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BOSTONPUBLICLIBRARY 3 9999 06588 389 2 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive 2011 with funding from in Boston Public Library http://www.archive.org/details/newsouthendhousiOObost / . Con^iatulatwusi "crj MAY lo New 199] South End Community, 1 South End Governments City-State Housing work make together to Nears SENHI Completion a reality Four new housing developments are nearing completion in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood. Beneath the spire of the old Shawmut Congregational Church, now known as Taino Tower, 27 units of housing are ready for occupancy. A short distance away, another212 units on three sites are renting up or will be avail- able soon—within one block ofeach other near Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue Langham Court, Parmelee Court and Roxbury Crossing. These four developments together with the previously completed projects, Marc Tyler Con- dominiums and the Lo—dging House, constitute the South End Neighborhood Hous- ing Initiative (SENHI) a program to produce mixed-income housing on vacant parcels throughout the South End/Lower Roxbury area. DearFriends: Wehavereachedtheachievement TheSouth End Neighborhood Housing Initiative (SENHI) was launched less than ofasignificantmilestoneinex- five years ago by Mayor Raymond Hynn and the Boston Redevelopment Authority. pandingthesupplyofmixed-in- BRA DirectorStephen Coyle assigned the responsibility for developing and directing comehousingforBostonresidents intheSouthEnd/LowerRoxbury theSENHI program to ThomasO'Malley, Assistant Director for Neighborhood neighborhood. TheSouthEnd Housing and Development. The summer of 1986 marked the beginning ofan in- NeighborhoodHousingInitiative (SENHI)waslaunchedonlyfour tense workingrelationship with the South End community to solicit proposals for shortyearsago. Acommunity new housing, and to begin open public town meeting reviews ofsome twenty planningprocesswasstartedin 1986withtheBostonRedevelop- proposals which were received a year later, in the Summer of 1987. mentAuthorityandtheMayor's OfficeofNeighborhoodServices Special congratulations are due to indiv- workingcloselywithyouin iduals in the neighborhood whose developingandcarryingoutthis program. Today,sixneighbor- ladership exemplifies the spirit ofthe hoodhousingdevelopmentsare South End in carrying SENHI forward. nearingcompletion. Over four hundredunitsofnewhousing Thanks to Victor Bynoe, Pat Cusick,Jim havebeencreated,two-thirdsof Davis,Jovita Fontanez, Arthur Howe, wmohdiecrhawtiellibnecoamvaeiflaambilleiteoslatowaand Myra McAdoo, Susan Park, Fernando totaldevelopmentcostofnearly Requena, Byron Rushing, Bob Under- $50million. bill, and many others. SENHIisanimportantpartofthe progresswhichhasbeenmadein With the help of South End residents theSouthEnd. Since1984,nearly 1,000unitsofhousinghavebeen and other interested persons, we have completed. Importantamong achieved a working—success ofwhich utnhietseTeisntthCeiatwyadredvewlionpnmienngt2w7h1ich we can all be proud new housing wascompletedundermyad- which respects—the historic traditions of ministrationafternearlytwo decadesofinaction. Inaddition, the South End housing which the59unitTenantsDevelopment reclaims once vac—ant land and run- CMoarspsoarcahtuisoentt(sTADvCe.IIaI)npdrotjheect15o5n down buildings and most ofall, unitDouglassParkPhaseI developmentswhichprovide urgently- developmentaresignificantcon- needed mixed income housing for the