Community Path Could Have Bridge, Box

 Bicycles and bike paths, Bike Paths, January 2024, Newsletter, Transit  Comments Off on Community Path Could Have Bridge, Box
Jan 032024
 
Community Path Could Have Bridge, Box

By Vincent Stanton, Jr. Last May, the consultants hired by Belmont to design Phase 2 of the Belmont Community Path (extending from the Clark Street Bridge to the Waltham border) recommended a final route to the Community Path Project Committee (CPPC), which endorsed the recommendation and sent it on to the Select Board (see “Belmont Community Path Route Takes Shape,”September/October 2023  Newsletter, for details). The Select Board asked for more details on the right of way, which is the focus of current work. The Pare Corporation-Toole Design team proposed two audacious Phase 2 design choices: a new bridge over the [READ MORE]

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Belmont’s Last Pandemic: the 1918 Flu

 History, May/June 2020, Newsletter  Comments Off on Belmont’s Last Pandemic: the 1918 Flu
May 032020
 
Belmont’s Last Pandemic: the 1918 Flu

By Vincent Stanton, Jr. Thought you could escape coronavirus news in the pages of the BCF Newsletter? You are safe, but there is a catch. If you can tolerate more grim news, consider taking a trip back to the last global pandemic, the so-called “Spanish Influenza” of 1918. The story of how Belmont responded is replete with both striking similarities to the 2020 coronavirus response and sharp differences. A weekly record of the influenza pandemic as it swept through Belmont in the fall of 1918 can be found in the pages of the Belmont Patriot. However, before diving into the [READ MORE]

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