Bayside Expo Center

Bayside Expo Center
Address 200 Mt Vernon St,
Location Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, United States
Coordinates 42°19′18.07″N 71°2′48.95″W / 42.3216861°N 71.0469306°W / 42.3216861; -71.0469306
Owner University of Massachusetts Boston
Built 1960's
Opened 1960's
Enclosed space
 • Total space 275,000 square feet
Public transit access JFK/UMass on the MBTA Red Line

The Bayside Expo Center (also known as the Bayside Expo and Conference Center) was a convention center located in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Originally opened as a shopping mall in the 1960s, the mall later failed and the convention center opened in its place. In 2010, it was purchased by the University of Massachusetts Boston after the building went into foreclosure.[1]

UMass Boston's eventual plan is to demolish the center, and redevelop it into space for the campus.[2] It had been proposed as the site for the Olympic Village as part of the Boston bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The property is located near the JFK/UMass station on the MBTA Red Line, which would have been renovated under the Olympics plan.[3]

On 4 March 2015, part of the roof of the building collapsed under the weight of snow[4][5] during Boston's record-setting winter of 2015.[6]

In April 2016, a phased demolition of the building that made up the site began in order to expand the parking area, build new pedestrian walkways connecting Mount Vernon Street with the Dorchester Shores Reservation and the Boston HarborWalk, and improve the lighting, landscaping, bike racks, and security devices.[7][8] In January 2018, the UMass System put the property up for sale.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Forry, Edward (17 February 2010). "BREAKING NEWS- UMass and Bayside Expo agree on sale". Dorchester Reporter. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "25-Year Campus Master Plan". University of Massachusetts Boston. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Dezenski, Lauren (14 January 2015). "Vital Olympic transit projects not in state bond bill". Dorchester Reporter. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Partial Roof Collapse At Former Bayside Expo Center". WHDH-TV. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Michaels, Justin; Jones, Tim (March 4, 2015). "Partial Roof Collapse at Old Bayside Expo Center". NECN. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Boston Inches Closer To Snowfall Total Record". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ↑ UMass Boston Bayside Property - University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Massachusetts Boston, retrieved March 22, 2017
  8. ↑ "Former Bayside Expo Coming Down". UMass Boston News. April 29, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ Rios, Simón (January 25, 2018). "UMass Boston Lists Bayside Site For Potential Sale". WBUR. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
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