Showing posts with label Boston Public Works Dept.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boston Public Works Dept.. Show all posts

Friday, August 11, 2023

Summer Clear Out Saturday

Get rid of hazardous waste, unwanted textiles and electronics plus shred those personal papers at:

The Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day
Saturday, August 12
8:30am to 12pm
315 Gardner Street (Millennium Park)
West Roxbury

Boston residents will need to show proof of residency. Please be reminded that Public Works do not take waste from businesses. 


The final Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Day of the year is Saturday, September 23 at 400 Frontage Road. 

Monday, June 05, 2023

Let's Talk Sidewalks on A Street

The Fort Point neighborhood has long talked about better and wider sidewalks on A Street between Melcher and Congress Streets. There are many projects touching this part of the neighborhood, including developer-funded work near Melcher Street; a Public Works project to address the southern stairs; and the Public Works project to reconstruct Congress Street. At the meeting, we'll discuss ways to connect all of these and meet your goals for A Street's sidewalks.

The City's teams are looking to sharing options and getting your feedback on:

Monday, June 5, 2023
6:30pm
via Zoom
Register today


originally published 05.23.23

Thursday, May 25, 2023

May Neighborhood Gathering Features Latest on Northern Avenue Bridge

updated 05/25/23 with presentation.

You Are Invited

to a
FPNA Neighborhood Gathering

Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6 pm to 8 pm
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

in partnership with Innovation Studios
303 Congress St (across from The Milk Bottle)
In person or Online Viewing Only


featuring

C-6 Boston Police Community Service Officers

 
&
The Latest On The Northern Avenue Bridge
including Resiliency
 & the Fort Point Channel


with special guests
Chris Osgood
Mayor Michelle Wu's Senior Infrastructure Advisor 

Para Jayasinghe
City Engineer, Boston Public Works Department

John Sullivan
Chief Engineer, Boston Water & Sewer Commission

Charlie Jewell
Director of Planning and Sustainability, Boston Water & Sewer Commission


plus
Neighborhood News


Please note that this month's gathering will take place in person at WPI. Online is viewing only. 

If you have any questions for our speakers, please submit them by Monday at noon to FPNA.



***Special Thanks to Innovation Studios at District Hall for sponsoring us at WPI.***

originally published 5.22.23

Thursday, January 05, 2023

Fort Point Landmarks January 2023 Meeting

 THE FORT POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION
will hold a public hearing on:

Thursday, January 12, 2023
6:00 PM
This hearing will be held virtually and NOT in person. 
You can participate in this hearing by going to the Zoom meeting link or by
calling  929-436-2866 and entering meeting id 942 7340 3358#  You can also submit written comments or questions to FortPointLDC@boston.

I.  DESIGN REVIEW HEARING

APP # 23.0515 FPC   CONGRESS STREET, SLEEPER STREET and A STREET             
Applicant: City of Boston Department of Public Works
Proposed work: Reconstruction of Sleeper Street from Seaport Boulevard to Congress Street, of Congress Street between Sleeper Street and Boston Wharf Road and of A Street from Congress Street to Melcher Street.

APP # 23.0384 FPC   338 CONGRESS STREET
Applicant: Peggy Siepka
Proposed work: Update signage to reflect brand change. At interior remove "Bank" from lettersets located behind glass; at southwest exterior reface flag sign, remove and install channel letters, install vinyl logos; at southeast exterior install wall plaque, door hours sign, vinyl logos, remove and install channel letters.

APP # 23.0438 FPC    315 A STREET                       
Applicant: Brett Bentson
Proposed work: Install permanent support brackets for removable flood barriers at ground floor openings.

APP # 23.0516 FPC    7 CHANNEL CENTER STREET                    
Applicant: Cindy Woon
Proposed work: Operational element placement on facades; design alterations based on new mechanical systems; curtain wall detail refinements.

II.   DISCUSSION TOPIC
​​​​​​​Outdoor Dining

III.  ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW/APPROVAL
300 A Street: Re-approval as required by the CDA for App # 21.0235 FPC. No changes to existing vinyl window graphics at the ground level windows along A Street and Necco Court nor to existing blade sign.