tributionstotherevitalizationof theSouthEnd/LowerRoxbury South End community. area. Noneofthiswouldhavebeenpos- Soon your neighbors willbe moving sahionbudlsepiwanirgttihocofiupwtahtyiioocnuh.rwhTeehlicpsa,nissaunlplepbwoert— itnhteosethnieswhopulsaicnegs., —If ytoaukehaavwean'ltks—een proud. Congratulationstoyou From Taino Tower on Tremont Street residentsandfriendsoftheSouth End/LowerRoxburyneighbor- to the brick arches and courtyard of hood. Langham Court to the pleasant townhouses ofParme—lee Court on Sincerely, Northampton Street take a walk and you willbe surprised and pleased. A *^ ay i^i" This is great housing. Conceived, reviewed, selected and developedwith RaymondL.Flynn your help and involvement. Thanks MayorofBoston againresidents and friends ofthe South End. ) ) $53MILLION SECUREDTO FINANCEANDSUPPORT THE SENHIbeganin1986withMayor THEOBJECTIVE: SENHIPROGRAM vnnandBRADirectorStephen Toselectthemostappropriate CoyieofferingsevenSouthEnd sitesforthecreationofnewcom- CityofBoston sitesforhousingdevelopment. munityhousing;maximizeoppor- (PFD-CDBG FewareasinBostonhaveasmuch tunitiesforlowandmoderate $6.5M publiclandavailableandsuitable incomefamilyhousing;provide forresidentialdevelopmentasthe developmentopportunitiesfor SouthEnd. Thisavailablesupply, minorityentrepreneursandcom- MHFA strongdevelopmentinterest, munitybasedorganizations;and Construction Neighborhood publicinvestmentinnewstreets, establishacommunityplanning Financing HousingTrust sidewalks,andtheremovalofthe andreviewprocess. $24.3M (Linkage elevatedOrangelinecombinedto $6.5 M createauniqueopportunityto THEPLAN: begintoaddressSouthEndand LowerRoxburyconcernsforhous- Withthedemolitionofthe ingaffordability,communitygar- elevatedandtheplanned densandneighborhoodopen reconstructionofWashington space. Street,majornewhousing developmentwasfocusedonsites Boston Overayearofcommunityinvolve- alongtheWashingtonStreetcor- Redevelopment mentproducedaprogram ridorandanotheronTremont AulriorltyResources dEensd'isgnneedetdofaodrdarfefsosrdtahbelSeohuotuhsing. SSttrreeeett.ofSfietresmaalxonigmWuamshoippnogrt-on $8.6M Theprogramalsoprovidedoppor- tunitiesforachievingsignificant Private tunitiesforlocally-baseddevelop- improvementsforSouth $7.1M* mtoeancthcioervpeonraetwiodnesv,ealnodpmaecnhtance Ehonodd/.LowerRoxburyneighbor- 'UBnliavcekrssittoynBeaSnaknk whichconformedtotheSouth Endsexistingzoninganddesign THE PROPOSALS: requirements. Fromspiritedcommunitydiscus- Thecommunityprocessofreview- sionsemergedtheprinciplethat ingnearlytwentyhighquality one-thirdofallSENHIunits developmentproposalssubmitted wouldbeaffordabletohouseholds wasinitiated. Aconsensuswas oflow(incomeatorbelow50%of reachedontheselectionof theBostonmetropolitanarea's developmentproposalsforseven medianincome);one-thirdaffor- prioritysites:BerkeleyatShaw- dabletohouseholdsofmoderate mut(MarcTylerBuilding);Rox- income(incomesatorbelow80% buryCorners,LanghamCourt, ofthemedian)andtheremaining ParmeleeCourtand thePaulSul- one-thirdbesoldorrentedat livanTrustbuildingnearMas- marketrates. sachusettsAvenueand dFervoemlothpemebnegtisnsnoiungg,htalwlonuelwdbere- WTaoswheirnsgitteonatS6tr4e0etT;rtehmeoTnatiSntoreet, quiredtoconformtoexistingcom- andasiteonEastConcordStreet. munityzoning,providethe requiredparking,openspace,and THEACCOMPLISHMENTS: wouldbesubjecttostringent Completedornearingcomple- reviewintermsofrespectinghis- tionare307unitsofhousingonsix FINANCIALSUPPORT atorrdiscianntdhterSaodiuttihonEanldd.esignstand- omfenthteosfeovveenrs$it5e0s,mwiilltihoannreicnlvaeistm-- CityofBostonandBRAfunds