Organization Neighborhood & Government Information Structure

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Chief of Staff (1)
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Office of Emergency
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Schools Authority* Authority/Economic Development
Management
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Industrial

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Auditing Police Transportation Commission * Open Space Planning Boston Centers for
Parks & Recreation
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Resources
Services
Boston Residents
Budget Management Job Policy Office Consumer Affairs & Elderly Commission
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Licensing

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Official Actual
Hierarchical, Business-like Central Power, Dependent Nodes
Neighborhood

Relationship to Neighborhoods
Future
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CHELSEA
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From Residentsʼ Perspective From Governmentʼs Perspective

Charlestown
Black Box Delivery Resource Allocation
BELMONT

East
SOMERVILLE

Charlestown
East Boston
WATERTOWN
Boston North
CAMBRIDGE West
End
North
End Allston Beacon End
Allston Beacon Downtown
Hill Hill
Brighton Fenway
Chinatown
Bay
Back Village
Brighton
Fenway Bay
Kenmore South South South South
Boston
BROOKLINE Mission
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Mission End Boston
Hill
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NEWTON

- Move Neighborhood Coordinator

Roxbury
Mid
Roxbury
Jamaica Dorchester
Jamaica
- New Physical Interface
Plain

Plain
Dorchester

Limited structure for dialogue/long-term planning

Mattapan
Roslindale Dorchester
Mattapan
Physical presence of city government
West Roxbury
Roslindale
West Roxbury
Hyde Park Service-oriented rather than capacity-building in neighborhood
Mutual problem-solving
MILTON QUINCY

DEDHAM

Disjointed perception
Transparency across structure
Neighborhood
City of Boston
Neighborhoods
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December, 2009
1 Miles
Location of
Neighborhood Coordinators
Ferdinandʼs @ Dudley Square, Roxbury City
Hall
Program-driven
Neighborhood
Coordinator Space /

The Building
ʻCity Hallʼ Outpost
2.5 Miles
Locally-driven business
development offices
Dudley
Square

Washington St.

Disuse Desirable Stock

Image-driven
Community Billboard

A History of Promises Information exchange

The Facade
1896: Constructed
1975: Abandoned

Promise #1
1985 - 2003: Various governors propose
state office building

Dudley Square 2004: Mitt Romney reneges on pledge

Menino vows to seize site
Bus Terminal
Reappropriation Iconic Presence
Promise #2
2004: Mayor Menino proposes a new
1200-employee city office
Space-driven
Gateway Public-sourced areas
2006: Eminent domain closes for $6.5M
to Roxbury Freecycle Park

Promise #3 Connect to transit

The Site
2008: Menino plans “greenest government
office building in America” worth
$80M
2008: Ceremonial groundbreaking
Demolishes other buildings
Community
2008: Architecture competition for 200k sq ft. Developing
mixed-use building
Reduced to 130k sq ft.
Government
Canceled
Promises Free Range