Boston To Lose Parking To Development

As development brings hotels, condominiums, offices, and parks, the South Boston Waterfront will lose over 2000 parking spaces.

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January 29, 2002, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

" [City officials are] hoping fewer spots will mean more mass transit riders, less air pollution, and fewer traffic jams... Parking lots have historically been a quirky bellwether for the economic viability of cities. During the rough years of the 1950s and '60s, when buildings all over the city were deemed blighted and then demolished, what popped up instead were parking lots.Cashing in on the rise of automobile use, the lots yielded easy money while owners waited for the right moment to develop."

Thanks to Joshuah Mello

FULL STORY: Boston parkers have lots to lose: Development plans seen fueling shortage

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 in The Boston Globe

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