Boston Is Now Building Public Parks Under Interstate Highways

The stark underpass of Interstate 93 will be a flourishing urban park come June. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and National Development announced plans for Ink Underground, an urban park that will span eight acres partially under Boston’s Interstate 93. Stretching from Albany Street to the Fort Point Channel, the park will serve…

Pierce Boston condo asks $1,700-plus a square foot

Fenway is changing Unit 25-2K, a 1,148-square-foot condo on the 25th floor of the under-construction Pierce Boston residential tower at 188 Brookline Avenue in Fenway, is asking $1,991,6000—or $1,734.84 a square foot. Such a sum is not unusual in modern Boston—and hasn’t been unusual for a while—but it is rather striking for Fenway. Then again,…