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Developers say they will soon file plans for 750 apartments at the old Channel 56 site in Dorchester
By adamg on Thu, 12/26/2024 - 4:01pm
A developer that won BPDA approval last year for the broad outlines of a large, nearly 9-acre, multi-building redevelopment along Morrissey Boulevard, from the Star Market to the former home of Channel 56 has brought on a new partner and plans to soon file detailed pans for the first phase of the project: Two buildings with some 750 residential units, ground-floor retail space and underground parking.
In a letter of intent filed with the Boston Planning Department, POB Capital of Chicago says it is teaming up with Copper Mill, a local development firm formed by Andrew Flynn, the one-time CEO of Scape North America, a concern that is building or hopes to build some 1,300 apartments in the Back Bay and Fenway.
Flynn's Copper Mill is currently trying to convert a proposed Scape lab building in Somerville's Davis Square into housing now that the Boston-area market for lab space has cooled off.
The BPDA last December approved a "master plan" for the three-acre parcel that includes turning the supermarket lot and the one time TV studios into a seven-building complex that would include offices and life-sciences labs, retail and restaurant space, a new road and and four parks.
At the time, POB and its local partner said they were looking at a total of around 580 residential units in total and 980 parking spaces for the entire seven-building complex.
In their letter of intent, POB and Cooper Mill say they expect to file detailed plans within two months. They said the project would start by tearing down the long vacant TV studio building, in large part because nearby residents said the eyesore of a building should be the first to go.
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Back in the day, WLVI meant something
WLVI
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L - 50
VI - 6
56 had Brady Bunch twice a day at 5 and 5:30 circa 1978.
38 had Starblazers for one season before it jumped to 25. I really, really, really wanted to go to this exotic place called Moody Street in Waltham as a kid because they sold Starblazers toys at Mr B's Toyland and see this furniture store called Jordan's.
38 also had Looney Tunes and always better 8:00 movies than 56 but 56 had Uncle Dale Dorman doing the CDF voice overs.
Here in Boston...
Here in Boston, the kids' choice is CHANNEL 56!
The 8 o'clock movie and Uncle Dale
I remember when 56 (and to an extent, 38) ran movies that were uncut and uncensored (i.e. violence, swearing and nudity), and put a warning on each movie that stated, "this movie contains language and scenes of an adult nature. Viewer discretion advised." Having Dana Hersey intone that phrase meant it was a big deal. Those movies ended in the early to mid 1990s with the arrival of VHS and cable TV, which had no boundaries whatsoever.
But yes, I was a faithful fan of Uncle Dale and his cartoons - I looked forward to Woody Woodpecker at 3pm and other shows. I actually met Dale Dorman at Walk for Hunger back in 1990.
Ch 56 movies
I definitely remember WLVI running the uncensored version of Porky’s
I remember that, too.
I miss the days when every city had an independent station unafraid of pushing the boundaries a bit after hours.
Swirls cummin in…
Hot !
Channel 27 in Worcester!
Channel 27 in Worcester!
Ch 38 also had the eternal stud...
Dana Hersey .... and the fantasies he created
Anime on WLVI
What WLVI also had, back in the day, was reruns of Battle of the Planets. One such rerun, an episode where the team faced off against the space mummy, lit my 4-year-old brain on fire and led me to ravenously seek out and enjoy anime, including Star Blazers, to this very day. There's a promo on youtube with good ol' uncle dale extolling the virtues of BOTP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyAHYyLQ_9I&t=60s&ab_channel=cattman2
I hate to rub it in
I somehow convinced my mum to take Main Street to Moody Street once. Toyland did not disappoint.
Sometimes I think about the movies that were on WLVI on Sunday afternoons. I don't think the selection was too big, but some of them stuck with me. I've been thinking about this because Comedy Central insists that every Sunday afternoon is the prime time for an Adam Sandler film festival.
Kind of like:
Kind of like:
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C - Channel
V - Five
B - Boston
As for WLVI, it was never ingrained like WSBK, which had the Bruins, the Movie Loft, M*A*S*H, and last but not least, Ask The Manager.
Who had wrestling?
Can't remember who brought us Chief Jay Strongbow The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, et. al., but they were a big deal with my pre-teen crowd!
Emerson Lake and Palmer's "Toccata"
You knew that CDF was on when that snippet of classical anarchy, courtesy of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer, came on at 2pm on Saturdays!
Back in high school I used to
Back in high school I used to cross Morrisey Boulevard to watch The Bunker Hill show with Bob Glover being produced live, Bunker Hill had passed away and Bob Glover took over the show. Mr. Glover invited me and my schoolmates inside the studio. The world was a different place back then. You could usually just walk into WLVI and look around to see what was happening.
"Creature Double Feature" was a must watch on Saturdays. Even my Mom enjoyed it! But "Kung Fu Theatre" which replaced it was her absolute favorite Saturday afternoon watch.
UnderGROUND parking on Morrissey Blvd?
For amphibious vehicles maybe.
But seriously, is that particular site within the high-tide frequent flooding zone?
In Boston, as in the rest of
In Boston, as in the rest of the World, we are showing a surprising level of ignorance/denial when it comes to assessing the consequences of sea level rise. This is just one of many recent examples.
That's what pumps are for
The Green Line along Boylston Street should be flooding out constantly since opening, but the engineering is there.
Underwater parking? Cool!
Underwater parking? Cool!
They build concrete walls that keep the water out out
https://medium.com/@SuffolkBuilds/hardly-a-day-at-the-beach-building-an-...
Surely, what this clusterf*ck needs is thousands more car trips!
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Copper Mill or Cooper Mill?
You wrote both in this post.