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Weekend Tent City at 3200 Washington St.

Area E 13 police talking with demonstrators Saturday evening at Iffley Road and Washington St
Area E 13 police talking with demonstrators Saturday evening at Iffley Road and Washington St

Two actions Saturday and Sunday by City Life/Vida Urbana and Affordable Housing Eglston/Beantown  Society showed “what democracy looks like!” as the youth chanted to drivers Sunday afternoon outside 3200Washington Street.

City Chooses JP Development Team for 52 Montebello Road

3200 Washington Street site plan showing building plan and interior open space
3200 Washington Street site plan showing building plan and interior open space

Mark your calendars: Thursday, Aug. 13.  5:30 p.m. Boston Redevelopment Authority board room.

That’s the day and time the BRA board will hear from and vote on the 3200 Washington Street/52 Montebello Road developments.

This date was set 24 hours after the Department of Neighborhood Development voted to designate 3190 Washington St. LCC as developer of 50-52 Montebello Road. The city chose them over a competing proposal from Oxbow Partners.

Decision on Key Egleston Development Delayed — Again

Iffley Road elevation
Iffley Road elevation

What began exactly a year ago on July 23, 2014 when the Egleston Square Neighborhood Association got a premier showing of the plans for the Economy Plumbing site is no closer to approval.

For the second time, the developers of 3200 Washington St. asked the Zoning Board of Appeals for deferment at its scheduled hearing on Tuesday.

Neighborhood Council Gives Firm ‘No’ to 3200 Washington St.

3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south.
3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south.

The full Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council on Tuesday voted 11-3 with one abstention to recommend that the city “deny all variances required” to the developers of 3200 Washington St.

City boards, in this case the Zoning Board of Appeals, have the final say and can go against Neighborhood Council recommendations. However, that is rare.

Deep Divisions on Display in Comments on 3200 Washington St. Development

3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south.
3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south.

The comment period for 3200 Washington St. — the largest development in Egleston Square in half a century — ended May 1.

There were 119 letters of support — many of them form letters — and 45 opposed. There were also two petitions, one in favor and the other opposed.

It is an unprecedented development in scale, density and cost but also in community debate; there were two Boston Redevelopment Authority-sponsored public meetings and the comment period was extended three times (April 3, April 15 and May 1).

Protesters Block Washington, Demand 100 Percent of New Development Be Affordable

March down Washington Street
March down Washington Street

“The force of youth” it was called by organizer Maya Gaul, a lifelong resident of School Street.

It was nothing less than an amazing and spirited rally for the soul of Jamaica Plain; never before seen in Egleston Square in this observer’s 40 years in the neighborhood.

3200 Washington St.: The Future of Egleston Square in the Balance

The overflow crowd at the Egleston Square YMCA listened to the presentation on the development proposed for  the old Economy Plumbing site on Washington Street.
The overflow crowd at the Egleston Square YMCA listened to the presentation on the development proposed for the old Economy Plumbing site on Washington Street.

A Boston Redevelopment Authority-sponsored public meeting about the planned development of  the former Economy Plumbing evolved into a protest on the very future of Egleston Square.

Project Would ‘Announce Egleston as a Great Place to Live, Work and Play’

3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south.

3200 Washington Street as proposed. Looking south. Credit: 3190 Washington St. LLC

A three-man development team plans to build the largest housing development in the history of Egleston Square; a community it describes as “a vibrant [one] that owes its vibrant identity to its diversity to ethnic, racial, age and economic patterns.”