{"id":456,"date":"2015-11-25T11:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T16:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/?p=456"},"modified":"2015-11-25T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T17:29:43","slug":"walkup-roslindale-in-the-news-100-weld-street-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkuproslindale.org\/weblog\/2015\/11\/25\/walkup-roslindale-in-the-news-100-weld-street-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"WalkUP Roslindale in the News – 100 Weld Street Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"100<\/a>We’ve posted multiple times about the proposed development at 100 Weld Street<\/a>, which recently won approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The project could have been better–we would have especially liked to see more mixed use (i.e. retail) and a more progressive approach to parking–but on balance we supported the proposal because it should revitalize vacant space, benefit the business district, and help with the housing crisis. Earlier this month, the Roslindale Bulletin ran a feature on the BRA approval,<\/a>\u00a0quoting our own Matt Lawlor. The full article is reproduced below.<\/p>\n

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BRA approves 100 Weld St. development, neighbors not happy
\nBy Jeff Sullivan.<\/p>\n

The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved the 16-unit condominium project for 100 Weld St. on the West Roxbury\/Roslindale line. While some residents are excited that the decaying eyesore of the old Weld American Gas Station will finally be redone, many residents feel that the project was too big and had too much of an impact on the nearby neighborhood. \u201cI\u2019m not happy about the decision,\u201d said Hazelmere Road resident Will Escobar. \u201cI kind of feel like the city hasn\u2019t listened to the neighbors and their concerns. It seems like Hazelmere has become separated from this whole process, even though we\u2019ve been very vocal and present at the meetings. We just knew from the first meeting that this was going to go through.\u201d Escobar said he was concerned about the change of the address from the initial project, as originally the proposal had the address of the building at 1400 Centre St., which makes the building\u2019s front, legally, facing Centre. He said changing it to make the legal front of the building to Weld Street made it so that the rear-yard setback was no longer facing the Hazelmere neighborhood, but instead the parking lot next to Citibank and Kelleher\u2019s Bar and Grille. \u201cCentre Street becomes the side yard,\u201d he said. \u201cNow the other side of the building can be right up against the property line.\u201d Escobar said another town house project, which did not go through, had similar zoning issues as its address was Centre Street. \u201cThe back yards were looking right into the second floor bedrooms of all the homes on Hazelmere,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a feeling that I have that the reason they switched it over to Weld was in their plan to get around the variances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walkup Roslindale Member Matthew Lawlor said the project is a welcome change to the old decrepit lot<\/strong>. \u201cI think speaking for Walkup Roslindale, I was the one who drafted our comment letter we\u2019re satisfied to see that project moving forward it\u2019s replacing the long-standing eyesore,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s replacing it with a project that we think makes sense and we support it.\u201d Lawlor said that this project, besides helping to solidify the two-lane intersection on the Weld side of Centre Street, would help increase walkability in the neighborhood. He said the group feels that increasing housing does not necessarily increase parking concerns, as most Millennials are more concerned with access to transit rather than parking. \u201cIn terms of choosing where they live and work, 95 percent of Millennials base their decisions on access to transit,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a much different response than what you would get in older cohorts in Boston.\u201d Lawlor conceded his group has a different outlook than the residents on Hazelmere Road. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a different perspective than they do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe know Roslindale is growing, the city is growing, and our focus is as new development occurs to see if it be the best plus for the neighborhood it can be.\u201d The development was planned as an as-of-right project, meaning if the Zoning Board sees no variances needed in the project, the project developer can obtain building permits and then start construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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