Plenty of Room Podcast

In this episode, Nate and Andrew are joined by Seamus Holland of Sixteen Penny , the builder behind the long-stalled housing proposal at 920 Centre Street in Jamaica Plain — the former site of the Poor Clares Monastery adjacent to the Arnold Arboretum, which we first covered in episode 1. After years of process, opposition, and a near-total redesign, the project has new life. Seamus walks through...

In this episode of the Plenty of Room Podcast , Andrew and Nate dig into Boston’s stalled street safety and transit projects, including Hyde Park Avenue, Blue Hill Avenue, bus lanes, bike infrastructure, public engagement, and the Wu administration’s shifting approach to transportation policy. Then they turn to Councilor Sharon Durkan’s proposal to eliminate residential parking minimums citywide,...

In the first episode of the Plenty of Room Podcast , Nate and Andrew dig into two connected questions at the heart of Boston’s housing politics. First, they discuss the long-stalled proposal to turn the former Poor Clares monastery near the Arnold Arboretum into housing , including senior and affordable units, and why opposition over shadows and “viewsheds” has become a flashpoint in the broader f...