Advisory Group Seeks Greater Role in Forest Hills

By Chris Helms on March 24, 2014

Advisory Group Seeks Greater Role in Forest Hills

File photo: The crumbling Casey Overpass in Forest Hills.

The future of the Casey Overpass is just one of the development issues facing Forest Hills.

You can argue that no section of Jamaica Plain is facing more big development projects than Forest Hills. Chief among them is the Casey Overpass being razed in favor of a network of streets. Others include more than 100 condos and rentals on an MBTA-owned parcel near Forest Hills station and the bus yard finally moving.

Traffic Experts Defend Turning Shea Circle Into Shea Square

Proposed at-grade solution for Casey Overpass, including Shea Circle (right) being turned into Shea Square.

Traffic Experts Defend Turning Shea Circle Into Shea Square

By Chris Helms on March 16, 2014

Transportation officials want to make the traffic circle going from Forest Hills into Franklin Park into a square intersection with stoplights.

Bridge Supporters Renew Call to Halt Casey Plan

Residents and advocates wait to speak at the March 12, 2014 Department of Transportation board meeting.

Bridge Supporters Renew Call to Halt Casey Plan

By Chris Helms on March 12, 2014

In what has become a monthly event, residents who remain unconvinced of the wisdom of plans to replace Casey Overpass with a network of surface roads took their protest to state transportation leaders.

Blessed Sacrament Church Sold to Hyde Square Task Force

By Chris Helms on March 5, 2014

Blessed Sacrament church, long the hub of life for Hyde Square, won’t be turned into condos after all.

JP — ‘The Greatest Place to Live in North America’

Brad Brown at the State of JP forum, Feb. 27, 2014

JP — ‘The Greatest Place to Live in North America’

By Chris Helms on February 28, 2014

Thursday night, more than 250 gathered for a forum addressing racial justice and equity. Here are a few short clips of residents reflecting on the “State of JP.”

The State of JP 2014, as Told on Twitter

Juan Gonzales addresses a break-out group on affordable housing at the 2014 State of JP forum

The State of JP 2014, as Told on Twitter

By Chris Helms on February 27, 2014

If you weren’t among the 250 or so people who attended this year’s State of JP forum, here’s a rundown of how it played on Twitter:

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