Moakley Park Cleanup

vacant land immediately south of Moakley Park/Saunders Stadium/ Carson Beach/Kosciusko Circle.

The McCormack rehab is a so-called “mixed income” inclusive development, which will expand its number of apartment units from around 1,000 to a total of more than 3,000 in two phases. The Winn Co. presenters emphasized that the number of subsidized units will remain the same at 1,010. The large increase in “mixed income” units will mean that McCormack has to become a very dense apartment complex four to six stories high, instead of remaining as it is now. Phase One of this rehab will focus on the area along Old Colony Boulevard; Phase Two will begin in roughly five years.

As for the DBC project to the south, this is still under architectural design. Recent changes in design have

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By Ginger DeShaney

About 45 people braved the cold and wind Saturday morning to clean up Moakley Park as Boston Harbor Now and the Boston Parks & Recreation Department kicked off the 2023 cleanup season.

“It’s community building,” said Lulu O’Leary, one of about 20 members of the Boston University women’s water polo team to participate. “It’s creating a better environment for everybody.”

Cliff Meggison traveled in from Sudbury after seeing the event posted on Boston Cares.

“We think it’s important that we take care of the natural resources we have, because if we don’t, they’re not going to be here very long,” he said. “I think it’s one of those things that, you know, everybody thinks somebody else is going to do it and nobody does.”

These Boston Harbor Now and Parks & Rec Department cleanups allow volunteers to give

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Andrew Square

added to the green space next to and along the Carson Beach shoreline, down to the Mother’s Rest cupola. Please keep an eye on this project as it develops further – it’ll affect South Boston.

You are aware that the Washington Village development is now underway. The basic structure of the first six-story building is mostly complete; much construction remains along the arc down Alger Street, between Old Colony and Dorchester Avenue. Another major development called “The DOT Block” is planned for the west side of Dorchester Avenue. You can see how far this will stretch in the future by taking a look at the vast paving now in this area. You can even stop in for coffee at the Cannonball Café. And many enterprises have been built into the original Cole-Hersee buildings along Old Colony – from apartments, to Tatte and Mei Mei, on down to the Shybird/Castle Island Brewery complex. Other construction is also underway in and around Andrew Square, from the southern leg of Ellery Street out to the southwest corner of the Old Colony/ Dorchester Street, where a masonry utility column has been completed.

It should be noted that many parts of Andrew Square would be worth preserving, even though others need modernizing. Take a short walk along Dorchester Avenue so you can look up Woodward Street at its modern architecture and then up Middle Street, which has kept much of its original appearance. Both of these mini-neighborhoods seem to work, in our opinion. They look good. There has been a proposal submitted for a modern, four-story apartment on the empty lot between Dorchester Avenue and Boston Street (20 Boston, 17 Dot Ave.). This project’s height and modern design definitely seems out of place there, especially since that’s part of the historic Polish Triangle. The apex of the Polish Triangle at Dorchester Avenue and Boston Street thrusts into Andrew Square, as does the corner of Dorchester Street and Dorchester Avenue. Take careful looks at the projects for those corner lots. Are they less attractive than the new building in