USPS Questionnaire for Permanently Closing Allston Office

The United States Postal Service is seeking community feedback for a study to permanently close the Allston Post Office. They seek feedback in the form of a questionnaire mailed to residents on September 4. They ask that residents mail their feedback to the address on the questionnaire by October 11.

Second Survey on Jackson Mann

The City of Boston has extended the deadline for the second Jackson Mann survey to September 28. The survey follows a planning meeting in August about the potential uses of the space alongside the community center. 

Developer files letter of intent to build six-story building on 169-177 Cambridge Street 

On August 31, Joseph Haney representing the 173 Cambridge Street LLC filed a letter of intent to redevelop 169-177 Cambridge Street. The current location is the site of four multi-family units. The proposal will develop a six-story building with 151 residential units. There will be 28 off-street parking spaces and a bike storage location. The type of unit breakdown has not been delineated, but in the letter, Haney wrote that they “new and existing residents and empty-nestors from the community.”