Legal Opinion
Boston Redevelopment Authority v. National Park Service
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 26, 2015No. Civil Action No. 14-12990-PBSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Patti B. Saris, Chief United States District Judge
Plaintiff Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) is the owner of Long Wharf Pavilion, an open-air structure built in 1988 on Long Wharf in Boston Harbor. BRA seeks to convert Long Wharf Pavilion into a restaurant. But the National Park Service (NPS) insists that the pavilion is protected because of a federal grant awarded to BRA from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in 1981. In support of its position, NPS relies on a map of Long Wharf in its records dated March 27, 1980. BRA now challenges NPS’s reliance on this…
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