Prof. Silva Quoted on Efforts to Revitalize Downtown Crossing
Professor Enrique Silva was quoted yesterday in the Boston Globe on the state of Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood. Though the area has been struggling in recent years, it appears that a revival in destination dining could be helping to rejuvinate the district.
It could take years to bring that activity back, said Enrique Silva, assistant professor of city planning and urban affairs at Boston University. He said the empty hole that once was Filene’s Basement reminds some of the blight of the 1970s, when Downtown Crossing abutted the adult entertainment district known as the Combat Zone. “It has, unfortunately, a bad reputation it has to shake off,’’ Silva said.