Ashmont T Station

Peabody Square Presentation

The March 16th presentation by the Boston Transportation Department and their designers is available at the City of Boston's Dorchester Avenue Project.  The .pdf file is a copy of the presentation of the background and possible design alternaives for Peabody Square.  This is a great primer on the process past, present and future for Peabody Square.      A list of some of the key personnel working on the project.

CIty Managers

Vineet Gupta, Director of Planning, BTD
Ralph DeNisco, Project Manager, BTD
Para Jayasinghe, City Engineer, BPWD
Molly Dunford, Mayor s Office of Neighborhood Services

Design Team

Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc.
Jerry Blumenthal, P.E.
Phil Viveiros, P.E., P.T.O.E.
Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc.
Chris Jones, A.S.L.A

Station Demolition

At last the building starts to come down.  Already crews have been working to remove the asbestos impregnated asphalt roof.  Borings are being excavated near Radford Lane.

The biggest piece of demolition to date begins at 9:00 pm on Monday March 20th.  Everyone is invited to witness the start at the Tara Pub, directly across from the station on Dorchester Ave.  From there the dismantling of the viaduct and southern section of the station will begin. In a short 37 months we will have anew station.  Photos of the on-going project can be seen at the Ashmont Station Photos Gallery.  See link at right.

Trinity Financial is about ready to begin construction of their building adjacent to the station. This is huge news for the neighborhood as the building will bring new housing and new commercial space. Trinity's building is expected to be complete in 18 months after construction begins in this spring.

The station and new development are joined by a city effort to re-design Peabody Square.  The city's Transportation Department is leading the design phase. Judith Nitsch, a civil engineering firm is charged with producing the design documents.  In addition the Dorchester Arts Coalition is working with St. Mark's Main Street to select an artis for one or a series of installations around Peabody Square.    The city's presentation on March 16th may be viewed at the Dochester Avenue Project website.  The city expects to return with a presentation of two finalist schemes in early May. 

Anyway it is all very good and no one should complain that there is nothing happening around here for at least three years. 

The final piece of financing for the Ashmont Transit Oriented Development has been awarded to the developer, Trinity Financial.  The award from the Office of Commonwealth Development was a key piece of financing that will allow the $40 million project to proceed with the station reconstruction.  Both projects are slated to start in earnest early this summer. 

This is a watershed event for Dorchester and a tribute to all the residents, elected officials, union leaders and the MBTA who worked to create this first-of-its-kind transit station and housing development.