East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . reet, but Meridian street is and will continue tobe the main approach to properties on the hill, and isthe natural approach to a high level bridge toward Chelseathat will doubtless be required eventually. A setback of6 feet on each side could be made as far as White White street a setback of 6 feet on the east couldbe made without serious destruction of property, but toprovide for a high bridge approach, a much greater widthwill be required and it is quite possible that it would costthe city less to take a strip 45 feet in width on
East Boston: a survey and a comprehensive plan . reet, but Meridian street is and will continue tobe the main approach to properties on the hill, and isthe natural approach to a high level bridge toward Chelseathat will doubtless be required eventually. A setback of6 feet on each side could be made as far as White White street a setback of 6 feet on the east couldbe made without serious destruction of property, but toprovide for a high bridge approach, a much greater widthwill be required and it is quite possible that it would costthe city less to take a strip 45 feet in width on that side 114 City Planning Board. to provide 105 feet between buildings across the two blocksbetween White and Eagle streets. North of Condor streetspace will be available for ample widening if the cityacquires the flats for a beach and playground as proposedin Section 11. 21.—BENNINGTON STREET WIDENING BE-TWEEN CENTRAL AND DAY SQUARES. From Central square to Day square, Bennington streetis an important thoroughfare. It is narrow and is now. FIG. 42.—VIEW SOUTH FROM PROPOSED POPE STREET PLAYGROUND. occupied by a double line of car tracks. It is paralleledby and somewhat relieved by Saratoga street, into whichmuch vehicular traffic is deflected, but it should be widenedand could be widened better on the south side where thereare now many old buildings and many open triangles atthe intersection with diagonal streets. If a subway isbuilt to Chelsea it is quite possible that travel would bebetter served if the local street cars should be taken offBennington street and run through Saratoga street all theway from a turn in Central square at a subway would leave Bennington street to serve vehicular Development of East Boston. 115 travel all the way to Orient Heights as it now does eastof Day square. Even if such a change in cars be madeBennington street should be widened between Day andCentral squares, to be eventually not less than 70 or 80feet wide, and if cars are
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