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Boston council committee hears support to dedicate Phillips Square plaza to Tony Lee
Summary
Community leaders, the designer and city engineering staff told a Boston City Council committee April 6 that dedicating the new Phillips Square open space to urban planner Tony Lee would honor his work, strengthen Chinatown’s public history and help prioritize heat‑mitigation design elements; the committee did not vote.
Boston City Councilors and community leaders on April 6 heard broad support for dedicating the new open space at Phillips Square to Tony Lee, the late MIT planner and Chinatown resident whose work documented and defended the neighborhood.
At a hearing of the Council’s Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation, lead sponsor Councilor Flynn said the proposal grew out of a community design charrette and grassroots petition and described Lee as “a widely respected and well‑loved community leader.” Amy Cording, director of engineering for the Boston Transportation Department, told the committee the city is moving from a tactical plaza to a formally designed plaza with plantings, benches and gathering space and that the administration will provide the full design and construction budget on request.
The proposal would dedicate the plaza portion of the Phillips Square project as “Tony Lee Plaza” (also referenced in testimony as Tunney or Tiny Lee Plaza) while leaving…
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