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Downtown
Downtown    Downtown Boston is the heart of the City, home to corporate headquarters, financial industry hubs, and City Hall. With countless office towers, businesses, and government centers, including City Hall and the Statehouse, the area comes alive with thousands of workers bustling to and from work.
Downtown Boston is linked to the neighborhoods in many ways. Perhaps the most popular is the historic Freedom Trail, which winds through the city, linking today's downtown with 16 of the city's most historic sites. One of the oldest and most famous walking tours in the country, the Trail highlights two and a half centuries of Boston's historical past.


Downtown   Events:
1. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly meeting of the Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee
Location: Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St., Fort Point Rm.
 
2. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committe Meeting
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St., Fort Point Rm.
 
3. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: TBD
 
4. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: TBD
 
5. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee Meeting
Location: TBD
 
6. Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
3:00:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM
Monthly Downtown Waterfront MHP Advisory Committee
Location: TBD
 

   Planning Initiatives:
1. Downtown Crossing Economic Improvement Initiative
In October 2004, Mayor Thomas M. Menino launched the Downtown Crossing Econom...
2. Downtown Waterfront Planning Initiative
The Downtown Waterfront Planning Initiative is the next step in the implementati...
3. Fort Point Downtown Municipal Harbor Plan
...
4. Government Center and City Hall Plaza Planning
...
5. Greenway District Planning Study
The Boston Redevelopment Authority and its consultants, Utile, Greenberg Consult...
6. Lovejoy Wharf Municipal Harbor Plan Amendment
Chapter 91 of the M.G.L. and 310 CMR 9.00, the Waterways Regulations, protect th...
7. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Planning
The Boston 2000 Plan was adopted by the City in 1991 as the master plan for the ...

   Development Projects:
1. 102-110 Broad Street
2. 45 Province Street
3. 45 Stuart Street
4. 59 Temple Place
5. Avenir Parcel 1A (by Trinity)
6. Emerson College IMPNF 2012 Extension and Renewal
7. Emerson College Paramount Center
8. Garden Garage
9. Government Center Garage Redevelopment
10. Harbor Garage
11. Mass General Hospital Institutional Master Plan
12. Millennium Tower and Burnham Building
13. Modern Theatre
14. Nashua Street Residences
15. New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
16. South Station Air Rights
17. Suffolk Univeristy- 10 West Street Dormitory
18. Suffolk University-IMP and Modern Theatre
19. The Boston Garden
20. Two Financial Center

   Maps: Click here to see this neighborhood on the Boston Atlas website Go to: www.mapjunction.com/BRA for the Boston Atlas main web site.
1. Government Center/Bulfinch Triangle/Haymarket
2. South Station/Financial District

   Publications:
1. ACS 2007-2011 Estimate- Downtown  2013 - PDF
2. ACS 2007-2011 Estimate-Central  2013 - PDF
3. Downtown 2010 SF-1 NBRHD  2011 - PDF
4. Central 2010 SF-1  2011 - PDF
5. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-Central   2011 - PDF
6. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-Downtown*  2011 - PDF
7. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-Longwood Medical Area  2011 - PDF
8. ACS 2005-2009 Estimate-West End  2011 - PDF
9. Central 2010 Population Census  2011 - PDF
10. Downtown Neighborhood 2010 Census Population  2011 - PDF
11. 05-2 (Insight) Downtown Crossing-Vital Heart of Downtown Boston  2005 - PDF
12. 574 Central - 2000 Census of Population and Housing  2003 - PDF
13. SF1data4 Central  2002 - PDF
14. 515 Boston’s Strong Office Market  1998
15. 497 The Boston Class A Office Market Year-End Report 1  1994
16. 470 Central Boston 1990 Census of Population & Housing  1993
17. 494 The Boston Class A Office Market Mid Year Report  1993
18. 483 The Boston Class A Office Market, Year-End 1992  1993
19. 465 Boston Office Industry Survey, 1987  1992
20. 431 Central Boston Planning District STF 1 1980-1990 Population  1992
21. 451 The Boston Class A Office Market, Fourth Quarter 1  1992
22. 466 The Boston Class A Office Market, Second Quarter 1  1992
23. 459 The Hotel Market in Boston & Ten Other Cities The   1992
24. 414 Central Boston Population & Housing Profile, 1990 STF 1  1991
25. 429 The Boston Class A Office Market  1991
26. 405 The Boston Class A Office Market 1st Quarterly  1991
27. 403 The Boston Class A Office Market Year End 1990  1991
28. 409 The Boston Class A Office Market2nd Quarter 1991  1991
29. 389 The Boston Office Market, 2nd Quarter 1990   1991
30. 402 The Boston Office Market, 3rd Quarter 1990 & Quart  1991
31. 386 The Boston Office Market, First Quarter1990   1990
32. 375 The Boston Office Market, Year-End 1989 & Quarterly  1990
33. 360 Boston Class A Office Market 1988 4th Quarter Vaca  1989
34. 351 Boston Class A Office Market 1988, 3rd Quarter Vacancies  1989
35. 363 Boston Class A Office Market 1989, 1st Quarter  1989
36. 367 The Boston Office Market, 1989-2000  1989
37. 369 Trends in Retail Trade in Boston & The Metropolitan Area  1989
38. 335 Boston Class A Office Market: 1987 Year End Review  1988
39. 308 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 3rd Quart  1988
40. 350 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1988 2nd Quarter  1988
41. 344 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1988, 1st Quarter  1988
42. 317 Central Neighborhood Profile, 1985  1988
43. 287 An Analysis of Class A Office Space in Downtown Boston  1987
44. 286 An Inventory of Office Space in Downtown Boston  1987
45. 282 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1986 4th Quarter  1987
46. 284 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 1st Quarter  1987
47. 304 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 2nd Quarter  1987
48. 263 Boston's Office Vacancy Rates, Recent & Projected  1987
49. 251 Retail Trade in Boston: Trends in Sales & Employment  1987
50. 283 The 1986 Boston Office Industry Survey Preliminary  1987
51. 233 The Boston Office Market and its Future Perspective  1987
52. 193 A Demographic Profile of Downtown Boston in 1980  1986
53. 264 Downtown Housing for Boston  1986
54. 172 Downtown Projects II, Economic Context Background   1986
55. 235 The Boston Office Market & it's Future Perspective  1986
56. 234 The Boston Office Market & its Management  1986
57. 195 The Revitalization of Downtown Boston: History  1986
58. 219 A Survey of the Downtown Residential Development  1985
59. 239 Downtown Boston: Economy, Employment, Labor Force  1985
60. 214 Residential Development Downtown & in the Fort Point Channel  1985
61. 215 Residential Development Potential for Downtown Boston  1985
62. 87 Boston's Downtown Crossing: Its Effect on Downtown  1980
63. 117 Central Business District Preservation Study Part I  1980
64. 81 Office Industry Survey-Part II Office Tenant Respo  1979
65. 38 Boston's New High-Rise Office Buildings: A Study   1974
66. 22 A History of Boston's Government Center  1970
67. 23 Government Center  1970

   Links:
1. Downtown Crossing Association


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