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As part of the second-semester core planning studio in 2017, Eamon O’Connor (MUP & MPA ’19) developed a community engagement strategy related to climate change in East Boston. Research on East Boston’s vulnerabilities to climate change and gentrification revealed that any climate adaption strategy for this diverse, working-class neighborhood would demand thoughtful communications. This project…

As part of the second-semester core planning studio in 2018, Catherine McCandless (MUP ’19) made recommendations to the city of Lowell, MA around flood adaption and community resilience. Through engagement in a Flood Adaptation Study and adoption of a Community Preparedness Plan, she recommended that the city can preemptively plan for the reality of climate change…

As part of the course Urban Design for Planners, Solomon Green-Eames’ (MUP ’19) proposed the creation of a new public space in Revere, MA that linked the downtown shopping district of Revere to its beach. Today, the two areas are disconnected by a train line and a series of dead spaces – this means that…

Pier Pressure was a final project undertaken by Jeremy Pi (MUP ’19) in a course titled Urban Design for Planners where he was challenged to develop a design intervention for an underutilized space in Boston. Orienting his work around a waterfront area in Charlestown currently being used as a parking lot, he suggested transforming the…