. 

Join us for a

Summer Fort Point Seaport

Hybrid Neighborhood Gathering*

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

6 pm to 8 pm

in person at District Hall (75 Northern Ave.)

 or

Online via Zoom

Sign Up Today

featuring

Our C-6 Community Service Officers

Neighborhood Discussions

Construction After Hours & Weekends

Life Sciences Impacts
Chapter 91 Public Spaces Ground Truthing

Open Community Questions /Updates

introducing

Boqueria Tapas Bar and Restaurant

 25 Thomson Place

requesting support for an All Alcoholic Beverages License

&

Moxies

 899 Congress Street 

requesting support for an All Alcoholic Beverages License

plus

Neighborhood News

*Please note we do not meet in July or August. Our next gathering will be September 27th.

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Upcoming Neighborhood Happenings

June 24: Final Friday's Open Mic Night from 6pm-9pm at Assemblage Art Space, 70 Sleeper St. You may discover the next big musician, poet, storyteller... Performers should arrive at 5pm to sign up. R.S.V.P.

June 26: Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market from 12pm to 6pm. Check the Boston Seaport calendar for Seaport Sweat, bike tune-ups & other events. 

June 26: Opening reception of "Wavelength" by artists Lisa Knox and Nancy Grice from 3pm - 6pm at The Gallery at 249 A, 249 A Street.

June 27: 17 Farnsworth Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. Replace existing, 361-vehicle parking garage built in 1986 with four-story life science building with mechanical penthouse set back from the roof edges to minimize visibility from the ground. No onsite accessory parking. Per Coastal Flood Resilience Overlay District, dry flood-proofed at least two feet above Sea Level Rise Base Flood Elevation (19.5 ft. BCB).

June 28: FPNA Fort Point Seaport Neighborhood Gathering 6-8pm at District Hall (75 Northern Ave) and via Zoom (details above).

June 29: Mayor Wu's Neighborhood Coffee Hour at Medal of Honor Park (East 3rd & M Streets) from 9:30 am - 10:30 am. It is a unique opportunity to speak directly with the Mayor and staff from City departments about open space and your neighborhood. Dunkin’ will be on-site to keep Bostonians runnin’ with coffee and MUNCHKINS® donut hole treats. In addition, each family in attendance will receive a free flowering plant provided by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, while supplies last. 

July 7: Seaport Circle (701 Congress) Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm.The Project will construct a 13-story laboratory/research & development and office building located on Parcel H totaling approximately 587,000 GFA, a two-story job training/non-profit center on an adjacent parcel totaling approximately 16,000 GFA, and an elevated walkway that connects these two buildings and surrounding properties. Register.

July 11: Abutters Meeting at 4:30pm to ask for support of an all alcohol license for Boqueria Tapas Bar & Restaurant at 25 Thomson Place. Public is welcome to attend the virtual meeting. Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82253330580

Meeting ID: 822 5333 0580

Via phone +1 646 558 8656 and enter the Meeting ID above. 

July 11: Seaport Square Notice of Project Change (NPC) Public Meeting at 6:00 pm. The proposed NPC includes changes to the use and programming of several buildings, the elimination of a previously proposed building, and the expansion of open space. Read all the details on the NPC and the Planned Development Area Amendment. 

July 19: 17 Farnsworth Street Public Meeting at 6pm. For additional project details, explore the Project Notification Form.

July 19: 776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm. Phase 1 will be located on 8.4 acres / 364,409 square feet within the approximately 15.2 acre (approximately 661,500 square foot) parcel of land known as and numbered 776 Summer Street in South Boston. It includes the rehabilitation of the Edison Turbine Halls 1, 2, and 3 and the construction of the buildings on Blocks D and F. Register.

July 26:  776 Summer St (Edison Power Plant) Phase 1 Public Meeting at 6pm. See phase 1 project description above. Register.

