the distillery redevelopment - Boston Redevelopment Authority

The Distillery Redevelopment | East Second Street | South Boston
13.1. This project is a bold act of defiance. Reflecting the nature of
many of the resident artists and innovators, the aim is to create a
healthy, innovative, and attractive living and working environment
in an urban neighborhood of a northern city in defiance of climate,
the changing economy, dependence on non-renewable resources
and acceptance of the status quo.
14. Demonstration
14.1. The Distillery project aims to act as a demonstration and as a
standard for comparable projects throughout the country. The
project will employ methods that are reproducible elsewhere and
will diffuse the innovations in technology, construction, project
management and community involvement through documentation
and publication.
By these standards the Distillery will measure its own success and will become a
standard for others.
1.2 Housing and Urban Design Objectives
The existing buildings on the Distillery site include 30 residential live-work units
for artists and 42 commercial units for artists, small manufacturers and service
operations. The larger of the two one-storey buildings on Dorchester Street is
currently occupied by an electrical contractor who uses the space as a warehouse.
This is a temporary location for the contractor, Fishbach and Moore, for their
work on the “Big Dig;” it will soon be completed and that building will be vacant.
The smaller of the two buildings, a former cooper shop, has three small-scale
tenants.
As proposed, the new development will consist of 25 live-work units on the East
First Street frontage and 44 residential units on the Dorchester Street frontage.
The new development will also include small commercial and retail spaces at
1.0 Executive Summary | Introduction 1-10