| Living the condo lifestyle in Boston means many things. | | | | sits on summer street, and is littered with activity on |
| It means having certain luxuries and amenities, it means | | | | most nights. Right next store, the new Westin Boston |
| being in the short proximity of trendy restaurants and | | | | Waterfront just opened last year, and by the end of |
| heavily commerced city blocks, and it means living in | | | | this year, the Renaissance Boston Waterfront will be |
| one of the few Boston neighborhoods where this is all | | | | opening its doors on Congress Street. |
| possible. After years of restoration, redevelopment, | | | | The Seaport's restaurant scene is also on the rise. The |
| and heavy private investing, that list is now being | | | | Westin is home to "Sauciety", and the Renaissance will |
| accompanied by Boston's Seaport District. The | | | | be opening "Georges Bank Bistro". Legal Seafood's |
| Seaport was once an area where the majority of | | | | opened a test kitchen, properly named "LTK", and |
| Bostonians couldn't bare the thought of hanging their | | | | "Anthony's Pier 4" is still holding strong with some of |
| hats. Besides a trip to Anthony's Pier 4, Jimmy's, or the | | | | the city's best seafood. Jimmy's has closed it's doors, |
| Pavilion, what reason could there be for venturing over | | | | but the word on the street is that 3 new restaurants |
| the Channel? Surely not to enter the neighborhoods of | | | | will be taking over its waterfront location. Beyond food, |
| South Boston. If anything, the Seaport District most | | | | the Institute of Contemporary Art has relocated to the |
| rewarding value came from the bumper it provided. | | | | Seaport, now occupying a prime location next to |
| Today South Boston is being flooded with young | | | | Anthony's. In the same sentence one can now say the |
| professionals eager to gentrify their new surroundings, | | | | words "Boston's Seaport District", "culture", and "class". |
| and their bridge into Boston, the Seaport District, is | | | | With all that's being built, where is one to live? There |
| earmarked to become one of Boston's most desirable | | | | are several completed condo luxury developments in |
| places to live. | | | | Boston's Seaport District. They include the Channel |
| Why is this change happening? The Seaport District | | | | Center and Fort Point Place , which are right along the |
| has long been severed from Boston's most | | | | Channel, as well as Park Lane , which is at the |
| presentable neighborhoods. To venture their by foot, | | | | moment rent-only but is positioned very well along |
| one use to have to walk beneath the Central Artery, | | | | Northern avenue overlooking the harbor. Opening this |
| move through the dodgy waterfront, then across the | | | | year will be a beautiful three building complex named |
| Fort Point Channel. Today, the artery has been buried | | | | FP3 . These units will consist of lofts, condos and |
| beneath the streets, the seeds of the Rose Kennedy | | | | penthouses. And in the next 2 to 3 years, Fan Pier , |
| Greenway have been planted in its place, and the | | | | Waterside Place, and Pier 4 will all be opening their |
| waterfront is being built with luxurious hotels and condo | | | | doors, which will entail several thousand new condos. |
| developments, such as Russia Wharf and the | | | | It's an exciting time in Boston, and it is sure to be |
| Intercontinental . The reconnection has been | | | | exhilarating to live in the Seaport District and |
| completed, but the development continues deep into | | | | experience one of Boston's most promising |
| the Seaport. The massive Boston Convention Center | | | | neighborhoods come to life. |