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The location the Boston group has proposed for Amazon is the Suffolk Downs race track site on the East Boston - Revere town line. Perhaps with all the Amazon
by xefer 9y ago
The location the Boston group has proposed for Amazon is the Suffolk Downs race track site on the East Boston - Revere town line. Perhaps with all the Amazon building the area would improve, but the place feels like a wasteland right now.
It's on the other side of Logan airport so there's a lot of airport service infrastructure around. There is a huge field of fuel tanks, big box stores and highways. It's also very cut-off from the city proper. There's no way to get to downtown Boston without going through the harbor tunnel and dealing with the associated airport traffic.
If might be interesting if they could build some sort of bridge directly over the Chelsea River into Chelsea.
- 68c12c16 9y agoThe prospect of traffic and rent in that area can be a bit dismal, if they are to make the move....
- ghaff 9y agoEast Boston, Revere, Chelsea. That whole swath north of the airport up the coast is sort of a combination of industrial sites and working class neighborhoods (until you reach the swanky areas of the North Shore which are very swanky). It's technically connected to the city and has a T link but you're right that it's not "in the city." I think you can walk to Winthrop from there though so it's not a total wasteland but it is sort of disconnected from the city proper.