Insupportofthisnewhousing, Aneliognhgbwoirthhootdhehcoruesaitnigo,ntohfenceowm- liangndovaenrd1b5u0i,l0d0i0ngssq..fTt.oopfqvuaaclaintty hpoarvtetbheeesnenmeawdehoauvasiilnagbldeevteolsoupp-- oatchhieervoebdj.ecTthiviersteheanvpeabreceelnsto munityandtheBRAstressedthe design,andachievementofthe ments. Inall,$21.6millionin tailingnearlytwoacreshavebeen importanceofprovidingoppor- goalsforproducingmixedincome publicfundshavebeenusedin conveyedtotheSouthEndOpen tunitiestominoritybusiness housingforcommunityresidents financingtheprojectsandincarry- SpaceTrustforcommunitygar- enterprises,communitydevelop- havebeenaccomplished. ingoutvariouspublicimprove- dens. mentcorporations,othernon WiththelastSENHIprojectex- dmeevnetlsoapdmjeanctesn.ttTohtehNeeighborhood Additionaleffortstobolster ptrhoefsietsg,raounpdsj.ointventuresbetween pectedtobeginconstructionearly HousingTrustcontributed$6.5 ethceonfoocmuiscodfeBvRelAopinmietniattihvaevseonbeen Achievingthesecommunitygoals tphairsceylesa)ra(nthaeddEiatsitoCnoalnc4o0rmdixSterdeeitn- mtiiolnl,i$o6n.i5nmliilnlkiaognewfausndpsr.ovIindaedddib-y ninegwtjheobr-epcreontdluycicnogmpprloejteecdtsMiansc-lud- hmaasrkneottcboenednitsiiomnpsl,e.anFulnusctuuraeting cthoemmearreknetta.luInniatlsl,wSilElNbHeIplwialcledon tmihlelCiiotnyionflBooasntsown,eroefwfhriocmhC,o$5m.-2 psarcohpuosseatltsstSoqeuxapraenpdrotjehcetG,icnusrbreunrtg economy,risinginterestrates,and, haveproduced347unitsofhous- munityDevelopmentBlockGrant RecyclingCompany,andthenew recently,anationalcrisis,make ingfortheSouthEnd/LowerRox- (CDBG)monies. Additional SouthEnd thesegoalsverydifficultto buryarea. publicsupportof$8.6millionwas achieveintotal. But,together,we providedfromBostonRedevelop- TechnologySquareAssociates arewellonourway. mentAuthorityresourcesinthe (SETSA)projectalongAlbany formofgrants,loans,andreales- Street. tatecontributions. Stateparticipa- Manyothergoodpublicly-owned tionthroughtheMassachusetts sitesexistintheSouthEndfornot HousingandFinanceAgency onlyhousing,butfornewcom- ParmeleeCourt providedconstructionfinancing munitygardens,neighborhood totalling$24.3million. Private commercialdevelopment,andjob financingthroughlocalbanks producinglightmanufacturing providedanadditional$7.1 mil- uses. Theseandotherissuesare lion. Additionalequityforthe currentlybeingreviewedbythe cooperativeandrentaldevelop- WorkingGroupoftheSouth mentswasraisedthroughthesale End/LowerRoxburyDevelop- oftaxcreditstoseveralBostonin- mentPolicy. stitutionsincluding: Preliminaryrecommendationsof theWorkingGrouphavebeen ShawmutBank presentedforcommunityreview andcommentinanticipationof StateStreetBank&TrustCompany reachingaconsensusonthe SouthBostonSavingsBank DevelopmentPolicyPlanthisyear. NYNEX BostonBankofCommerce PrudentialInsuranceCompany BostonCapitalInvestmentFund BostonSafeDeposit Baybank HydeParkSavings Haymarket SENHI DEVELOPMENT SITES 4 MARCTYLER Ef -tr CONDOMINIUMS Developer: TenantsDevelopment Corporation Architect Shalland Lee,Architects Contractor C.B.ConstructionCompany Location: Thesiteislocatedat69-81 East 1 ROXBURYCORNERS BerkeleyStreetbetween COOPERATIVE WashingtonStreetandShaw- mutAvenue Developer: RoxburyCornersLimited Partnership Architect: Domenech& Hicks,Inc. Contractor PeabodyConstruction Location: RoxburyCornersislocatedon threeparcels. Parcel29Aislo- catedat1797-1815Washington Street. ParcelsSE-70andSE-71 arelocatedat1777-1789. Parcel29Aconsistsofabout 24,040squarefeetofvacant land. ParcelsSE-70andSE-71 consistofafour-andone-half story-buildingandatwo-story buildingonabout11,915square feetofland. 