City Of Boston Zoning Commission Meeting

The Zoning Commission of the City of Boston hereby gives notice, in accordance with Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, that a virtual public hearing will be held on November 20, 2024, at 9:00 A.M., in connection with a petition for the approval of the Wentworth Institute of Technology 2023-2033 Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”), filed by the City of Boston Planning Department. 

Said Wentworth IMP describes the proposed institutional projects that Wentworth aims to complete over the next decade to realize strategic goals in both academic and community development. The Wentworth IMP includes six (6) proposed institutional projects totaling approximately 916,000 square feet, including the creation and improvement of four (4) significant open spaces. These proposed institutional projects include the following institutional uses: academic, student housing, student life, open space, parking, and accessory and support spaces. 

This meeting will only be held virtually and not in person.  You can participate in this meeting by going to https://bit.ly/BZCNov202024.  A copy of the petition, the IMP and a map of the area involved, may be obtained from the Zoning Commission electronically, and you may also submit written comments or questions to zoningcommission@boston.gov.

Interpreting services are available to communicate information at this hearing.  If you require interpreting services, please contact the following:  zoningcommission@boston.gov or 617-918-4308.  The meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2024.  Please request interpreting services no later than  November 15, 2024.

The Zoning Commission of the City of Boston hereby gives notice, in accordance with Chapter

665 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, that a virtual public hearing will be held on November 20,

2024, at 9:15 A.M., in connection with Map Amendment Application Nos. 786 and 787 and

petitions for the approvals of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”)

and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Institutional Master Plan (“IMP)” both dated July

1, 2024, filed by the City of Boston Planning Department.

Both proposed map amendments would amend “Map 1, Boston Proper.” Map Amendment

Application No. 786 would delete the existing “IMP” designation as established by Map

Amendment No. 421, and amended by Map Amendment 492, and add a new “IMP” designation

indicating an Institutional Master Plan overlay district showing the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Institutional Master Plan Area. Map Amendment Application No. 787 would delete the existing

“IMP” designation from the parcel known as One Joslin Place as established by Map

Amendment No. 421 and add a new “IMP” designation indicating an Institutional Master Plan

overlay showing the Beth Israel Deaconess Institutional Master Plan Area. Said IMPs address

a growing need for inpatient cancer care capacity, Dana-Farber and BIDMC are jointly

proposing one institutional project at 1 Joslin Place (the “Proposed Project”), which will provide

cutting-edge cancer research and world class cancer care in a dedicated inpatient adult cancer

hospital with state-of-the-art design, layout and equipment. The Proposed IMP focuses on one

Proposed Institutional Project: a 14-story building measuring approximately 450,000 square feet

of Gross Floor Area that contains approximately 300 beds and 20 observation beds, along with

the clinical support spaces, above and below-grade connectors and parking. The Proposed

Project will also include an approximately 10,000 sf enabling project within Dana-Farber’s Dana

and Mayer Building; in support of sustainability, Dana-Farber plans to improve the energy

performance of the Dana Building through the addition of a high energy efficient façade system

to replace the existing 1970’s window system. It is anticipated that this project will install a new

curtain wall system over the existing structure already in place, thereby increasing the overall

GFA of the Dana Building by approximately 10,000 sf of GFA.

This meeting will only be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in this meeting by

going to https://bit.ly/BZCNov202024. Copies of the petitions, the IMPs and a map of the area

involved, may be obtained from the Zoning Commission electronically, and you may also submit

written comments or questions to zoningcommission@boston.gov.

Interpreting services are available to communicate information at this hearing. If you require

interpreting services, please contact the following: zoningcommission@boston.gov or 617-918-

4308. The meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2024. Please request interpreting services no

later than November 15, 2024.

The Zoning Commission of the City of Boston hereby gives notice, in accordance with

Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, that a virtual public hearing will be held

on November 20, 2024, at 9:30 A.M., in connection with Map Amendment Application

No. 788 and a petition for the approval of the Franciscan Hospital for Children

Institutional Master Plan (“IMP”) dated August 9, 2024, filed by the City of Boston

Planning Department.

Said map amendment would amend “Map 7A/7B/7C/7D, Allston Brighton Neighborhood

District,” by creating a new Institutional Master Plan Area within which the proposed IMP

will apply, encompassing contiguous Assessing Parcel Nos. 2101272000 (80-30

Warren Street) and 2101271000 (100-98 Warren Street) (together, the “Proposed

Project Site”). Said proposed IMP seeks to modernize its campus to better meet the

current needs of patients and families, involving the construction of a new,

approximately 235,000 square foot Clinical Building for both behavioral health and

medical services (the “Proposed Project”). The Proposed Project will contain all the

clinical services and programs currently in six existing buildings, which will be

demolished to accommodate a more comprehensive and cohesive healing landscape

for patients, families, and staff, and an improved public realm. Two existing buildings will

remain, including the Kennedy Day School.

This meeting will only be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in this

meeting by going to https://bit.ly/BZCNov202024. A copy of the petition, the IMP and a

map of the area involved, may be obtained from the Zoning Commission electronically,

and you may also submit written comments or questions to

zoningcommission@boston.gov.

Interpreting services are available to communicate information at this hearing. If you

require interpreting services, please contact the following: zoningcommission@boston.gov

or 617-918-4308. The meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2024. Please request

interpreting services no later than November 15, 2024.

The Zoning Commission of the City of Boston hereby gives notice, in accordance with

Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, that a virtual public hearing will be held

on November 20, 2024, at 9:45 A.M., in connection with Map Amendment Application

Nos. 789, filed by the City of Boston Planning Department.

Said amendment would amend “Map 6A/6B/6C, Roxbury Neighborhood District,” by

adding the designation “U*,” indicating an Urban Renewal overlay district to the area of

land known as Parcel 35 in the South End Urban Renewal Area.

This meeting will only be held virtually and not in person. You can participate in this

meeting by going to https://bit.ly/BZCNov202024. A copy of the petition and a map of the

area involved, may be obtained from the Zoning Commission electronically, and you may

also submit written comments or questions to zoningcommission@boston.gov.

Interpreting services are available to communicate information at this hearing. If you

require interpreting services, please contact the following: zoningcommission@boston.gov

or 617-918-4308. The meeting is scheduled for November 20, 2024. Please request

interpreting services no later than November 15, 2024.