Boston Planning and Development Agency
Can This Man Blow up City Development without Destroying Boston?
On a chilly morning last April, some of Boston’s most successful developers descended on Beacon Hill’s storied Francis Parkman House for an invite-only reception held […]
The BPDA: Paved and Confused
Like a scene out of The Departed, a pinched old white man in a black jacket leans across the passenger seat of a car to […]
Can Boston’s Apartments Possibly Get Any Smaller?
I think I must have stubbed my toe on a piece of furniture nearly every day of my freshman year at Simmons College. Navigating around […]
Jonathan Greeley Is a Man With a Plan
For the past four years, I’ve run the division of the Boston Planning and Development Agency that focuses exclusively on development, so I spend most […]
Michelle Wu Wants to Take a Wrecking Ball to the BPDA
Much like the Boston Redevelopment Authority a half century ago helped raze Boston’s vibrant West End, City Councilor Michelle Wu says it’s time to smash the […]
The BPDA Made a Spellbinding Interactive 3D Map of Boston
Boston’s Planning and Development Agency this week released a stunning 3D map of Boston that apparently includes every one of the city’s tens of thousands of buildings in interactive, multicolored […]
Boston’s City Council Just OK’d the Winthrop Square Tower
As expected, Boston’s City Council has lent its approval to a deal that would let a gleaming, 775-foot tower rise in Winthrop Square and cast new […]
Divisions Deepen over the Winthrop Square Tower’s Shadows
As critical votes loom on the future of a tower in Winthrop Square that would darken part of Boston’s two best-known parks, divisions on Boston’s […]
The Back Bay Station Towers Are in the Spotlight Over Shadows
Amid Boston’s building boom, another skyscraper plan is spurring controversy over the shadows two towers would cast on the city. This time, the shadow showdown is over […]
The Shadow-Casting Winthrop Square Tower Is Taking a Step Forward
The controversial plan to build a new tower in Boston that would cast shadows on Boston Common and the Public Garden has been updated, and […]
BPDA Approves “Plan JP/Rox” Amidst Protests, Police Presence
The Boston Planning and Development Agency board voted Thursday to approve Plan JP/Rox, a controversial set of guidelines governing development in a 250-acre area comprised of Forest […]
Go Check Out This Crazy Accurate 1:40-Scale Model of Boston
If there’s ever a time to live out your kaiju fantasies, now’s your chance. The Boston Planning and Development Agency is opening its model room to […]
Millennium Partners Astroturfs Public Meeting on Winthrop Garage Project
The battle over shadows encroaching on the Common saw a new proxy war develop at Thursday night’s public meeting on the Winthrop Square garage project: […]
General Electric’s Fort Point Headquarters Gains BPDA Approval
The Boston Planning and Development Agency has approved General Electric’s plans for a Fort Point headquarters, bringing the gleaming, photovoltaic-veiled structure—and chairman Jeff Immelt’s vision […]
Open Meeting Law Complaint Shuts Down Meeting about GE
Ah, the Open Meeting Law complaint. There are few tools in a protester’s tool box more effective at embarrassing decision-makers than the state’s rules on […]