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The Bay Village News The Bay Village News
Volume 9, Issue 5
December 2001
Invitation provided by Nan Rubin.
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BVNA Holiday Party, Sunday December 9th
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Annual Meeting Highlights
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Aussies Visit Bay Village!
Historic Renovation at 54 Fayette
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Bay Village Halloween
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BVNA Executive Committee
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Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
Please join us for our 2001
Wreath Hanging Day
Saturday, December 1
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9 AM
Bay Village Garden at the corner of
Melrose and Church Streets
Join in for this annual Bay Village Neighborhood
tradition. Make the Village festive for this holiday
season by hanging wreaths on the gaslights.
Bring a ladder if you have one!
Coffee and donuts will be provided.
Wreaths will also be for sale.
PRESIDENTS PAGE
Now is an exciting time to live in Bay Village, and an
even more exciting time to become involved in BVNA.
Pending development projects can, for good or ill,
transform our neighborhood. By the time you read
this, the new proposed developer of the Seafarer Inn
at Church and Winchester Streets will have made a
presentation to the Planning Committee for a
conversion to residential condominiums. Betsy Roxby
will restore 54 Fayette Street as a historically accurate
single-family townhouse. Next to the Milner Hotel on
Charles Street South, a lot owned by the Boston
Redevelopment Authority (BRA), will, we are told,
soon be offered for proposals for residential
construction. Per our written agreement with the BRA
in connection with the nearby Loews Hotel, Bay Village
will be deemed the affected neighborhood for the
redevelopment of this parcel.
But the most monumental upcoming project is the
development of the air rights over the turnpike from
Arlington to Clarendon Streets. Within days, on
November 29, 2001 at 6:30 p.m., developer
Cassin/Winn will unveil a new proposal for air rights
parcels 16-18 at the Franklin Institute. Although the
exact nature of the proposal is as yet unknown,
upsides for Bay Village could include restoration of the
south side of Cortes Street as a residential block.
But potential downsides are many. To name just a
few: (1) Three years of night and day construction.
(2) If parcel 19 the triangle formed by Arlington
Street, Tremont Street, and Marginal Road is left
uncovered (it is not now included), Bay Village will get
no additional green space (or a much-needed dog
park) from the project, and, after the project is done,
will have just as much noise and even more
pollution from this de facto vent hole for the newly
covered turnpike. (3) Some air rights Citizens Advisory
Committee (CAC) members have suggested that,
because parcel 19 would not be covered, Arlington
Street should have a retail strip mall. Do we really
want to look down Fayette Street to shop windows with
neon lights or another (continued on Page 6)
BVNA president
John A. Shope
was recognized
earlier this month
in the Boston
Business
Journals Fourth
Annual Survey of
40 Under 40
dynamic young
Bostonians. 2
Dont miss the BVNA
2001 Holiday Party
Sunday, December 9
th
4:30 - 5:30pm: Caroling and Tree
Lighting in the Bay Village Garden
at the corner of Church and Melrose.
5:30 - 8:30pm: Flashs, 310 Stuart St.
Hors doeuvres and cocktails (cash bar).
Please bring a donation for the Womens
Lunch Place and/or a stuffed animal for
the Floating Hospital, New England
Medical Center.
Bring donations to the Garden or Flashs.
Invitation provided by Nan Rubin.
Thanks to our Fall 2001
Clean-up Volunteers!
Roger Lyonnais
Mike Maddigan
Ernie Lessa
Will Krier
Bob Sharrett
Domenic Mastrototaro
John Carroll
Eric Cordes
Len Phillips
Lori Berol
Mary Teeven
Daniel Spiess
Marc Scatamacchia
Marc Grossman
Mary Anne Poole
David Gural
Joshua Anderson
Sue Buta
David Gerson
Deborah Gerson
Barbara Gaffney
Keisan Kelly
Daniel Krulewitch
Paul Buta
Faye and Gene Hale
Nan Rubin
Gaye Bok
Jo Campbell
John Shope
Wendy and John Book
Shiela Geoghegan
Adam Miloro
List provided by Ernie Lessa.
