Boston 2024 Releases Olympic Proposal 2.0, Including Plans for Franklin Park

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Rough map of JP sites for Boston 2024 in the 2.0 plan released Monday, June 29, 2015.

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Rough map of JP sites for Boston 2024 in the 2.0 plan released Monday, June 29, 2015.

Rendering of equestrian and pentathlon facilities for Franklin Park in Boston 2024's '2.0' plan

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Rendering of equestrian and pentathlon facilities for Franklin Park in Boston 2024's 2.0 plan

Boston 2024, a private group spearheading the city's bid to host the summer Olympics, unveiled an updated proposal Monday morning. One major change affecting JP would be that a pool is no longer being envisioned for Franklin Park.

Looking at the new proposal from a city-wide perspective, the ambitious plan calls for the construction of two entirely new Boston neighborhoods.

The proposal, dubbed 2.0, outlined plans for a temporary Olympic stadium that would seat 69,000, and would be completely repurposed or recycled after the games. Adjacent to the stadium, in "Midtown," are plans for 4,000 permanent units of housing, including 500 affordable units.

David Manfredi, co-chairman of Boston2024's master planning committee, said in a video of Monday's presentation Rendering of what Franklin Park would look like after being used for equestrian events and the pentathlon in Boston 2024's 2.0 plan Rendering of what Franklin Park would look like after being used for equestrian events and the pentathlon in Boston 2024's 2.0 plan[/caption]

If the bid goes through, Jamaica Plain's Franklin Park would be home to the pentathlon and equestrian events, as Rough map of JP sites for Boston 2024 in the 2.0 plan released Monday, June 29, 2015. Rough map of JP sites for Boston 2024 in the 2.0 plan released Monday, June 29, 2015.[/caption]

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