1 ROXBURY CORNERS 4 MARCTYLERBUILDING Description: Description: 1797-1815WashingtonStreet 69-81 EastBerkeleyStreet Thishousingdevelopmentcon- RoxburyCornerswillproduce 2 LANGHAMCOURT 5 PARMELEECOURT sistsofeightbrickrowhouses 54limited-equitycooperative 3 TAINOTOWER 1776WashingtonStreet whichwereformerlyvacant. housingunits,5,889squarefeet 640TremontStreet 6 LODGINGHOUSE Theyhavebeenrehabilitated ofcommercialspaceand19 1734WashingtonStreet for35unitsofhousing,eleven parkingspaces. ofwhichweresold totheBos- tonHousingAuthorityforrent- Ofthe54units,22unitswillbe altolow-incomehouseholds rheosuesrevheodldfso,rlaonwd-1i9ncunoimtesfor 3 TANIOTOWER uprnodgerratmh.eSOtfattehse'srCehmaapitneirng70254 moderate-incomehouseholds. DEVELOPMENT Therewillbetwostudiounits, umnoidtes,ra1t3euniintcsohmaevfeabmieleinessoldto bbfieevdderrooonooemm-buuenniidttrsso,ao1nm9dutnhtirhtersee,-e25two- TpDoaerviaentloioTopnoerw(:eTarinDoe)vTealionpomiesnatnCeonr-- gtrharmo,ugahnMdH3FuAn'itssHsoOldPaptro- four-bedroomunits. tityassociatedwithInquilinos marketrate. Eightunitsremain BoricuasenAcrion(IBA). tobesoldatmarketrate. TotalDevelopmentCost Architect TotalDevelopmentCost $11,442,485 Comunitas,Inc. $4,721,739 Status: O19c9c1u.pancyisexpectedinApril, LPaorccaetlioSnE:-116,consistingof TSthaetupsr:ojectiscompleted about12,960squarefeetofland, MarketingAgent MarketingAgent: islocatedat640TremontStreet TenantsDevelopment RoxburyCornersCooperative attheNorthwestcomerofthe Corporation Housing areaknownasVillaVictoria. Phone:247-3988 Phone:695-9595 Theparcelcontainedtheformer ShawmutCongregational Church. ^J^ Description: TainoTowerhasproduced27 PARMELEECOURT units,3,650squarefeetofcom- Description: mercialspace,and21 under- Developer: Thedevelopmentcontains84 groundparkingspaces. Ofthe ParmeleeCourtLimited limited-equitycooperativehous- 27units,sixunitswillbesold to Partnership ingunits. LanghamCourt,the low-incomebuyers,nineto Architect largestSENHIdevelopment, moderate-incomebuyersand Ocasio,JorrinandJohnson, willproducemixed-income ninetomarketratebuyers. In UrbanDesignersandPlanners unitsinafour-andfive-story addition,threeunitswillbe Contractor brickbuilding. Ofthe84units, soldandthenrentedtolow-in- PeabodyConstructionCompany 28willbereservedforlow-in- comehouseholdsthroughthe comefamiliesand27willbe State'sChapter705Program. Location: reservedformoderate-income TotalDevelopmentCost ParmeleeCourtislocatedon LANGHAMCOURT fwaimlilliinesc.luTdehe1584sthuoduisoiunngitusn,i2t9s $4,484,094 othwrneeedpapracrecleslisnRc-lu1d2iAnganBdRAR-- COOPERATIVEHOUSING one-bedroomunits,26two- Status: 12B,andaprivately-ownedsite. bedroomunits,and14three- TainoTowerstartedconstruc- Thesiteislocatedat1776 Developer: bedroomunits. Therewillbe51 tioninNovember,1989and WashingtonStreet,alongMass. LanghamCourtLimited undergroundparkingspaces. completedinDecember,1990. AvenueandNorthampton Partnership TotalDevelopmentCost: Themarket-rateunitsarecur- Streeton46,776squarefeet. Architect: $13,566,000 rentlybeingmarketed. In- Description: Goody,Clancy&Associates dividualsandfamilieshave ParmeleeCourthasatotalof74 LLWWwnoeooeacsrrsnattctg,theihSsSaoptahnnrem:adirnwCbgSomytfuruiertetehlttedAioesSvintbegronthethueu-tenesodetoaneosnrdtty,thbheye LcSpMCoteaaoancrnmtstkugmteesrhud:tuanicimnitnitgtCohyonAeuBgwSrueitiutnlmphdtremoorejcserc,cuItopnficas.1nu9c9ny1d.eexr- bmwAuteneauoriitedt7thnes0iors5nrtaegihtPltreferyooc-ortuitgegoBnrdhocapfsomutotm.rhroeectnhsuhatnHeasiottleeuso'.tsswhi-CrInaehBgenaAdpi-s ucahsctnrooorieummetsmerseeteehorsapofecnalrihrddvoakse2uli,d5snsi2gfapn4orasgrepfc,loaemr3coaae,wmrs7n-ok.0dide0net42scr59qro.aauomttffneetefi..