{"id":547,"date":"2006-04-13T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2006-04-13T13:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/04\/13\/were-on-the-road-to-nowhere\/"},"modified":"2006-04-13T09:53:42","modified_gmt":"2006-04-13T13:53:42","slug":"were-on-the-road-to-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2006\/04\/13\/were-on-the-road-to-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"(We’re On) The Road To Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My neighborhood (the North End), despite being the first settled neighborhood in Boston, is in a significant state of transition. Actually, it has been for the past 15+ years as the Big Dig project has submerged a 6 lane elevated highway that cut through the heart of the city. Over the past two years, the final sections of elevated highway have been removed and the city has begun piecing the urban fabric back together again. <\/P>
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Technically, this area is known as the Bulfinch Triangle and the highway separated that area from the North End. But I walk by this area daily to get to and from work (oh, who am I kidding, I walk by it everyday to get to and from anywhere). Much of the highway’s old path is going to become parkland (too much green space, if you ask me). But in my area, they are going to make it a neighborhood again. I tried importing an on-line map here (skillfully shaded in green using Microsoft Paint) but this damn program won’t accept it. Ugh.<\/P>
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Anyway, with the highway finally gone, the size of the area appears quite large. Just over the past few months they’ve finally begun putting in a small park at the tip and have now started putting in the sidewalks and streets that will someday be occpuied by condos, shops, restaurants and a much needed market.<\/P>
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But right now it just looks odd. Here we are in the one of densest neighborhoods of Boston (North End) and we have this enormous swath of dirt and sidewalks and streets leading to nowhere. I should probably take some photos this weekend. It’s really beginning to take shape – I’m quite happy. Now if I could only afford to BUY in this neighborhood.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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