IV. RATIFICATION OF 11/10/2022 PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES

V.   STAFF UPDATES

VI.  Projected Adjournment 8pm

FORT POINT CHANNEL LANDMARK DISTRICT COMMISSION
David Berarducci, Susan Goganian, John Karoff, Lynn Smiledge, Vacancy
Alternates: Thomas Rodde, Vacancy

Wednesday, October 05, 2022

About The Neighborhood: September and October Happenings

September Neighborhood Happenings

September 20: 244 - 284 A Street at Boston Civic Deign Commission at 5pm.  

September 20: How Climate Change May Threaten The Foundation of Boston (wood pile foundations on filled land and ground water levels) from 5:30-7:30pm at Rabb Hall in the Boston Public Library and online: Hosted by the Boston Groundwater Trust with opening remarks by Mayor Wu.

September 20 - Oct 2: The Boston Globe 150th Anniversary Exhibit at Seaport Common. Explore the poems and images that capture moments in time that have resonated in Boston and its people. 

September 21: Who-More-Is-Me/Humorist, a search for ideal forms of our corrupted selves, starting at 7pm at Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center Street, Studio 102.  

September 22: Taking Back the Hill, a celebration of 25 years of community reclaiming this once abandoned site, from 5pm - 8pm at 95 G St. Join Spoke (Medicine Wheel) at No Man's Land for an evening of community, food and art showcasing works by over 60 young men and women from this summer's YouthSPEAK program. 

September 22: CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION HEARING ON DOCKET #0722 (City Hall & Virtual) at 6pm. View Docket. A hearing regarding a comprehensive, district-wide planning process for Boston's waterfront. 
More details.To get zoom link or to offer written comments in advance, contact shane.pac@boston.gov. 


September 24: FPNA's 17th Annual Love Your Block, a volunteer event to sweep, pick and rake our way into Fall, from 10am - 12:30pm. Meet up at Wormwood Park (Wormwood & A Streets). Thank You Picnic in the Park starts at 5pm. 

September 24: Household hazardous waste, paper shredding, textiles, and electronics drop-off from 9am-1pm at the Central DPW Facility at 400 Frontage Road.

September 24: Opening Reception of the Annual Open Studios Members Show from 3pm - 5pm at the FPAC Gallery, 300 Summer Street. Free and open to the public.

September 25: Music in Martin's Park from 3pm - 4:30pm is taking place around the slides. Fort Point based Boston Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra will present a free concert for kids of all ages. Bring a picnic, a blanked or beach chair and enjoy.

September 27: FPNA Neighborhood Gathering, 6pm - 8pm at District Hall or via zoom (see details above).

September 28: Zero Net Carbon Building Zoning Initiative Regulatory Adoption Public Meeting, 6pm - 8pm.

September 28: South Boston Waterfront Life Sciences Job Training & Career Center Hors d'ouvres & Conversation from 5pm - 7pm at Hyatt Seaport, 295 Northern Ave. The center is part of the Seaport Circle (701 Congress) development. Learn about their mission to support Life Science industry committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. R.S.V.P. to Ellie McDermott

September 29: CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON REDISTRICTING HEARING ON DOCKET #1098 (at City Hall and virtual), a hearing regarding the adoption of City Council redistricting principles at 3pm. View docket 1098.To get zoom link or to offer written comments in advance, contact shane.pac@boston.gov 

September 30: NightOWLL presents "We Are One", bringing together artists who have a disability with those who do not to make the invisible visible, at 7pm at FPAC's Assemblage,70 Sleeper Street. 

Septembe 30 - Oct 2: Harpoon 32nd Annual Octoberfest. Must be 21and over and vaccinated. For hours and tickets click here

Coming Up In October

October 1: Atlantic Wharf Fall Festival from 12pm - 4pm. A free family event with children's music, food and activity for kids of all ages on land and Channel. 

October 1: Porter Square Books 1 Year Anniversary Celebration with 20% off items in the store and a party at 6pm. R.S.V.P today. 

October 4: 17 Farnsworth Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting, 6pm - 8pm. The proposed project replaces a 361 public parking garage with Life Sciences labs and office with no on-site parking. 

October 5: CANCELLED 776 Summer St. Phase 1 Public Meeting, 6pm - 7:30pm. The Phase 1 Project covers 8.4 acres / 364,409 square feet within the approximately 15.2 acre parcel. It includes the rehabilitation of the Edison Turbine Halls 1, 2, and 3 and the construction of the buildings on Blocks D and F.

