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The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s board of directors approved the current proposal to improve the Chinatown Gate/Mary Soo Hoo Park and granted approvals to seek construction services bids. Read more from here from Banker and Tradesmen.
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Here’s information about the next Chinatown Master Plan Meeting from Kye Liang:
The Chinatown Master Plan 2010 is hosting the second to last public meeting on:
Saturday, April 10th
1pm-4:30pm
Josiah Quincy School cafeteria
885 Washington Street, Boston
(child care and refreshments will be available)
The purpose of this meeting is to confirm master plan phase 1 vision and goals and to review recommendations for a community development plan. The Chinatown Master Plan 2010 is a 2-year project which will be completed by July 2010. For more information, visit our website at chinatowngateway.org
Kye Liang
Chinatown Gateway Coalition
c/o Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
885 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
Office: 617.635.5129 ext.1071
Email: info@chinatowngateway.org
Website: http://www.chinatowngateway.org
Facebook: Chinatown Master Plan 2010
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The BRA will hold a third public meeting about Gateway Park on March 25, 2010. More project info here from BRA. Here’s a copy of the invite:
The Boston Redevelopment Authority invites you to attend the final public meeting for Mary Soo Hoo (Chinatown Gateway) Park. Thursday, March 25, 2010. 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
at the
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England
90 Tyler Street, Chinatown. Translation will be provided.
BRA staff and its consultant team, Stephen Stimson Associates, will present the preferred park design concept to gain final input from the community. If you have any questions, please contact:
Jill Ochs Zick
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.4354
Email: jill.ochs.zick.BRA@cityofboston.gov
Sue Kim
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.4418
Email: sue.kim.BRA@cityofboston.gov
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The BRA will hold a second public meeting about Gateway Park on Feb 25, 2010. More project info here from BRA. Here’s a copy of the invite:
The Boston Redevelopment Authority
invites you to attend the second public meeting for
Mary Soo Hoo (Chinatown Gateway) Park
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
at the
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England
90 Tyler Street, Chinatown
Translation will be provided.BRA staff and its consultant team, Stephen Stimson Associates, will discuss community feedback from the first meeting and how that input has framed a vision for Mary Soo Hoo Park. They will share initial concepts for the park design and show how Mary Soo Hoo Park can better relate to the existing Chinatown Park.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Jill Ochs Zick
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.435
Email: jill.ochs.zick.BRA@cityofboston.govSue Kim
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.4418
Email: sue.kim.BRA@cityofboston.gov
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We’ve been offline here at Little Impact for several months—it’s been all hands on deck for a local project that we’re running called the Storefront Library. Below is a description of the project (a temporary public library in a vacant storefront) which we’ve extended through January 17, 2010. Come visit us there, and we’ll see you back here at Little Impact in 2010.
The Chinatown Storefront Library has transformed one of Boston Chinatown’s vacant, commercial, street-level spaces into a temporary public library. Operating for approximately three months, the project is creating a memorable event for Chinatown, while providing a selection of urgently needed services for a community that has been without a library since 1956. The library offers: books, Internet access, newspapers, a children’s reading area, and a mix of programs and activities.
The Storefront Library is not a branch of the Boston Public Library, nor is it intended to be a substitute for a permanent branch. The project’s purpose is to activate street-level space with an installation that will demonstrate the potential impact of a library in the neighborhood. It will also model how cities can move forward in tough economic times to activate urban space.
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority will hold the first public meeting for Mary Soo Hoo (Chinatown Gateway) Park on Thursday, December 17, 2009, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England, 90 Tyler Street, Boston MA 02111. Translation will be provided.
BRA staff and its consultant team, Stephen Stimson Associates, will review the project schedule, the existing site conditions, and begin a discussion of potential site improvements within the scope of work.
For more information contact:
Jill Ochs Zick,
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.4354
Email: jill.ochs.zick.BRA@cityofboston.gov
Sue Kim
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Phone: 617.918.4418
Email: sue.kim.BRA@cityofboston.gov
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From Kye Liang of the Chinatown Gateway Coalition: The Mayor’s Office, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Soo Hoo Family will be hosting an event on Wednesday, Oct 21 to announce the selection of the design team for the Mary Soo Hoo Park (aka Chinatown Gateway Park).
Update: a design team was announced today by the BRA.
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On Sunday, August 16, the Storefront Library Project will appear at the 2009 August Moon Festival. Staff will be on-hand to discuss the project, and elements of the Storefront Library program will be demonstrated, such as a small children’s reading area, photography and calligraphy books for adult browsing, and free WIFI.
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On July 28, 2009 the Boston Redevelopment Authority sent out a request for proposals to re-design Gateway Park (or “China Gate Park”). The RFP states:
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (”BRA”) is soliciting proposals from qualified individuals or companies (“Proponent”) to provide professional Design Services in connection with China Gate Park on Hudson Street in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. This proposal will develop park and play space improvements that address issues of site and landscape design including pavements and drainage, play elements, and signage for the proposal area.
The kids and I will be following how this plays out, and we’ll be learning about how designs for public space are chosen in a city. Good stuff.
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We’ve been thinking about the situation in Gateway Park for some time. Today, uncharacteristically in fact, the trash cans in the park have not been emptied for days, and the litter is swirling around the park and playground. Tomorrow morning, if it’s still a problem, the kids and I have decided to make some calls and see who can address it.
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[2009.08.05] Update: the trash cans were emptied by mid-morning and the litter cleaned up. No calls made on our end. Next time, we’ll explore who could have helped.
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