Menino Wants More for Seaport District
By Anthony Longo 11 12 2007
Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday said he doesn’t want the South Boston Waterfront to be just for luxury condos and glittery retail stores.
In a speech to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Menino also reiterated his provocative call of last year to move City Hall to the South Boston Waterfront.
The 1,000-acre waterfront, he said, has room for other businesses and activities: universities, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, life sciences laboratories, and financial services firms.
After decades of false starts, the area is busy with development. The 21-acre Fan Pier is under construction, develop er John B. Hynes III is planning a large mixed-use development on parking lots nearby, and World Trade Center developer John Drew is hoping to start Waterside Place, a shopping complex near the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.
But, Menino said, “I am not totally satisfied with our results thus far, and I remain firm in my belief that this part of town must belong to all Bostonians. We must broaden the mix of uses in these blocks.”
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