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2.0 Project Description 



The following section provides 

 information on the history of 

 Charlestown, the Central Artery/North 

 Area (CANA) highway construction project, 

 the redevelopment efforts in Charlestown, 

 a site history and detailed project 

 plans. The Tudor Wharf project is 

 presented as two alternatives. 

 Alternative #1 uses only the present 

 Rapids Furniture Warehouse site and 

 Alternative #2 includes a parcel of 

 Massachusetts Port Authority property 

 adjacent to the warehouse site. 



2.1 History of Charlestown 



Charlestown is the site of the first 

 settlement of Massachusetts Bay Colonists 

 in Boston, The first settlers from Salem 

 arrived in 1629 and chose the Charlestown 

 peninsula as the site of their first 

 settlement. It offered abundant natural 

 resources and was easily defendable. 

 Fishing grounds and shellfish beds were 

 nearby and game was plentiful. A fort, 

 meetinghouse, government building and a 

 governor's mansion were soon built. A 

 large protected deepwater cove, no longer 

 in existence, provided ships with a safe 

 harbor for unloading supplies. 



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