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BOOK YOUR POST IT Call Your Advertising Rep T IMES -F REE P RESS (781)485-0588 East BostonWednesday, October 10, 2018 A GREAT COLUMBUS DAY PARADE Tweaking the Design HYM makes changes suggested by IAG for Suffolk Downs By John Lynds act as welcoming gateways rently here at this meeting.” for the surrounding commu- O’Brien added that he sees Following a series of com- nity. The two squares would the retail opportunities in munity Impact Advisory be connected by a mile-long Belle Isle Square to include Group (AIG) meetings HYM boulevard that would include daycare, restaurants and cof- Investment Group’s Manag- restaurants and shops. fee shops. ing Partner Thomas O’Brien After numerous meetings “These retail opportunities said his group has made some with the AIG O’Brien re- will extend down a one mile design changes to the Suffolk ported last week that HYM long corridor and connect the Downs proposal as it pertains has made ‘drastic changes’ to East Boston side of the project to his group’s vision for a overall design of the square. to Revere side at Beachmont,” ‘gateway’ square. “We basically changed this said O’Brien. At a community-wide square drastically by moving Another change O’Brien meeting at East Boston High one of the buildings over and highlighted was along Walde- School last week, O’Brien widening the ‘square’ portion mar Avenue. said the section near Suffolk of Belle Isle Square,” said Originally HYM proposed Downs MBTA station that O’Brien. “We had a build- a row of townhouse-style will be dubbed ‘Belle Isle ing along the Wally Street/ homes that would line On Sunday the Columbus Day Parade Square’ has received consid- Waldemar Avenue section of Waldemar. While it was a rolled through East Boston. The weather erable attention by both HYM the project. What we created simple solution to make the was perfect and the streets were lined with and the community. I think is a more welcoming 163-acre Suffolk Downs thousands of residents and spectators as the O’Brien said HYM has al- and festive Belle Isle Square. site part of the community parade made its way from Suffolk Downs to ways had the vision that both We think this current proposal rather than an isolated de- Maverick Square. In the top photo Christo- Belle Isle Square and the op- is a far better design for that velopment, O’Brien thought pher Columbus and Queen Isabella, played posite square on the Revere corner of the proposal. We did his team could do more. by Sal Mannone and Sabina Taylor. In the side of the parcel near Beach- a lot of that work with a lot photo to the right Columbus Day Parade mont MBTA station would of people’s input that are cur- See SUFFOLK DOWNS Page 2 Grand Marshal Joseph Ruggiero and Parade Organizer Jim Kearney. In the bottom photo Jessica Gordon (center) with dancers from the Jessica Gordon Academy of Performing Crime is up slightly in Eastie, police explain why Arts. larcenies,” said McCormick. By John Lynds were 146 larcenies reported, “This is theft from stores and but that number has jumped to East Boston has experi- shoplifting in and around the 197 in 2018. enced a slight uptick in Part Central Square and Maverick Community Officer Dan One Crime through the first Square areas from places like Shaws and CVS.” three quarters of 2018. See CRIME IS UP Page 7 According to statistics re- By this point in 2017 there leased by the Boston Police that compares Jan. 1, 2017, DOUGHNUT BOY IN EASTIE through Sept. 30 2017, with the same time period for 2018 overall Part One Crime is up 7 percent in Eastie. There were 34 more Part One Crimes reported when comparing the first three quarters of 2017 with the first three quarters of 2018. 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