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Here are this week’s Watertown home sales, take a look at the details. $429,000 – 16 Capitol St. Unit 16, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
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$412,000 – 91 Spring Street Unit 12, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
$456,214 – 97 Madison Avenue, 6 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Ranch single-family home
When the old Circle Supply building on Bacon Street was torn down, the demolition company found some diamonds among the rubble – old pine wood beams.
While the wood looked in rough shape, it was just what Cambridge-based Longleaf Lumber wants. The beam are made from heart pine that came from the southern longleaf pine forest and was brought up to construct the building, said Marc Poirier, co-owner of Longleaf. “The building seems to go back to the 1920s, but the wood looks older,” Poirier said. “It is beautiful, dense beams. They have a lot of damage but we will saw off the waste and end up with the pearls inside.” The heart pine is prized because it is rot and insect resistance, but it has been harvested out of existence, except for some groves that have been preserved.
The Planning Board heard from plenty of concerned residents about plans to transform the corner of Mt. Auburn and Arlington streets into a CVS/Pharmacy. The proposed store and parking lot would replace the gas station at the corner, the Elk’s Club and a small office building in Coolidge Square. The project would include a 13,000 square foot store – slightly larger than the one in Watertown Square – and would have an entrance on the corner and another in the back parking lot. It would add landscaping along Arlington Street and in the parking lot.
Check out the homes that sold in Watertown this week. $410,000 – 21 Angela Lane Unit G-4, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
$601,000 – 125 Coolidge Ave Unit 307 4 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, Mid-Rise condo/townhouse
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$650,000 – 10 Carlton Terr. 2 unit, 12 total room, 4 total bedroom, 2 Family multi-family home
$644,000 – 10 Hillside Road, 7 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home
The store that started as a small bicycle on Galen Street nearly 40 years ago has been named one of the top bicycle stores in the nation.
Farina’s, located on Galen Street near Watertown Street, was named one of 2014 America’s Best Bike Shops by the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Stores across the nation can apply, and the criteria for the award include customer service, business practices, bicycle advocacy, employee training and community service, said Paula Farina Pollis, one of the co-owners along with her brothers Anthony and Michael. “We are thrilled to be ranked among the top stores,” Farina Pollis said. “This year less than 300 shops fell into this category out of more than 4,000 bicycle retailers.” The process is long, and included essay questions and having a secret shopper come into the store.
Three Town Council subcommittees met last week to shore up the details of the town’s request to the State Legislature for more liquor licenses, but by the end of the meeting Councilors had not made a decision. At a previous meeting, the members of the Rules & Ordinances, Economic Development & Planning, and Public Safety subcommittees, discussed asking for 15 new licenses. Five would go to approved projects or existing locations. The other 10 would be divvied up among different areas of town. Last week, however, the group was not sure how to handle the forthcoming requests for liquor licenses from the Arsenal Project (formerly Arsenal Mall) for new restaurants.
These homes sold this week. See where they are and how much they sold for. $655,000 – 626 Belmont Street, 10 room, 4 bedroom, 2 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home
$425,000 – 475 Arsenal St. Unit E, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom, condo/townhouse
$454,000 – 20 Myrtle St. Unit 20, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Townhouse condo/townhouse
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$430,000 – 30 Prospect Street, 5 room, 3 bedroom, 1 full bathroom, Cape single-family home
$460,000 – 18 Hudson Street, 5 room, 2 bedroom, 1 full & 1 half bathroom, Colonial single-family home
Some significant developments have been proposed in East Watertown, and some area residents are interested in what people think about the projects. Developers seek to build a CVS/Pharmacy at the corner of Arlington and Mt. Auburn streets at the site of a gas station and the Elks Club (see more here). Another project has been proposed at the former GE Ionics site on Grove Street where an office building will be renovated and a multi-story garage is proposed (read more here). Both projects are on the agenda for the Nov.