UMass Boston wants to build housing

The University of Massachusetts at Boston plans to dramatically overhaul its crumbling campus by adding academic buildings and reviving a proposal to build the school's first residence halls. The construction plans are part of a large-scale campaign to transform the college into a waterfront showcase. The campus redesign would capitalize on its Dorchester Bay location and replace the school's vast brick plazas with a series of grassy quads linked by pedestrian walkways.

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