The first two of four proposals are now in the ring for developing the so-called Parcel 9 between the Rose Kennedy Greenway and Blackstone Street near Faneuil Hall. One's about history lessons, the other about locavores. Details per Jeremy C. Fox at Boston.com.
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The nonprofit Boston Museum, led by developer Frank Keefe, has called for a 100,000-square-foot building designed by Cambridge Seven Associates, with brick on the Blackstone Street side transitioning into glass facing the Greenway. It would reach four stories and a 66-foot height halfway in, with an 82-foot fifth story on its final one-third. Its exhibits on Boston’s history and development would unfold in five categories: growth, people, politics, sports, and innovation.
And in this corner...
Area landlord Philip DeNormandie, Cresset Group founder Edward G. Nardi and architect Sy Mintz have proposed a 112,000-square-foot market building, which would have a small, one-story section about 15.5 feet in height at Hanover Street, rising quickly to two stories and 30.5 feet and then to a seven-story, 83-foot section in its final third (there would be a small greenhouse at the two-story section). It would have a similar first-floor layout to the Boston Museum, with the majority of the space for market activities. Key difference, though: The space would be a chi-chi market buying its wares from local producers.
· Developers Make Pitches for Parcel Near Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway [Boston.com]