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South Boston’s future looks bright

The Herald’s Peter Gelzinis gives a big “thumbs up” to the new apartment project currently under construction in South Boston, at the corners of A Street and West Broadway. Soon, hundreds of Bostonians will be living in brand new homes, bringing a sense of vitality and vibrancy to an otherwise moribund area.

Oh, wait, he sees things quite differently.

This week, on the first block of West Broadway in Southie’s Lower End, a beloved piece of the neighborhood died. The bulldozers chewed up what was once a Catholic high school for the daughters of working-class families and, for more than 150 years, the home base of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

(Mr Gelzinis makes a mistake in his column: this project is apartments, not condos.)

Source: Condos can’t fill hole in neighborhood’s soul - By Peter Gelzinis, The Boston Herald


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3 Responses to “South Boston’s future looks bright” »»

  1. Comment by ZippidyDoDa | 07/01/08 at 2:11 pm

    Saw them taking out the old building with a backhoe yesterday while walking home.

    Sure was a site to see, as it looked like a old WWII scene of a bombed out building, with huge piles of rubble everywhere.

  2. Comment by Mike | 07/01/08 at 10:24 pm

    I can’t wait for this new development. I think Southie is now past being “affordable” even in this housing market. At least the lower end.

  3. Hmm
    Comment by Hmm | 07/02/08 at 10:49 am

    I’d have to agree with the rent I’m paying.

    Too bad it’s still got so much land zoned for industrial use. If they ever can get ride of it, it’s there for downtown expansion and a better population density.

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