Tudor Wharf Draft Environmental Impact Report EOEA # 67- 



1.6 Alternative Site Plans 



In the following section, the 

 alternatives presented in the 

 Environmental Notification Form are 

 reviewed, the original water related uses 

 are explained and the No-Build option is 

 explored. 



1.6.1 Housing/Office Alternative 



At the publication of the ENF in 

 September, 1987, two alternatives, along 

 with the no build alternative were 

 outlined. The preferred alternative at 

 that time was a mixed use project, 

 consisting of 50 units of housing and 

 140,000 s.f. of office, commercial and 

 retail space. This plan envisioned a 50 

 unit residential building to be built on 

 a new pier structure, and a 140,000 s.f. 

 office building to be built on the 

 landside portion of the site. This plan 

 differed in many ways from the present 

 two alternatives under consideration. 



The plan considered using only the Rapids 

 Furniture Warehouse site and did not 

 consider the possibility of also building 

 on the Massport land. The plan called for 

 320 parking spaces of which 270 were in 

 an underground structure under the 

 landside building. The other 50 spaces 

 were to be in the bridge vaults under the 



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