31 Acres. 3 Neighborhoods.1 Community Conversation.

FPNA, St. Vincent's Lower End Neighborhood Association and West Broadway Neighborhood Association are coming together to host one community conversation about the P&G Gillette Redevelopment on:

 Tuesday, July 15, 2025
6pm to 8pm
in person at 
Crispr Therapeutics
105 West 1st Street

Let's talk about:

• 31 acres
• Building Heights & Density: 20 buildings with heights up to 320 feet
• Site Access, Traffic Congestion, Public Transportation, and Parking: No improvements to traffic on A Street, mayor changes to Foundry & Greenbaum Streets, parking for 4,489 cars and insufficient access to Broadway and South Station MBTA stations
• Land Use: 66.5% commercial, 30% residential and 3.5% retail uses. 
• Park Space and Coastal Resiliency: 6.5 acre waterfront park & timing of flood protection for the neighborhood

We’d love to see you there!

FPNA & SVLENA Host Cypher Street Environmental Safety Neighborhood Meeting

Updated 08/01/23 with the meeting presentation of the Cypher St. remediation for the Cypher & E Street improvements project. The environmental remediation is scheduled to start in September and the entire project including road improvements is anticipated to last 18 months. A preconstruction meeting is targeted for August with a repeat meeting in September. 

Massport and MassDOT are planning to make changes to Cypher Street as part of their Cypher/E Street Improvements Project, which will require work to take place on top of polluted soil in the area underneath and adjacent to Cypher Street.

Join hosts FPNA and the St. Vincent's Lower End Neighborhood Association to learn how the PCBs and Petrochemicals will be safely remediated and to meet our neighborhood Licensed Site Professional (LSP) on:

Thursday, July 27, 2023

6:30pm

Crispr Therapeutics 

105 West 1st Street
View Meeting Presentation

In the late 1990s, toxic waste was discovered in the area around Cypher Street stemming from the existence of an industrial junkyard on the site. It was partially cleaned up and sealed with caps in the areas of highest concentration of PCBs under the supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2016, during consideration of holding the Grand Prix Indy Car race in South Boston, the issue of PCBs under Cypher Street arose again. Any change in use of that area needs approval by the EPA. Originally the site was to be remediated with the expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, which is now on hold.  The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is looking to develop parcels on D & E Streets.

For more information about the environmental history of the site, visit the MA Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. 

originally published 7.18.23

170 West Broadway Community Meeting

The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) is a hosting a public meeting on the redevelopment of 170 West Broadway in South Boston.  The public is encouraged to attend.

Monday, June 9, 2014

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

James Condon Elementary School 

200 D Street, South Boston, MA 02127 (Cafeteria)

The property is situated on the former Liberty Bell Roast Beef restaurant in South Boston's St. Vincent's neighborhood district.  The proposed project includes removal of the existing single story restaurant and replacing it with a mixed use residential and retail building with 39 on site parking spaces. The new residential building will consist of 44,194 square feet with 33 residential condos and ground level retail/restaurant in a four story building with a penthouse duplexes on the fifth floor. Four of the 39 units will be designated as affordable. For more details visit BRA 170 W. Broadway article 80 application documentation.

Contact

Lance Campbell

Lance.Campbell(at)boston.gov

617-918-4311