05/14/2008, 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Learning Units: 3.00-Boat Tour
Training Units: 0.75-Training Area 17 (Planning)
Here's your opportunity to see Boston's waterfront revitalization from the water. From the deck of our tour boat, you will see first-hand the transformation of Boston's historic waterfront into parklands, housing, and diverse employment opportunities for Boston-area residents and visitors. Sights along the tour will range from the 1970s pioneer waterfront development to current developments' version of historic granite warehouses into mixed-use projects, as well as the new Institute of Contemporary Art, the Moakley Courthouse, Rowes Wharf, Burroughs Wharf, the historic Pilot House, U.S. Coast Guard, USS Constitution and contemporary development at the Charlestown Navy Yard, and the evolving East Boston waterfront. En route you will view beautiful new waterfront parks and will learn how good planning, persistence, interagency cooperation, public/private partnerships, and vision have revitalized an old underused waterfront into a thriving urban asset. In May Boston can be cool, especially on the water, so dress in layers and rain gear if needed.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover how major public projects, such as the Boston Harbor clean up from the upgraded Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, affects real estate development and the economy
- Analyze the changes in architectural changes that have occurred from the early development in the 1970s to the present
- Assess the importance of public access and open space to waterfront architecture
TP27a Wednesday, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $80
Core Discipline: Design
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