Jeffrey Bowen 781-201-9488 12 new construction luxury condos for [email protected] sale in Chelsea located at 87 Parker St. chelsearealestate.com for details BOOK YOUR POST IT Call Your Advertising Rep T IMES -F REE P RESS (781)485-0588 East BostonWednesday, March 20, 2019 ZBA approves Mt. Carmel and NOAH 9 Chelsea St. projects approved by BPDA large project By John Lynds large vacant parcel, into hous- ing. By John Lynds At last week’s Boston Plan- At the BPDA hearing the At last week’s Boston Zon- ning and Development Agen- board approved developers ing Board of Appeals hearing, cy (BPDA) board hearing , Timothy White and Richard the Zoning Board of Appeals two large East Boston projects Egan to transform the four (ZBA) approved a large retail in Jeffires Point’s Gove Street Mount Carmel Church parcels development project at 9 Chel- area, as well as the backside on Gove and Frankfort streets sea St. in Maverick Square. of Eagle Hill were approved. in 112 residential units that The project, which received The BPDA board said the include 12 income-restricted Boston Planning and Devel- residential projects moving units. opment Agency approval last forward make progress to- Members of the Gove month, made a few changes wards Mayor Martin Walsh’s Street Citizens Association and some updates to the proj- goal of increasing affordable (GSCA) voted 17 to 7 against ect at the community’s re- housing to support a strong the proposal to develop the quest. middle-class. Mayor Walsh’s former Mount Carmel Church Linear Retail plans to take 2019 legislative agenda aims property. the 18,795 square-foot lot that to support the creation of new While the developer once housed the former Rapi- affordable housing, increase plans to renovate the church no Funeral Home in Maver- access to homeownership op- and construct four-story ick Square and construct a portunities, and prevent dis- row-houses on the vacant par- three-story commercial retail placement of residents. cel along Frankfort Street, the structure with on site parking The first project approved developer’s plan to construct for five vehicles and a loading was the slightly contentious a six-story building at the area. project to transform the for- corner of Frankfort and Gove Linear’s attorney, Richard mer Our Lady of Mount Car- streets that will replace the Lynds, said his client’s propos- mel Church and surrounding existing convent was the most properties, which include the concerning to residents. See CHELSEA ST. Page 3 church, rectory, convent and a See BPDA Page 3 ZBA approves The Quiet Few to open later this month By John Lynds at 331 Sumner St., received Condor St. his full liquor license from development The East Boston resident Boston Licensing Board a few The main entrance on Bennington Street for the New England Casket Company during Friday planning to open a small bar at months back. night’s 9-alarm fire. The casket company’s manufacturing plant was gutted by Friday’s fire and the former East Boston Kitch- “We were fortunate to re- By John Lynds caused over $1 million of damage. (Photo courtesy of the BFD) en on Sumner Street is almost ceive a restricted all alcohol finished with renovating the license for The Quiet Few,” Last week the Boston Zon- building and plans to open lat- said Weinstein. “Right now ing Board of Appeals (ZBA) 9-alarm fire rips through New England Casket Co. er this month. we are working to close on the approved the project pitched GoFundMe page established longstanding local fami- had spread to a very rare Josh Weinstein, who re- property. In the meantime, we for 101 Condor St. in Eagle ceived Jeffries Point Neigh- have been working on the de- for out-of-work employees ly-owned company that em- 9-alarm blaze as fire stations Hill. ployees over 100 people went from across the city rushed to borhood Association (JPNA) sign phase of the bar, which is The proposed project, up in a blaze that completely Eastie to contain the blaze. support back in February which received Boston Plan- See QUIET Page 2 By John Lynds gutted the business’s man- The huge building, which 2018 to open The Quiet Few ning and Development Agen- ufacturing plant and show- abuts the MBTA Blue Line cy (BPDA) approval last Louis Tobia Jr.’s Italian room. between Orient Heights and month, consists of the re-de- grandfather, who founded the The first alarms for a fire on Suffolk Downs train stations, velopment of a 8,650 square- New England Casket Com- the roof of the plant sounded is close to 100,000 square foot commercial site situated pany on Bennington Street at around 3 p.m. For a few feet and burned for nearly 12 on the corner of Condor and in East Boston more than 75 hours Boston Firefighters hours. Brooks St. years ago, invented the ‘Con- tried to extinguish the flames The fire forced the sus- The site was used by Cor- cord Casket.’ Retailing for that seemed to be contained to pension of the Blue Line ner Stalk Farms. Corner Stalk around $25,000 it became the the casket company’s roof. from Airport MBTA station plans to move to the Chelsea casket of choice for the rich However, Tobia later ex- to Wonderland station until Creek side of Condor St. be- and famous and the likes of plained to reporters at the Monday morning. cause the company, that grows Muhammad Ali, Heath Led- scene that one of the plant’s More than half of all on fresh produce in converted in- ger, Walter Cronkite, Joan furnace exhaust pipes started duty Boston firefighters from dustrial shipping containers, Rivers and Tip O’Neill all the fire. Because the fire was across the city fought the in- outgrew its current location. were all reportedly interred in above the building’s water ferno into the early morning The developer plans to con- the Concord. sprinkler system the system hours and the heavy thick struct a new four story build- Since the leader Tobia was never activated. black smoke could be seen ing containing 18 residential founded the company it has Flames and burning debris from as far away as Lynn. The units and 18 off-street parking been a widely successful busi- began falling through the roof smoke and wind conditions spaces located in the build- ness that manufactures hand- and into the plant below that forced the City to evacuate a ing’s below-grade garage. The made caskets for sale to dis- contained mostly highly flam- portion of the hill around Ori- Please call 1-800-RED CROSS project also includes two in- tributors that in turn sell them mable lumber and chemicals ent Avenue. Officials feared (1-800-733-2767) or visit red- to families. for varnishing caskets. See CONDOR ST. Page 3 On Friday afternoon the By early evening the fire See FIRE Page 6 Quiet Few’s new handcrafted barcrossblood.org with draught pourers. and enter:The Quiet Few should open by the endLazarus of this month. to schedule an ap- pointment. 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