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Home Front: Culture Wars
Mass. Dems See Threat From Shadows
2009-02-06
BOSTON (AP) -- Two Massachusetts lawmakers have filed legislation to bar new high-rise development that would cast midday shadows over a half dozen of Boston's public parks.

State Rep. Byron Rushing tells The Boston Globe that people should be allowed to enjoy as much sunlight as possible when in public spaces. Rushing is a co-sponsor of the bill along with fellow Boston Democrat, Rep. Martha Walz.

The effort was prompted in part by a proposed 47-story residential tower at Copley Place, near Copley Square and the Boston Public Library.

Rushing says the legislation would expand existing laws that keep shadows off Boston Common.

Meg Mainzer-Cohen of the Back Bay Association, which represents business in the area, says the proposal could thwart new development.
Posted by:mhw

#5  Again, REDDIT > THE NUMBER OF US STATES DECLARING THEIR SOVEREIGNTY IS NOW UP TO NINE [including MA].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-02-06 18:51  

#4  Actually, there may be a little sense here. High rises can really screw up an area, by turning areas into constant twilight, which drives pedestrians away and hurts street level business.

Or by having reflective windows that make streets scorching hot and raise the cooling bills of the adjacent buildings by tens of thousands of dollars every month.

In either case, neither the architect nor the building owners usually give a damn whose business they mess with, until after the building is built and big, honking lawsuits start happening.

And since city councils and zoning boards will do anything that such businesses want, no matter how annoying, the State intervenes to keep city cores from turning into Blade Runner nightmares.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-02-06 18:03  

#3  I guess Boston's not all that interested in construction jobs. Will they pass on their share of the pork stimulus bill?
Posted by: DoDo   2009-02-06 16:15  

#2  State Rep. Byron Rushing tells The Boston Globe that people should be allowed to enjoy as much sunlight as possible when in public spaces

Fool, don't you know that unregulated nuclear power generator kills tens of thousands of people every year through skin cancer! Why next you'd be calling for exposure to all sorts of other harmful natural elements in the environment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-02-06 15:37  

#1  Don't know Walz, but Bryon's one of the legitimate town kooks.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-02-06 13:59  

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