In the next few months, Jackson Square will start to feel a lot more like, well . . . an actual square.
For decades, the intersection of Centre Street and Columbus Avenue was a broad, barren border between Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. But this summer, construction will begin on the second new residential building in a massive complex that promises to infuse new life into the area.
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What on earth is that ugly building pictured with this story? When we are trying to remake Jackson Square into "an actual square", why would we build something that shuts people out? A 3 or 4 story high blank wall is not the way to do it.
You do know that isn't the finished building, don't you?
That building with barely virtually no setback and creating a visual wall across the avenue as one drives out of Boston is not designed to be user friendly or make Jackson Square welcoming. Most of the housing being built in Jackson Square is one and two bederoom - clearly anti family with no flexibility for renters or owners who may have a parent move in or a child. In a strong economy people will just move out every few years and in a weak economy there will be over-crowding.
This represents some of the worst urban planning in the State.
This project and others described in the story are clearly a step in the right direction. The vacant lots here have been a nuisance and eyesore for so long. Good to see something that adds character to the area finally happening.