Ruggles center, final environmental impact report, eoea no. 6133

...an analysis of the environmental impacts of a proposed development project (public plaza, office building, hotel and parking garage) on parcels 18-1A, 18-1B, 18-3A, 18-3B and 18-2 bordered by Tremont and Ruggles Streets, Melnea Cass Boulevard and the Southwest Corridor at Ruggles Station in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; includes a history of the project, information on parcel-to-parcel linkage, community citizen participation efforts and public benefits; describes the site, the project, it's environs and alternatives; analysis is given for: transportation (traffic volumes) and pedestrian access, utilities, visual quality, massing and shadows, wind, open space, construction noise, etc. and hazardous substances; also includes a copy of the Environmental Notification Form (ENF), other legal documents and copies of comments received re the project together with responses; the appendices contain more detailed data as well as various correspondence; the draft of this report was done by the Boston Redevelopment Authority; the final was done by Kramer Associates; two editions of the Draft are kept on this number, one is dated Oct. 1987 and the other March 1989; copies of these items were in the BRA collection...