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Council approves Phillips Square funding, considers honoring Tunie Lee
Summary
The council approved $8.81 million from the Boston Planning & Development Agency for the Phillips Square redesign and discussed naming the new plaza to honor community leader Tunie Lee.
The council voted to approve an $8,810,000 appropriation from the Boston Planning & Development Agency for the Phillips Square project, which will redesign a barricaded area of Harrison Avenue into a more welcoming plaza intended to mitigate heat-island effects and provide community space.
Councilor Durkin moved a suspend-and-pass of docket 1392; Councilor Flynn, the district councilor for the area, described the project as "a more welcoming and cooling opening space in a neighborhood impacted by the heat island effect," and said the plaza intersects with Oxford Place, the childhood home of Tunie Lee. Flynn urged the council to honor Tunie Lee's legacy in the naming.
The vote was taken by roll call and the docket passed with the required affirmative votes. Councilors emphasized the project's public engagement history in Chinatown and the Leather District and noted that the design aims to provide environmental and community benefits.
