Downtown plan: cultural district plan staff notebook. (draft for discussion purposes only).

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...presents facts on existing conditions in Boston's proposed Midetown Cultural Theater District and outlines issues that need to be addressed; covers such objectives as adding housing, creating a "center of arts" activities with new cultural uses near existing major theaters and connect to and protect adjacent districts (Chinatown, Bay Village, Boston Common, South Cove, Park Square, etc.); includes proposed zoning and information on specific theaters (number of seats, use, style of architecture, architect, historic rating and current status; also includes an article from the Boston Globe, a statement of the Boston Art Commission, a grant application to the National Endowment for the Arts, data on possible development project sites, and other information; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection...

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