Boston
Redevelopment Authority has approved construction on one of
the first LGBT-friendly retirement homes in the
nation. However, the development, called Stonewall at
Audubon, is still awaiting the OK from the
city's zoning board of appeal before it can proceed,
reports The Boston Globe.
The project was recently approved by the
residents of the neighborhood after residents clashed
with developers over the building's height. Jack
Creighton, president of the Audubon Circle Neighborhood
Association, assured the Globethat any qualms with
construction had nothing to do with the sexual
orientation of Stonewall's potential residents.
"This was a development project like any other,
and we wanted it to fit in like any other,"
Creighton said. He further told the Globethat condo owners in the
area saw the proposed height of the building
as "way out of scale" and merely wanted it to
follow the neighborhood's zoning law.
With the residents and developers finally
agreeing on the building's height at 75 feet, all that
is needed now is the zoning board's approval,
which Creighton believes will happen.
Buyers like Joy
Malchodi have already paid a deposit and are eagerly
waiting for move-in day. "I have friends in New York and all
over the country who are interested," Malchodi told
the Globe. "We baby boomers have to make a
decision where to live as we get older, and we want to be
surrounded by culture and liberal, accepting people."
(The Advocate)
