EAST BOSTON’S WATERFRONT may be just a quick ferry ride from the Seaport District, but it might as well be a world away. While the Seaport has become an exclusive playground for wealthy residents and multinational corporations – even though the land on which the glass towers and luxury condos are built belongs to all […]
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Seaport: Boondoggle or model for future?
IS THE GLASS half full or half empty? The biggest Boston building boom in decades has been playing out in the city’s Seaport, a once forlorn 1,000-acre stretch of warehouses and parking lots at the edge of downtown that has seen glassy towers sprout like weeds in recent years. While political leaders strut proudly over […]