Boston's Crossroads Initiative

Mayor Thomas M. Menino
City of Boston

Boston 
Redevelopment 
Authority 
Boston Redevelopment Authority
  The Streets / New Chardon/North Washington Street
   Aerial
Future Crossroad - New Chardon/North Washington Street becomes a vibrant connector between Charlestown, the Bulfinch Triangle, Government Center and Beacon Hill as new development emerges along either side on former Central Artery land. Activity and buildings which once shunned the Artery turn back towards the street-new housing and a grocery store recreate an edge along Washington Street, the YMCA forms a gateway to the Greenway, and buildings along New Chardon Street adapt ground floor uses to attract passers-by heading from Cambridge Street and Beacon Hill into the Triangle and towards the Freedom Trail to Charlestown. North Washington/New Chardon along the edge of the Bulfinch Triangle becomes a comfortable and welcoming route to and from the Triangle for the burgeoning residential population and visitors drawn to the reestablished nightlife around the TD Banknorth Garden.