Apr 1, 2026

198 Elmwood Past & Future

A simple rendering of what the old Babtist church site might look like.

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The picture below is before the ongoing bridge work was started. More history here and here

The 198 Elmwood Avenue site today — the former Baptist church before the bridge work — What we have now

What is being proposed based on my estimates and the limitataions of ChatGPT. The complete Elmwood block down to Essex will be zoned to allow for this too. Denser than Suburban Square. This is reminscent of proposals past

AI rendering of a five-story apartment building at 198 Elmwood Avenue — What is coming

AI rendering of another possible apartment block under the proposed 4a zoning — And

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