To Learn More:

Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino

City Hall
281 Broadway
Revere, Massachusetts 02151
781-286-8110

Frank L. Stringi, Director

Department of Planning
& Community Development
781-286-8183

Paul Rupp
Community Reinvestment Associates
781-599-0688

Visit the City of Revere Web Site at:

http://www.revere.org

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Beach enjoys two Blue Line rapid transit stations
which provide direct access to the airport (less that
10 minutes) and to downtown Boston (less than 15
minutes). The Blue line is one of four interconnect-
ed subway lines serving Greater Boston, operated by
the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA).
It is an easy and pleasant 20 minute drive along
route 1A from Revere Beach to historic Salem and
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“Revere Beach Boulevard, 1930’s” - Norman Gautreau
evere Beach has a long and rich history as
R an accessible recreational shore. Native
Americans first spent the summer months
here fishing and playing competitive games. After
that came the American colonists of the 17th and
18th centuries.
In the 19th century, “Crescent Beach”
became ever more popular. The first
hotel on the beach, the Robinson Crusoe
House, was built in 1834; it was fol-
lowed by many other popular hotels,
restaurants, and ballrooms.
By the 1890’s the beach was a victim of
its own success, with a multitude of
structures crowding one another and
encroaching upon the beach itself. In
1895, the state legislature ordered major National Historic
land takings along the shore. The follow- Landmark Dedication
ing year the Metropolitan Park
Commission (later to become the Metropolitan
District Commission, and recently the Department
of Conservation and Recreation) established the
Revere Beach Reservation, the first of its kind in
the country. Its panoramic three mile shoreline
boulevard, its unique bandstand and pavilions,
and its other amenities were the original creation
of Charles Eliot, a protégé of Frederick Law
Olmstead.
By the early 1900’s Revere Beach was enormously
popular, served by a multitude of trolley lines, the National
Narrow Gauge railroad (started in 1875) and regu-
lar steamship service to Boston.
New Ocean Pier (Built in 1911)
Revere Beach reached its zenith in the 1930’s and
1940’s; but following the end of World War II it
entered a long period of steady decline. In the
early 1970’s the city, the state, and the private sec-
tor began to work towards renewal and redevelop-
ment of the beach area. By the late 1970’s
a comprehensive master plan had been
created and by the mid 1980’s the rebirth
of Revere Beach was underway with
major new public and private invest-
ment. The City of Revere, in partnership
with the Massachusetts Office of
Commonwealth Development, is now
working to facilitate sound transit orient-
ed development on major publicly
owned parcels at historic Revere Beach.
In 2003, the U.S. Department of the
Interior designated the Revere Beach
Reservation as a National Historic
Landmark in recognition of: its status as
the first public ocean beach in America; its vision-
ary landscape plan; and its wide popular appeal
for over a hundred years. Efforts are currently
underway to further preserve, enhance and
enshrine Revere Beach’s unique heritage.
A New
Landmark
The Best Case for
Transit Oriented Development
Governor Romney and his Secretary
of Commonwealth Development,
Doug Foy chose Revere Beach as the
best place to announce the state’s new
Transit Oriented Development initia-
tive. Immediately adjacent to
Wonderland Station, the terminus of
the MBTA’s Blue Line, three publicly
owned parcels together with one pri-
vately owned parcel comprise nearly
eleven contiguous acres ripe for con-
centrated mixed-use development.
These parcels are currently utilized for
MBTA commuter parking. A recently
completed federally funded feasibility
study concluded that a major parking
structure constructed nearby would
readily accommodate present and
future commuter parking needs, thereby freeing these parcels for private development. The
City of Revere has negotiated development rights agreements with the state for the three
publically owned parcels.

A great work environment, just steps to rapid transit

Transit
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A High quality of life

Oceanfront
Development
Opportunities
The chance to
create a
signature project
The City of Revere will soon issue a Request for
Qualifications and Expressions of Interest [RFQ]
for development of these major public properties.
The RFQ will lay out several schemes that depict
possible development approaches and illustrate
proposed infrastructure and Transit Oriented
Development improvements. The Office of
Commonwealth Development will work closely
with the City of Revere, the MBTA, and
Department of Conservation and Recreation
to assemble state and federal resources to
support quality development at this unique and
desirable location.
The city seeks innovative proposals that will
include a hotel, some retail, and possibly office
space, in addition to higher-end housing. The City
hopes developers will see this as an opportunity to
incorporate a variety of amenities that capitalize
on this very unique setting.
Create
A Signature
Project
Progressive Zoning
Current zoning places all of these parcels within
the RC2 zone. RC2 was created specifically for
this part of Revere Beach and permits hotel, office,
residential and some retail use; it encourages
master planned mixed-use development. RC2
zoning allows heights of up to 140 feet or
14 stories. The City of Revere is considering new
incentive zoning that could permit even greater
density and massing.
The Fast Track to
Development
In the 1980’s, as a part of a larger development
scheme (some of which was built then) the site
was master planned for relatively dense com-
mercial development. More recent planning
efforts have been directed at measures that will
serve to further enhance major development at
this location.
With liberal zoning in place, and with the commit-
ment of the state to make development happen
here, well-conceived financeable development
proposals can receive rapid approval. The City
of Revere encourages joint ventures that will
bring together specialists in different yet compli-
mentary types of development, that will together
yield the highest, best, and most desirable mix of
uses possible.
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Track to
Development