Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

The Star Market and Brigham’s on Winter Hill has been vacant for years. Everybody is wondering what the plans are for the large space, if any. I think it would be a good place for Walmart and a KFC.

A story was found online with an artist’s rendering of the planned project. The SSM, the Somerville Social Media, chimed in on their opinions about the upcoming plans.

Now, your comments:

 “They released a plan for it supposedly a couple hundred units. I seen it somewhere a while back.”

“Not luxury but some Market rate apartments with low-income housing. A community room and stores.”

“The no parking is the issue I have with the development. I get why they don’t want to do it – asbestos in the ground and would be very expensive to remove properly. That being said, the first level of whatever they put in could also be parking!”

“A parking lot. The parking in and around the neighborhood is a disgrace and the city loves to tag cars for the revenue. Now they are putting islands on Temple St. to screw thing up even more to go along with bus lanes and miserable speed bumps to bottom out cars and to slow things up even more.”

“I always thought it would be the perfect spot for a public safety building and elderly housing. I know there is another spot. But pretty central and bus lines to everywhere.”

Some of my friends will be happy to hear that Winter Hill liquors will stay put.

Special shout out to Ronnie Stevens.