SHIFTboston WHY STOP Exhibit

17-Jan-2012

WHY STOP? Imagining the South Coast Rail
Exhibition at South Station, Jan 17 - Jan 30
Opening event Thursday, January 19, 6-8pm

“We will not understand the full potential of the South Coast Rail  
Project until we can see it.”
  - Greg Guimond, Deputy Director and Comprehensive Planning Manger, SRPEDD

In support of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s South  
Coast Rail Economic Development and Land Use Corridor Plan,  
SHIFTboston challenged urban planners, architects, urban designers,  
designers and landscape architects -- professionals and students -- to  
explore and visualize destinations along the proposed South Coast Rail  
extension, which will connect Boston to Taunton, New Bedford, and Fall  
River, Massachusetts.

This international competition generated over 90 design proposals from  
10 states and 8 countries; ideas that identify valuable concepts for a  
new and vital urban network along the railway. What sort of  
developments might we see and how might they look? How could these new  
developments borrow from and build upon local resources? The WHY STOP  
Competition Exhibition represents the potential of new the  
Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s South Coast Rail Economic  
Development and Land Use Corridor Plan.

Winning and honorable design proposals will be on display at South  
Station from January 16 - January 30 as part of a traveling exhibition  
exhibition which will move to select locations in New Bedford and Fall  
River. Join us for the opening and presentation of winners on  
Thursday, January 19th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. For more information on  
the competition please go to:  
http://shiftboston.org/competitions/2011rail.php.