October 11: Boston Civic Design Commission Public Meeting: 244 -284 A Street and introduction of Deputy Chief of Urban Design Diana Fernandez Bibeau at 5pm.

October 11: City Council Redistricting Committee Public Meeting at 5pm.

October 13: Fort Point Channel Landmarks District October Public Meeting at 6pm.

October 14 - 16: 43rd Annual Fort Point Open Studios, celebrating visual and performing art by local artists. Meet artists in their studios, view performances and public art and buy local.

October 18: 330 C Street Public Meeting, 6pm - 7:30pm. The proposed project replaces a vacant one-story repair shop with a new six-story 74-room hotel with a ground-floor restaurant.

October 19: Fort Point Waterfront Community Design Workshop: Kick-off: 5:30pm - 8:30pm. Help shape the future of the Fort Point Waterfront! People who live in, work in, and visit the Fort Point neighborhood will join forces with architects, landscape architects, and other designers to develop proposals for future waterfront designs along the Fort Point Channel. Hosted by Boston Harbor Now, FPNA and the Boston Society for Architecture, the Boston Society of Landscape Architects and the Stone Living Lab, in partnership with the BPDA.

It is your neighborhood. Be Involved. Contact FPNA today!



originally published 09.20.22

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

May Happenings Around or About The Neighborhood

updated 05.19.22 with May 26 Congress St Reconstruction Public Meeting and May 31st 51 Melcher St. IAG Public Meeting.

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

May 18: Conservation Commission Meeting start at 6pm. Check out neighborhood items on the agenda from ICA Cliff Diving to Pier 10 (38 Drydock) to L Street Power Plant to MassDOT improvements on Cypher, Richards & Fargo.

May 19: Parcel X (310 Northern Ave.) Public Meeting 6pm - 8pm. The proponent proposes the demolition of the two (2) existing, single-story industrial buildings and the construction of a new, two (2)-building, approximately 742,000 square foot life sciences/research and development campus 

May 20 - May 22: HarpoonFest 2022 Celebrate the local Boston music scene with beer in hand! 
Friday 6pm - 11pm and Saturday 12pm - 7pm at 306 Northern Ave.

May 21: Boston Harbor Islands Free Ferry Day from 8am – 2:30pm. Tickets available on first come, first serve basis. 


May 26: Congress St. (Fort Point) Reconstruction Project Public Meeting at 6:30pm. Boston Public Works will present revised designs to sidewalks, lighting, crosswalks and street trees informed by feedback from residents and businesses since February's meeting. Register Today.

May 27: Fort Point Arts Community Final Friday’s Open Mic @ Assemblage 5pm - 9pm. Artists interested in performing at the event should show up at 5 pm to get on the setlist and patrons interested in watching should arrive around 6 pm. R.S.V.P.

May 31: 51 Melcher St Impact Advisory Group Public Meeting at 6pm regarding proposed conversion to Life Sciences labs and office.  The purpose of the meeting is the potential impacts and mitigation for the project. Register.


COMMENT DEADLINES
June 10th: MEPA BMIP/Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park Master Plan and 24 Drydock NPC. Watch MEPA Virtual RLFMPF Master Plan Update site visit. Direct comments to Alexander Strysky, MEPA Analyst.

originally published 05.17.22

Wednesday, March 02, 2022

Re-Imagined Congress St. Reconstruction Project

updated 03/02/22 with meeting video

The City of Boston Public Works and Transportation Departments are hosting a neighborhood gathering to discuss design options for a re-imagined Congress Street.

Congress Street Reconstruction Project 

Public Meeting
Monday, February 28, 2022
6:30 pm
View Meeting Video

For a more detailed understanding on the City’s policy and design guidance for city streets take a look at the Public Works Plan details and Boston’s Complete Streets Report.


originally published 02.11.22

Monday, January 07, 2019

Start The New Year Off Green

Boston Public Works Department will pick up your Christmas tree for free on recycling day during the first two full weeks of January (weeks of Jan 7 and Jan 14, 2019). The trees will be shredded for compost and will give new life to park plantings in the spring.  

What to do: Remove all ornaments and decorations. Place your tree on the curb by 7 am. If you have twice weekly recycling, trees will be picked up on the first recycling day. 