BVNA Phone Hotline and Website Updated Monthly
Wonder where to put your dilapidated Christmas tree after the holidays? Want to get involved or express your opinion
about a Bay Village issue? Interested in attending a BVNA function but arent sure of the time and place?
Call 617-542- BVNA. Our hotline is updated monthly with information about upcoming events, meetings and issues.
There are voicemail boxes for almost all executive committee members and a general mailbox as well. Check
out
the
BVNA website at
www.bayvillage.net
for an on-line events calendar, along with committees, BVNA
personnel, and neighborhood history. 3
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. . . to Howard Rosenberg, manager of McCormick
& Schmicks Seafood Restaurant for his generosity
to our community. McCormick & Schmicks donated
all the food to the Bay Village Block Party held on
September 13 that served 105 Bay Villagers. Their
generous donation allowed us to hire a DJ for the
nights entertainment. But McCormick & Schmicks
didnt stop there! On Sunday, November 11, the
restaurant offered free entrees to veterans, and on
Monday November 12, 130 residents of South Cove
Plaza received a free Thanksgiving dinner from
McCormick & Schmicks. Thanks from Bay Village!
Report Illegal Buses
The Nutcracker will soon open at the Wang. This
magnificent cultural event delights many people, but for
residents of Bay Village it means: The buses are
coming, the buses are coming!
The annual invasion is about to return. Between the end
of November and the end of January many of us are put
to enormous inconvenience because of the number of
buses delivering attendees to The Nutcracker.
The City has finally realized that many neighborhoods
are invaded with buses and accompanying pollution at
different times of the year. Here are the agencies and
phone numbers for specific problems:
TO REPORT IDLING BUSES: Call the City
Environment Department at 617-635-4416 and provide
information on the location of the bus. Bryan Glascock
promises to send someone to issue a warning. Serious
fines as high as $25,000 can be imposed but, at the
moment, the department is working towards education
rather than punishment.
TO REPORT DOUBLE OR ILLEGALLY PARKED
BUSES such as on the bridge over the turnpike: call the
Boston Traffic Department at 617-635-4BTD or the
Police at 911.
TO REPORT LIMOUSINES: If double-parked, call the
City Traffic and Transportation Department at
617-635 4BTD or, if idling for more than five minutes,
call Environment at 617-635-4416.
Remember these agencies can only work at their best
with our help. Once you make the call, make a note of it
so we can collect a record to monitor the enforcement.
By Terence Janericco.

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Elections. The BVNA elected a new board of directors
for 2002 (see page 7 of this Newsletter).
Speaker. David Dixon, an architect at Goody, Clancy &
Associates, reminded the audience of the
neighborhoods history. Much of Bay Village was built in
the 1820s and 1830s by developers who also
constructed Beacon Hill. He noted that east of Arlington
Street, many of the townhouses are constructed in the
Federal and Greek Revival styles, while the houses on
Cortes, Isabella, and Arlington Streets date from the later
Victorian period. The ills of recent suburban sprawl,
Dixon contended, make the preservation of urban
neighborhoods such as Bay Village all the more critical.
Appreciation. At the meeting, the BVNA recognized
many public officials who have been of assistance, such
as City Councilor James Kelly and Boston
Redevelopment Authority Planner Randi Lathrop. Local
businesses that have supported the BVNA were also
recognized.
Police Recognition. The annual meeting concluded with
the BVNAs annual Police Appreciation ceremony.
Award recipients included Boston Police Commissioner
Paul Evans, Superintendent Paul Joyce, Area A-1
Captain Bernard ORourke, and numerous beat officers
who serve Bay Village. A special award was presented
to night bicycle officers William Griffiths and Edward
Rautenberg, who were both injured while disarming a
pistol-wielding suspect on Charles Street South in late
July.
(Text from BVNA Press Release of November 12.)
Three Great Ways to Get Involved
and Help Our Neighborhood
1. Join BVNA Your dues help in many ways,
such as improving quality of life,
beautification, social activities, and social
awareness.
2. Volunteer Throughout the year we ask
neighbors to help with clean-up days, the
Street Fair, wreath hangings, planting bulbs,
and caring for our parks. There are also many
things that can be done from home so you
wont need to attend meeting or com