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To Learn More:Mayor Thomas G. AmbrosinoCity Hall281 BroadwayRevere, Massachusetts 02151781-286-8110

Frank L. Stringi, DirectorDepartment of Planning& Community Development781-286-8183

Paul RuppCommunity Reinvestment Associates781-599-0688

Visit the City of Revere Web Site at:http://www.revere.org

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Revere Beachlies justthree miles

from LoganInternationalAirport and lessthat five milesfrom the heart ofBoston’s down-town financialdistrict. It is easilyreached fromroutes 1 and 95north. Revere

Beach enjoys two Blue Line rapid transit stationswhich provide direct access to the airport (less that10 minutes) and to downtown Boston (less than 15minutes). The Blue line is one of four interconnect-ed subway lines serving Greater Boston, operated bythe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority(MBTA).

It is an easy and pleasant 20 minute drive alongroute 1A from Revere Beach to historic Salem andpoints north.

Revere Beach has a long and rich history asan accessible recreational shore. NativeAmericans first spent the summer months

here fishing and playing competitive games. Afterthat came the American colonists of the 17th and18th centuries.

In the 19th century, “Crescent Beach”became ever more popular. The firsthotel on the beach, the Robinson CrusoeHouse, was built in 1834; it was fol-lowed by many other popular hotels,restaurants, and ballrooms.

By the 1890’s the beach was a victim ofits own success, with a multitude ofstructures crowding one another andencroaching upon the beach itself. In1895, the state legislature ordered majorland takings along the shore. The follow-ing year the Metropolitan ParkCommission (later to become the MetropolitanDistrict Commission, and recently the Departmentof Conservation and Recreation) established theRevere Beach Reservation, the first of its kind inthe country. Its panoramic three mile shorelineboulevard, its unique bandstand and pavilions,and its other amenities were the original creationof Charles Eliot, a protégé of Frederick LawOlmstead.

By the early 1900’s Revere Beach was enormouslypopular, served by a multitude of trolley lines, theNarrow Gauge railroad (started in 1875) and regu-lar steamship service to Boston.

Revere Beach reached its zenith in the 1930’s and1940’s; but following the end of World War II itentered a long period of steady decline. In theearly 1970’s the city, the state, and the private sec-tor began to work towards renewal and redevelop-

ment of the beach area. By the late 1970’sa comprehensive master plan had beencreated and by the mid 1980’s the rebirthof Revere Beach was underway withmajor new public and private invest-ment. The City of Revere, in partnershipwith the Massachusetts Office ofCommonwealth Development, is nowworking to facilitate sound transit orient-ed development on major publiclyowned parcels at historic Revere Beach.

In 2003, the U.S. Department of theInterior designated the Revere BeachReservation as a National HistoricLandmark in recognition of: its status as

the first public ocean beach in America; its vision-ary landscape plan; and its wide popular appealfor over a hundred years. Efforts are currentlyunderway to further preserve, enhance andenshrine Revere Beach’s unique heritage.

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National HistoricLandmark Dedication

“Revere Beach Boulevard, 1930’s” - Norman Gautreau

New Ocean Pier (Built in 1911)

TransitOrientedDevelopment

The Best Case forTransit Oriented DevelopmentGovernor Romney and his Secretary of Commonwealth Development, Doug Foy chose Revere Beach as thebest place to announce the state’s newTransit Oriented Development initia-tive. Immediately adjacent toWonderland Station, the terminus ofthe MBTA’s Blue Line, three publiclyowned parcels together with one pri-vately owned parcel comprise nearlyeleven contiguous acres ripe for con-centrated mixed-use development.These parcels are currently utilized forMBTA commuter parking. A recentlycompleted federally funded feasibilitystudy concluded that a major parkingstructure constructed nearby wouldreadily accommodate present andfuture commuter parking needs, thereby freeing these parcels for private development. TheCity of Revere has negotiated development rights agreements with the state for the threepublically owned parcels.

A great work environment, just steps to rapid transit

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Within sight of Logan Airport and the City of Boston

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The chance to create a signature projectThe City of Revere will soon issue a Request forQualifications and Expressions of Interest [RFQ]for development of these major public properties.

The RFQ will lay out several schemes that depictpossible development approaches and illustrateproposed infrastructure and Transit OrientedDevelopment improvements. The Office ofCommonwealth Development will work closelywith the City of Revere, the MBTA, andDepartment of Conservation and Recreation to assemble state and federal resources to support quality development at this unique anddesirable location.

The city seeks innovative proposals that willinclude a hotel, some retail, and possibly officespace, in addition to higher-end housing. The Cityhopes developers will see this as an opportunity toincorporate a variety of amenities that capitalizeon this very unique setting.

Progressive ZoningCurrent zoning places all of these parcels withinthe RC2 zone. RC2 was created specifically for this part of Revere Beach and permits hotel, office,residential and some retail use; it encouragesmaster planned mixed-use development. RC2zoning allows heights of up to 140 feet or 14 stories. The City of Revere is considering newincentive zoning that could permit even greaterdensity and massing.

The Fast Track toDevelopmentIn the 1980’s, as a part of a larger developmentscheme (some of which was built then) the sitewas master planned for relatively dense com-mercial development. More recent planningefforts have been directed at measures that willserve to further enhance major development atthis location.

With liberal zoning in place, and with the commit-ment of the state to make development happenhere, well-conceived financeable development proposals can receive rapid approval. The City of Revere encourages joint ventures that will bring together specialists in different yet compli-mentary types of development, that will togetheryield the highest, best, and most desirable mix ofuses possible.

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