Comments on: Is the Boston Arts Academy hiding secret tapes? http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283 Boston Chinatown's first blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Chinatown Blogger http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1888 Chinatown Blogger Fri, 16 May 2008 15:05:50 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1888 <p>Update: I heard from a very reliable source that City Councilor Linehan "might be" planning to hold a public meeting in Chinatown about the issue of the school. Invitees will inclue the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston Arts Academy and interested parties, and Chinatown groups. No date given on when this will happen.</p> Update: I heard from a very reliable source that City Councilor Linehan “might be” planning to hold a public meeting in Chinatown about the issue of the school. Invitees will inclue the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Boston Arts Academy and interested parties, and Chinatown groups. No date given on when this will happen.

]]> By: Chinatown Blogger http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1847 Chinatown Blogger Sat, 10 May 2008 19:23:15 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1847 CCFK: No one has come out against the school, people just want to know what's going on. If the school is just assessing funding capacity, the school should say so instead of saying nothing which is fueling even more rumors. Unfortunately, this MAY HAVE moved beyond the funding stage. A hearing was already held last year at the City Council to explore building the school on the site. That was the first time when the community first heard of the news. If you know folks from the school, I encourage you to call someone or even headmaster Linda Nathan and ask her to meet with the Chinatown community. FYI: I've lived in Boston for all or parts of 24 years and have been involved in Chinatown planning for 6 years. CCFK: No one has come out against the school, people just want to know what’s going on. If the school is just assessing funding capacity, the school should say so instead of saying nothing which is fueling even more rumors. Unfortunately, this MAY HAVE moved beyond the funding stage. A hearing was already held last year at the City Council to explore building the school on the site. That was the first time when the community first heard of the news. If you know folks from the school, I encourage you to call someone or even headmaster Linda Nathan and ask her to meet with the Chinatown community. FYI: I’ve lived in Boston for all or parts of 24 years and have been involved in Chinatown planning for 6 years.

]]> By: CCFK http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1846 CCFK Sat, 10 May 2008 18:43:29 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1846 Do you honestly think Boston Arts Academy will be able to build a school without providing information to the community? Are you completely new to Boston? I'm sure Boston Arts Academy is trying to get a sense of its funding capacity before presenting a building program to the community. Why should they discuss anything with you until they actually have an idea of what it might be possible for them to build? Simply saying "yes we want to build something there" certainly doesn't provide anything to discuss but it does allow opposition to start and rumors to fly. Do you honestly think Boston Arts Academy will be able to build a school without providing information to the community? Are you completely new to Boston?

I’m sure Boston Arts Academy is trying to get a sense of its funding capacity before presenting a building program to the community. Why should they discuss anything with you until they actually have an idea of what it might be possible for them to build? Simply saying “yes we want to build something there” certainly doesn’t provide anything to discuss but it does allow opposition to start and rumors to fly.

]]> By: Chinatown Blogger http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1843 Chinatown Blogger Sat, 10 May 2008 08:10:10 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1843 Ron, thanks for your comment. The main point of Parcel 12 is not about whether the site should be a parking lot or a building. The problem is that the Boston Arts Academy wants to build a school on the site without providing any information to the community. The reality is that Chinatown has limited land available for development, so each parcel will be scrutinized heavily to ensure the development is appropriate for the neighborhood. If Boston Arts Academy has no intention of building on the site, they should simply say so. Instead, the school has preferred to ignore requests by their future neighbors to start a dialogue. This certainly won't help their proposal moving forward. Ron, thanks for your comment. The main point of Parcel 12 is not about whether the site should be a parking lot or a building. The problem is that the Boston Arts Academy wants to build a school on the site without providing any information to the community. The reality is that Chinatown has limited land available for development, so each parcel will be scrutinized heavily to ensure the development is appropriate for the neighborhood. If Boston Arts Academy has no intention of building on the site, they should simply say so. Instead, the school has preferred to ignore requests by their future neighbors to start a dialogue. This certainly won’t help their proposal moving forward.

]]> By: Ron Newman http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1841 Ron Newman Sat, 10 May 2008 02:55:08 +0000 http://bostonchinatowngateway.com/archives/283#comment-1841 Replacing a parking lot with a useful building can only improve this (or any other) neighborhood. Replacing a parking lot with a useful building can only improve this (or any other) neighborhood.

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