Main Themes of Modern Boston Planning History
Under such tremendous population growth, major challenges Boston
faced in the late 1980s were to accommodate the increasing population with
Boston’s declining public infrastructures, transportation systems, as well as,
providing them adequate housing. The main themes of post 1980s urban development
of Boston were, firstly to rebuilt/redevelop the declining downtown and its
infrastructure to accommodate current and future population growth, reconnect
different neighborhoods of downtown, as well as, establishing new commercial
areas to attract economic activities, and lastly to improve its transportation
systems. These downtown redevelopment themes were not only set to improve the
problems that were existing in the 80s but also to accommodate Boston’s future
growth and needs.
Influential Urban Development Projects of Modern Boston’s
Planning History
- The Big Dig
- Affordable housing through Neighborhood Revitalization
faced in the late 1980s were to accommodate the increasing population with
Boston’s declining public infrastructures, transportation systems, as well as,
providing them adequate housing. The main themes of post 1980s urban development
of Boston were, firstly to rebuilt/redevelop the declining downtown and its
infrastructure to accommodate current and future population growth, reconnect
different neighborhoods of downtown, as well as, establishing new commercial
areas to attract economic activities, and lastly to improve its transportation
systems. These downtown redevelopment themes were not only set to improve the
problems that were existing in the 80s but also to accommodate Boston’s future
growth and needs.
Influential Urban Development Projects of Modern Boston’s
Planning History
- The Big Dig
- Affordable housing through Neighborhood Revitalization