Boston drivers face costly crunch as parking disappears

BOSTON – For three years, the dilapidated city-owned Winthrop Square garage in Boston's Financial District has sat vacant, nearly a decade after it was designated as a site for a new skyscraper by City Hall. When the Boston Redevelopment Authority closed the garage, ostensibly for engineering reviews, it took the best parking deal downtown away from long-suffering Hub commuters who paid just $20 a day for one of its 435 spaces. Only a few years earlier, it was even cheaper – and this in a neigh

BOSTON – For three years, the dilapidated city-owned Winthrop Square garage in Boston's Financial District has sat vacant, nearly a decade after it was designated as a site for a new skyscraper by City Hall. When the Boston Redevelopment Authority closed the garage, ostensibly for engineering reviews, it took the best parking deal downtown away from long-suffering Hub commuters who paid just $20 a day for one of its 435 spaces. Only a few years earlier, it was even cheaper – and this in a neigh…