Recent content by LexSEDotVille

I really hope this doesn't get built - why hasn't the "Brickbottom Small Area Plan" been adopted yet? (second iteration presented to planning despite a '22 'final draft') Proposed: 151 Linwood St U-Haul Drive-in (across Joy St from the new E Somerville T Station)...

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4/20 Now visible from Spaulding Charlestown: and Charlestown Navy Yard Ferry Terminal:

No visible progress 4/20:

No activity 4/20:

4/20: Medford St @ Tufts St Decatur St @ Samuel Morse Way

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I've noticed it's been closed for a while now with lots of reconstruction. Is this a part of the Rutherford redesign or a moot 'fix?"

If that ground floor config/treatment is 'as-of-right,' dare I say something's wrong with the 'as-of-rite.'

I'm not advocating for the elimination of open space... I think if the state is going to stick with the wide corridor, the plan is relatively well balanced. I just think the surrounding parcels should be up-zoned to meet the scale of the right-of-way and the urban context. I'm wondering if...

My thinking's changed somewhat now after realizing the state will/would never seek to reduce the width of the right-of-way. I've started thinking that zoning could play the most crucial role in 'right-sizing' the new boulevard. I really hope Somerville considers a re-zoning/corridor plan while...

The main thing I altered was the frontage roads - SUPER excessive in my opinion. Most of the state proposal was left intact in the illustration above, I just shifted the location of some of the proposed infrastructure to eliminate the frontage roads. Travel lanes, sidewalks, verges, separated...

Made a quick mockup of what I previously suggested - returning some of the width of McGrath back to Somerville to be rezoned to better stitch together the neighborhoods, improve ped experience, and reduce the excess right-of-way width. (Open to suggestions, and very rough) (would probably flip...

Wow what a loss! RIP streetcars. Had to go look for a map of this location to orient myself - 1913 Bromley:

I feel like there's an 'elephant in the room' that hasn't come up directly yet in this discussion that goes beyond NIMBYism but is often a basis for NIMBYs. I hope the state comes down on them hard.