Alewife

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• • Summertime Blues: The City’s Shortage of Public Pools (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • June 26th, 2019
  Every summer we are confronted with the lack of city-owned public swimming pools and the inability of the State DCR to keep the two outdoor pools it controls in Cambridge (in North Cambridge and at Magazine Beach) open longer. The pools are open 6/22-8/22 and hours are limited to 11:15am to 6:45pm, depriving us of […]
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• • How should New Street evolve? (23)
  • Jan Devereux
  • August 10th, 2018
  The redevelopment of New Street was where I began my political journey several years ago, organizing a neighborhood response to a 93-unit development proposed to replace the former JC Adams Windows warehouse (pictured below). This is what the north side of New St. looked like in late 2014: A lot has changed and much has […]
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• • New, 526-unit apartment building OK’d for Alewife (0)
  • Jan Devereux
  • December 22nd, 2017
  A three-building development at 55 Wheeler St. was approved by the Planning Board on 12/19. (See story in the Cambridge Chronicle) Despite concerns about traffic and potential flooding, this 525-unit development was approved on a 5-1 vote. It won the support of housing advocates as the first project to comply with the new 20% affordable requirement, […]
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• • Envision Alewife Roundtable comments (6/5/17) (2)
  • Jan Devereux
  • June 2nd, 2017
  I will not be able to attend the June 5th City Council Roundtable discussion of the Envision Cambridge/Alewife Planning Process, so I have submitted comments. June 2, 2017 Dear Colleagues, Mr. Manager, CDD Staff and Team Utile, I regret being unable to attend the June 5th Roundtable meeting on Envision Cambridge, as I will be […]
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