Our Vision For A Healthy Chelsea

Regenerate The Land

MISSION. To promote Chelsea as Metropolitan Boston’s Regeneration capital by prioritizing land that has historically been for Industrial in its zoning classification for both climate resilience and community use.

A Complete Chelsea

MISSION. To engage Chelsea and Metropolitan Boston’s stakeholders for the integration of an urban overlay, producing a Walkable and MultiModal Chelsea.

The Street As A Place

MISSION. To spur Smart Growth Districts to Stimulate Chelsea’s Economy.

PROSPEROUS PLACES

INNOVATIVE INTEGRATION

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

ECONOMIC EQUITY

SPATIAL STRATEGIES

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

“PIECES” STRATEGIES

Our Vision for a Healthy Chelsea

Strategy Modules

“PIECES” is our acronym for the set of strategies, developed through the mix-and-match of tools, that can be implemented to conduct a more climate regenerative Chelsea. PIECES stands for: Prosperous Place, Innovative Integration, Community Connections, and Spatial Strategies. The strategies are listed in a scalar order starting from greatest macro impact, to implementing micro strategies. Each strategy is produced through the tools produced from the constraints found in the goal methodology. We are accomplishing strategies on every site - just not with every tool. If these strategies were to be applied to more parcels in Chelsea or adjacent municipalities, the planning team can choreograph special strategy modules like the ones above to conduct a climate or regulation strategy fit for that site. The illustration divides the strategies in two thirds to demonstrate how it can compliment our different goals. The above image illustrates the strategy puzzle and the fifteen pieces.

“PIECES” Strategy

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Strategy Modules

Strategy Modules

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Prosperous Places

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Strategies

Innovative Integration

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Strategy Modules

Strategy Modules

Community Connections

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Economic Equity

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Strategy Modules

Spatial Strategies

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Chelsea Case Study

The previous chapters conclude that the following case study sites provide as viable project zones that would create the most social and eeconomic benefit if altered with another networking system in the built environment.

Rezoning for Communal Use

Description

Complete Streets

Retrofit Program

Green Space as Destination

Communal Spaces

Land Trust Models

Transit-Oriented Development

Revenue Sharing

Green Building

Mixed-Use

Chelsea Transit Hub

15-Minute City Using

This Location has the potential to be a project with the most ripple effect in the urban fabric of Chelsea. This location is at the apex of Chelsea’s one commuter station. Boston’s metropolitain commuter line connects Chelsea to it’s greater municipal partners, and is currently one of two only forms of public tranit. The other is the silver line bus service, Which also provides a station at this node. Presently, Impervious surfacds consume majority of the land area, and it’s detrimental health effects are evident while evaluating the areas surface temperature. This zone is one of the more fatal Urban Heat Island (UHI) in Chelsea, and a large factor has to do with the pavement. Another is carbon emissions produced by idling vehicles in the parking lot; which parking consumes most of this area. This plan chlalengse the true necessity for these parking zones, and adapts this land use function with the urban strategy toolbox listed on the previous page.

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

CHELSEA TRANSIT HUB

Renders

Renders

Description

Rezoning for Communal Use

Pluralistic Public Realm

Flood Resilience

Complete Streets

Adaptive Street Frontage

Communal Spaces

Land Trust Models

Revenue Sharing

Sidewalk Expansion Green Building

Mixed-Use

Description

11 Marginal Street is located along the southern coast of Chelsea. This block group is most vulnerable to flooding and heat concerns, as well as some industrial sites. Green space within this residential neighborhood is sparse as a result of the immense industrial and manufacturing presence on Chelsea’s coast. The construction of wide industrial roadways came hand-inhand with the induced demand of these industries. More impervious surfaces within this neighborhood include vacant commercial land and underused parking lots at 110 and 182 Marginal Street. Buildings cover the remaining surface area of the area with vast majority of the buildings using dark roofs.

Climate

Regenerative Chelsea

Community Coastal Zones

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

CHELSEA TRANSIT HUB

Renders

Description

Rezoning for Communal Use

Retrofit Program

Green Space as Destination

Communal Spaces

Land Trust Models

Transit Oriented Development

Green Building

Description

Challenged by ease of access, varying infrastructural, topographical, and hydrological conditions affect one’s ability to easily access multiple parts of Chelsea. Inaccessibility can be solved by creating a contingent green network that connects residents within Chelsea, and out towards East Boston, Revere, and Everette. Bus transit is the city’s primary public transit, and it’s connection to the center of the city is severed by the route 1A overpass. When there is better complete street and multi-modal connections, commuters has a better ability accessing businesses that are geographically closer than the more accessible companies. Through providing pedestrian and transit conduits to these commercial nodes, the success of more businesses can thrive and Chelsea can regain connections providing access across Route 1A to waterfront industry.

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

Zipper Hub

Using scalar strategies to accomplish our goals

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

CHELSEA TRANSIT HUB

Renders

Renders

The proposed framework to regenerate Chelsea’s environment engages the network of greenways that connect the city’s waterfront and open spaces not only to internal neighborhoods, but into adjacent social infrastructures within the region. Greenway networks currently under development include the East Boston Loop, which can be connected by using

Climate Regenerative Chelsea

Phasing

The city of Chelsea exhibits an inherent need for a clear and contingent community coordination strategy to solve governance regarding climate strategies not only within the city but for adjacent municipalities.

A. Table of Chapter 91 Licenses

B. List of Referenced Studies

C. DPA Master Plan

D. List of Public Access Requirements in existing Chapter 91 Licenses

E. Infrastructure Inventory

F. Revisions to the City of Chelsea Zoning Ordinance supporting the DPA Master Plan

G. Municipal Harbor Plan and DPA Master Plan Extensions of Deadline for Submission, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management