Imroingrants get a 'LINC§' to the community Vol. 8, No. 8 44 Pages 3 Sections 75¢ !] Community Newspaper Company www allstonbrightontab.com FRIDAY, OCTOB R 3, 2003 Ouch! Bigelow neighbors I wait for resp nse By Jill Casey condo units. Neighbors aired its STAFF WRITER concerns about the condo de­ fter four months of tu velopment three weeks ago. mu ltuous ne go ti a ti on~ But the group has not heard a A between the develop peep from the city since then ers, ci ty officials and th ~ and it sti II doesn't know if city Bigelow Hill Neighborhooq officials wi ll agree to lessen the Association, concerned res1 number of planned units by dents are still waiting to se' transfening some of the devel­ the way things will go regard opment's planned affordable to ing a planned condo develop another site. ment at 142 Bigelow, whicfi A spokesperson for the man y fear will harm the char mayor's office said thi -. week Pl •'.I SY CllMO G<>AOON acter of their mostly singlt. that the cit) has tried to bring the Eric Lake gets whacked over the head with newspapers during the Allston-Brighton Community The~tre F undation's performance of "An family neighborhood. developer and the Bigelow Hi Ill Urban Fantasy." It was one of four short pl<'Ys presented on Sept. 24 at the Jackson Mann Community Ce ter. See story on page 23. Developers are slated to tuq1 community to a resolution 142 Bigelow into 29-luxur BIGELOW, page 23 Allston posts notice for more attention Waterwo ks design team is tapp~d in By Jill Casey \\Cre bmt[ rci.:entlfm t e It). Otb 1 wot.lid STAFF WRITER "Basically it's an exchange of prt!fer th ' design team take a more modem By Jill Casey much-nt:• ·Jed rt:\ enue to Boston. <lpproad1 when the) redevelop the historic 5TAF W R A ... ubtle line in the 'and \\a'> d Howe\'C. O"Sulh\an\ prt!'ienta­ first Water\\ orks de..,ign worksho . 'eparat­ what you folks think is site. A comt:r"ation about bus '>hel­ tion dn.. .ill 1mrnedia1e re... pom.e ing the traditional from the cont mporary­ important." With ho shortage ofopinions on anything ter. and b1llboan.b \\Cnt i...::ly from 11\t'eting auendees "ho mindccl. But e'en\\ ith a ditkren 'ofopin­ from root design to architectuml style, all when Allston resident'> wanted to a.... kcd: Where\ the beef or the ion on how the\ \\ ould like to s~ the t\\O Merrill Diamond, president of seemed lq agree that there is much to gain know "'hv -.hameless picture.., revenue! stn1ctures designed. work~hop att ndees re­ in the rellcvelopment of these two late I9t h­ ··We're not getting any of it Diamond Company where hanging 111 their neighbor­ ma, ned relati\ el)' open minded<. eager to centul) tructures on Chestnut Hill. back here.·· ,J.id one ci-.ic a'>soci­ hood and \\h) the community ...ee what the Waternorks team \i ill um·eil "Bas1lltlly it's an exchange of what you was not reaping the benefits of a ation member \\ho refused to in the coming \\et!ks. architecture style replicated. folks th111k is important," said Me1Till Dia­ have h.:1 name for the paper, but profitable city progr,1m. The} may ~not have to wait too long. The ""It\ possible for it to be an elegant build­ mond, Ph~o; iden t of Diamond Company, on said tht: have requested '>treet Peter O'Sulli van from Mayor next work.<,hop 1s on Oct. 16 at~Br i ghton ing without it being replicated," said Helen the work~hops. Tom Menino\ office is the pro­ cleaning 1 •n Cambridge Street for Marine Center at 7 p.m ., \\here t e Water­ Pillsbury. who leaned more on the contem­ Diam11nd, along\\ ith EA Fish Associates ject manager for the city's first years to 11<) a\'ai l. work-. team \\ill reveal some p1 •liminary porary side. LLC, thl Waterworks developers who were "I get nothing but positi\:e "street furniture" program. Su ll i­ design plans. With not even a bluepJint or a rough chosen h\ the state to redevelop the hi storic van told the group at a recent All­ feedback on the program." ... aid People were not sh) about pressing sketch on the board yet, workshop atten­ site, alo11g with their chosen planning and O'Sulli\lUl. Acconiing to him. ston Civic Association meeting the1niews at last week\ fir...t ... es ion. dees expressed that they would preter to sec design It am, told a packed room of stake­ the bus helter-; are cleaned t\\ ice that the street furniture program, .. I would mther not have a 21-1 N centu- the decadent pumping stations maintain holden. lust week that they don't intend to which is behind tic new bi ll­ a wee!-. .. ind are much better than 1) statement in my neighborh< x.1:· o;aid their cla')sical nature due to some other un­ work in a vacuum anytime through the the form,·r MBTA. 'helter.. boards. bus shelter... and public Stan Kugell, who wan!'> to see t e cta... sic favorable models of contemporary that WATERWORKS, page 23 toilet~ around town, ha" brought BIUBOARDS, page 27 I E Talk about Lets dance Grounds A-B needs for some at summit concern By Franceen Shaughnessy ORRESf 'l 'j AwarcflCss for the concerns in Locals fret about the ne1gh,:J0rhood, and the moti­ future ofSt . John s Reunion vation to addre ., ,uch maners, will be the theme ... t•t SaturdJ) \ By Jill Casey celebrates Allston-Bnghton Community STAFF WRITER Summit ,1t Moun St. Jo ...eph As the Archdiocese of Boston preemies. ' Academy 617 Cambridge St., looks for ways to fund the pro­ Brighton posed $85 million church sex survival "It' ll tx a chance to get a wr­ abuse settlement, residents of All­ rent and 'pecific need of \\.hat\ ston-Brighton remain concerned goi ng on rn the neighborhood," .... SEEPAGE24 that one of the Archdiocese's real said Ava Chan, Allston-Brighton estate holdings in the area may be Community Development Corp. placed on the market and communily organizer. snatched up for development. INSIDE Hosted b) the CDC, neighbon. "People are very concerned; it's and org<mization will gather the talk of the town," said Theresa from 9 a m. to 3 p.m. to learn Commentary 8 Hynes of the Brighton Allston Im­ about isMJes current!) affecting provement Association. Community Notes 3 the Allston-Brighton area and the According to Hynes, people in CDC or1timization working to the community are widely con­ Crime 25 help solv"' those problems. cerned that the scrolling greens of According to the CDC's Web St. John's Seminary could be site, the prganization creates af­ s·Aff pw TO BY KATE A.OCK Candy Lewis dances in a class ta t weekly by ballroom dance instructor Manny Correla on sold; it exists as one of the last Entertainment 15 fordable housing, green!ipace, a Wednesday morning at the Bright n Senior Center. vestiges of open space in A-B. SUMMIT, page 27 Library Notes 11 ST. JOHN'S, page 23 Obituaries 26 \J\EI. 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