Here is some food for thought - please see some of the winning concepts from the City Lab competition that tackle infrastructure:
http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/wpa_2.0_competition_announces_six_finalists/
Please see this idea for a new park system in the Fort Point neighborhood. The architect is proposing to claim existing elevated zones for public use:
http://shiftboston.blogspot.com/2009/09/re-envisioning-south-bostons-fort-point.html
Some of these ideas are terrific - so let's do something to push for a better city. Please submit your ideas in the SHIFTboston competition and let Boston see them. Its time to shake this place up a little bit, dont you think?
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I am behind the SHIFTboston blog and competition. I read through these comments and find some of them quite interesting. I would like to be clear about who we are and what we are doing to avoid any further misconceptions.
SHIFT is NOT a group of elitest, ego-architects.
We are a group that is...