"To preserve downtown's character and function for our city and the New England region, it must also be allowed and encouraged to evolve," said Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Planning Department Chief Kairos Shen in a Thursday letter to downtown stakeholders."
""If there can be no height downtown, where can there be height?" she asked."
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved an overhaul of downtown zoning to encourage more residential development in the commercial core. The new rules set building height limits increasing from 100 feet near the parks up to 700 feet in the Financial District and expand 155-foot maximums along Washington Street, the Ladder Blocks, around the Old South Meeting House, and at Park Plaza. The changes streamline zoning requirements for small businesses while preserving state shadow protections for the Boston Common and Public Garden. Supporters view the changes as necessary to revive post-pandemic downtown activity and repurpose underused office space, while critics fear taller towers and darker parks. Several elected officials submitted testimony and letters backing economic revitalization and plans for more affordable housing.
Read at Boston.com
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