In Development News: Life Sciences Abound & 244 - 284 A Street Returns

updated 3/21/22 with 51 Melcher March 16 meeting video and presentation (see below)

updated 3/14/22 with 51 Melcher meeting video and presentation. Public meeting is March 16th at 6:30pm
updated 3/7/22: 51 Melcher Street IAG Meeting at 6pm and Seaport Circle 3/1 meeting presentation and meeting video.
updated 2/23/22: 51 Melcher Public meeting moved to March 16th due to conflict with City's Budget Listening Session.
updated 2/17/22 with Seaport Circle IAG meeting presentation and video.
updated 2/8/22 with 244 - 284 A Street IAG presentation and meeting video.
updated 1/31/22 with Seaport Circle public meeting dates and newly proposed garage to Life Sciences lab conversion at 17-33 Farnsworth St. 

Related Beal filed Supplemental Information on the 244 -284 A Street development project along the Fort Point Channel and A Street. The Supplemental Information Filing was submitted in response to a Request for Supplemental Information issued by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) to the Proponent on October 20, 2021.There will two BPDA public meetings to review the information and the opportunity to provide public comment. 

February 3: 244 - 284 A St Impact Advisory Group
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View Meeting Video

February 15: 244 - 284 A St Public Meeting
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February 22: 244 - 284 A St Supplemental Filing comment deadline

This 1 million square feet+ mixed-use development is composed of a residential building, an office building and a laboratory/research and development Life Sciences building plus required parks and open space. 

12 Farnsworth is an office to office/labs Life Sciences conversion located at 12-22 Farnsworth St, and is scheduled to be at Zoning Board of Appeals on February 15th. For more details and to view Jan 10th Abutters meeting and presentation check out 12 Farnsworth on Fort Point Boston. 12 Farnsworth also includes the street parking lot at 11 Sleeper St. 

51 Melcher Street is a conversion of an existing approximately 97,000 square foot office building at 51-61 Melcher Street to life science use. The project will be undergoing BPDA  Article 80 public review. An Expanded Project Notification Form was filed in December and is available here. A PDA amendment filed March 3, 2022.

March 8: 51 Melcher Impact Advisory Group Meeting 6pm - 8pm

View Presentation 
View Meeting Video

View Fort Point Channel Landmark District Commission Presentation

March 16: 51 Melcher Public Meeting at 6:30pm - 8:30pm (new date)
View Presentation

View Meeting Video

Seaport Circle: This 600,000sf+ project includes the construction of a laboratory/research & development and office building and job training/non-profit center located at 701 Congress Street. A Project Notification Form was filed last week. More details, visit the BPDA Seaport Circle project page. 

February 16: Seaport Circle Impact Advisory Meeting

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View Meeting Video

March 1: Seaport Circle Public Meeting
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Comment deadline: March 14

7 Channel Center Street is a proposed 100,000+sf, 9 story Life Sciences office/labs building that will be undergoing BPDA Article 80 public review. For an inside peek, view 7 Channel Center  Fort Point Landmark District Commission January presentation. 

7 Channel Center

17 - 31 Farnsworth St: Toronto-based real estate investment firm BentallGreenOak is proposing to replace a parking garage on Farnsworth Street in Fort Point with a four-story life sciences building. The new building, located at 17-31 Farnsworth St., would include just over 78,000 square feet of floor space, according to a letter of intent filed with the Boston Planning and Development Agency that was published Friday. The parking garage now at the site is six stories tall, including rooftop parking, with spots for 361 vehicles. The new building would not have on-site parking, according to BentallGreenOak. source: Greg Ryan, 'Proposal would replace Fort Point garage with lab space', Jan. 28, 2022, Boston Business Journal.

17 -31 Farnsworth St

232 A Street: In September 2021, P&G Gillette sold the 2.5 acre parcel along Binford St between A Street and the Channel to Tishman Speyer's Life Sciences arm, Breakthrough Properties. The sale includes the waterfront Binford Park. Read Gillette's letter to the neighborhood. 

originally published 01.26.22