From the November issue: For five decades, Broome Street east of Essex was a dead zone — blighted by the remnants of a slum clearance and urban renewal project whose renewal never materialized, stymied by political squabbling. These days, however, pedestrians avoid that stretch of Broome for a different reason — it’s a massive construction site. Three years after the city selected a consortium of developers to put the six long-vacant acres to use, four of … [more]