Find out your trash recycling schedule


Friday, May 05, 2017

Paper Shredding & Household Waste Drop-off Saturday

The City of Boston’s Public Works Department is hosting a household-waste drop-off this weekend for Boston residents. Boston residents may drop-off their unwanted textiles, household appliances, electronics, and hazardous waste items on:


Saturday, May 6
9 am - 2 pm
Central Public Works Facility
400 Frontage Road, Boston 02118

Want to get rid of those personal documents taking up unwanted space in your home? Paper shredding is available up to 10 copy paper size boxes or containers.

Keep in mind that latex and acrylic paint are NOT hazardous. Just let the paint dry out in the can and put it out on your trash day. View list of accepted items and restricted items.

You will need to show proof of Boston residency. Waste can only be dropped off by car. If you have any questions about the drop-off, please contact BOS:311.

Friday, March 24, 2017

FPNA Fort Point Gathering: Meet Your Neighbors & Get Ready For Spring

A Fort Point Spring Gathering
hosted by
Fort Point Neighborhood Association

March 28, 2017
6 pm - 8 pm
Factory 63
63 Melcher St

featuring special guests
William Egan
Boston Public Works
Summer Street Reconstruction Project
Bike paths, trees, lights, sidewalk improvements…

&

Vineet Gupta, Boston Transportation
IIona Kramer, New Urban Mechanics
Seaport/Fort Point
Parking Meter Pilot Program: Results & New Rates

with the latest on
Thomson Place Retail
John Kiernan
Invesco Real Estate

and introducing
Fort Point Love Your Block
A neighborhood beautification project

 ***  featured restaurant: by CHLOE. ***

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Electronic Recycling, Paper Shredding & Hazardous Waste Drop Off This Saturday

The City of Boston Public Works will collect and recycle electronic waste, household hazardous waste and shred confidential documents for free this Saturday. 


October 25, 2014
9:00 AM- 3:00 PM
UMass Boston 
Bayside Parking Lot
200 Mt. Vernon St, Dorchester

Acceptable electronic materials are: computers, monitors, televisions, LCD panels, printers, other computer related equipment, stereos, cell and other phones, power supplies, electronic games, VCRs, circuit boards, microwaves, and other household electronic devices. CDs and CD cases. Electronic materials NOT accepted are: Air conditioners, dehumidifiers, refrigerators, and  white goods such as washers, dryers, and stoves. For disposal of the italicized items, call (617) 635-4500 to arrange a special pickup. You may put the other items curbside for regular trash pickup

Residents can also safely shred and recycle unwanted confidential documents at no charge. There is a ten box shredding limit. This offer is not open to businesses. 

Boston residents can also safely dispose of household hazardous waste from 9 am - 2 pm at UMass Boston Parking Lot D in Dorchester.  Residents may bring up to 50 pounds of products labeled toxic, flammable, reactive, corrosive, or poisonous, such as: oil-based paint, motor oil, pesticides, solvents, glues, bleach or ammonia-based cleaners, weed killers, photo chemicals, pool chemicals, tires, propane tanks, car batteries, and used motor oil.No Latex/Acrylic paint allowed (it's not hazardous and can be disposed of with regular trash.)

Boston residents must show proof of residency. 

For more information, please call the Mayor's Hotline at 617-635-4500.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Fort Point Neighborhood Monthly Meeting

The Fort Point Neighborhood Association's monthly neighborhood meeting will be held on: 

Tuesday, April 29, 2014. 
6 pm - 8 pm
Factory 63
63 Melcher St (A and Melcher)

6:00 pm General Meeting
with presentations by 
Erin Doherty, Boston Landmarks Commission
Para Jayasinghe, Boston Public Works Department

7:00 pm Featured Guest
Jonathan Greeley, Boston Redevelopment Authority

In January, the Fort Point Neighborhood Association conducted a community survey to determine top neighborhood issues. The monthly meetings address these top neighborhood issues by bringing in industry experts and City and State officials. 

The April meeting will be looking at issues surrounding crosswalks, sidewalks and public safety, bike lane safety and integration, tree replacement and plantings, and the A Street/Summer Street stairway and underpass.Our experts and special guests are: Jonathan Greeley from the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Para Jayasinghe from the Boston Public Works Department. 

In advance of Historical Preservation month in May, we are pleased to have Erin Doherty from the Boston Landmarks Commission to talk about the Fort Point Historic District and upcoming local historic preservation events.

All Fort Point residents and businesses are invited to attend.