-toisnf- WashingtonManorapartment Phone:695-9595 MarketingAgent Thereare52twobedroom buildingonthesouth. Rome-Cohen units,14threebedroom,and8 Phone:247-0404 onebedroomunits. ^x i !! TotalDevelopmentCost $12,755,000 Status: Theprojectiscompletedand currentlybeingmarketed. MarketingAgent IndependentManagers,Inc. Phone:442-6828 COMMUNITYPARTICIPANTSIN ElyriaCreecy CarmenCotto 6 LODGING HOUSE SENW GladisSaheed CarmenTorres ConradAgneta MickyNickerson JovitaFontanez Developer: GaryAlbee RuthDurant HugoPaez 1734WashingtonStreetLimited AllisonBarnet GloriaWhitehead SoldeinaCaban Partnership JeanetteBoone FayeRackley LuisAcevedo Architect: JanetBryant MonicaMatthews Migliassi/JacksonandAs- TomBryant GradyMilton PINESTREETINN sociates,Inc. VictorBynoe OllieMathis RobertF.Walsh Location: PeterChin EdwardShooshanian ParcelSE-72islocatednearthe PatrickCusick FOURCORNERS VincentP.McCartHhy intersectionofWashington JimDavis DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION ReverendFrancis Kelley StreetandMass.Avenueat PhilipDegnon JeannetteBoone,President 1734WashingtonStreet. The DanielDeSantis VictorBynoe,1stPresident CITYOFBOSTON sitecontainsafive-storybrick LeroyEvans DavidDouglass,2ndPresident RaymondL.Flynn,Mayor buildingon4,410squarefeetof WalterFerme Dorothyjohnson land. JovitaFontanez BeverlySimms BOSTONREDEVELOPMENT ClaraGarcia DebraLewis AUTHORITY Description: TheLodgingHousehasatotal FriedaGarcia LorneSteedley StephenCoyle,Director of33units. TheLodgingHouse NathanielGeer JaneBrayton ClarenceJones,Chairman EnaHarris MyraMcAdoo MichaelDonlan,Co-ViceChairman hasbeencompleted. The propertyhasproduced32low AnnHershfang VickiMerredith FrancisO'Brien,Co-ViceChairman ArthurHowe PatCusick JamesFlaherty,Treasurer incomesingle-roomoccupancy SyvaliaHyman NancyPalmer ConsueloGonzalesThomell,Member (iSnRcOo)meunuintist.anOdnotnheemgordoeurnadte- CBheatrslyoJtothenKsaohnn TMahroymaYseaPtloannt KaneSimonian,Secretary floor,3,160squarefeetofretail MelvinKing PUBLICFACILITIES spacehasbeenproduced. DEPARTMENT MaryLongley UNITEDSOUTHEND/LOWER TotalDevelopmentCost MyraMcAdoo ROXBURYDEVELOPMENT LisaChapnick,Director $2,137,812 RandyMarnn CORPORATION JosephFisher Status: BettyMerideth SyvaliaHyman,in JosephDelgado ThomasSnyder ConstructionstartedAugust, JosephPark PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer 1989andwascompletedinJuly, SusanPark DorothyA.HynnVicePresident NEIGHBORHOODHOUSINGTRUST 1990. Theunitsarefullyoc- DavidParker MurielB.Knight,Chairwoman cupied. Theretailspaceis FernandoRequena JamesR.Davis,Vice-Chairman LawrenceDwyer,Chairman JohnConnolly beingmarketed. ByronRushing GeorgeA.Brown,Treasurer LeeJackson HelaineSimmonds RuthAnthony, LawlandLong EleanorStrong EileenBrigandi BrianJ.McLaughlin YORKBAYDEVELOPMENT GeorgeDay,Jr. FrancisX.OBrien CORPORATION JamesFrench MarlenaRichardson DanGibbons DanielOcasio VictorJorrin EarlS.Jackson NEIGHBORHOODHOUSINGAND CalvinJohnson YnesC.Simon DEVELOPMENTSENWSTAFF-BRA AlanThompson ThomasO'Malley,AssistantDirector, TENANTSDEVELOPMENT AntonioTorres,DeputyDirector CORPORATION IBA MariaFaria LeroyEvans,President JuartitaRivera,ActingPresident LauraBurns ArthurlynSlayman,VicePresident AnnaSalas RobertMcGilvray MaryLongley,Treasurer JohnMahoney JimKostaras NathanielGeer,Clerk SarahMitchell JoanSmith MaryOinkscales LouisaTorres