MaxPak site - urban exploration and public hearing

[ron_newman]

The "MaxPak site" is a set of abandoned industrial buildings just beyond the end of the Community Path, in a triangle bounded by Clyde and Warwick Streets, an abandoned freight railroad, and the very active Lowell Line commuter rail tracks.

A couple weeks ago, a Tufts student named xsemperfidelis wandered over there with a friend and took lots and lots and lots of great night photos. She was inspired by an earlier urban explorer calling himself "vanshnookenraggen", who posted two daytime photo essays of the same site: One Two

KSS Realty Partners now own this site, and plan to tear down all the old factory buildings and replace them with 199 condominiums. This requires a zoning change, so there will be a public hearing tomorrow (Thursday, March 1) at 6 pm at City Hall.

As a member of the Somerville Bicycle Committee, I plan to raise a number of concerns, chiefly about KSS's plan to use the abandoned right-of-way as a temporary construction road for trucks, without first removing the railroad tracks and ties. I am concerned that this benefits only the developer and not the city, and could delay construction of the Community Path extension.

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[chivesthebutler.livejournal.com]

hey everyone,

i'm a freshman at tufts and just realized that i need to find an eye doctor up here in massachusetts. i finally expended my stash and my eye doctor back home won't give me any more until i come in for another checkup--so i need to find someone here.

does anyone know eye doctors in the davis/somerville/medford area that accept oxford insurance?

thanks,
tim

thank you's?

[allli.livejournal.com]

what's up with all the 'THANK YOU!' stickers (many complete with star) that i've seen pasted randomly around inanimate objects in davis?