{"id":84097,"date":"2022-11-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=84097"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:16:16","slug":"an-increasingly-dense-boston-neighborhood-receives-a-versatile-new-public-courtyard-with-21st-century-amenities-within-19th-century-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/an-increasingly-dense-boston-neighborhood-receives-a-versatile-new-public-courtyard-with-21st-century-amenities-within-19th-century-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"An Increasingly Dense Boston Neighborhood Receives a Versatile New Public Courtyard with 21st Century Amenities within 19th Century Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1st Place, Adaptive Reuse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Charles River Speedway is a multi-building reuse project that combines historic preservation and forward-thinking sustainable design. It repositions a 19th century stable and parks department into a versatile new public courtyard encircled by a brewery, brewpub, restaurants, retail, and informal indoor\/outdoor event spaces. Historically, its neighboring sites along the Charles River were occupied by slaughterhouses and agricultural sites. The original buildings included a cow barn, trotting horse stalls and sulky storage among its more benign elements, as well as a small jail that gradually expanded as animals were moved from the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known for its sensitive restoration and reuse of historic buildings, Bruner\/Cott Architects\u2019 new program for the project, developed in collaboration with Boston\u2019s Architectural Heritage Foundation, is significant in terms of urban design. It dramatically transforms the Speedway\u2019s locked-down and fire-damaged 2-acre locale into a lively, mixed-use destination in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n