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Boston, here's the chance to make Northern Avenue Bridge a real destination

Boston’s urban planners and placemakers have an opportunity to make the Northern Avenue Bridge, now a rusting relic in Fort Point Channel, a postcard-worthy destination that draws in tourists and redefines the all-too-sterile Seaport District.

“This is like an outdoor room, an outdoor space,” said Greg Galer, executive director of Boston Preservation Alliance, part of the group thinking about the structure’s future. “This is a great opportunity for placemaking.”

Read the full editorial at the Boston Globe. 

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