Recent content by shmessy

Read the article - -it's not just the building: "....After surveying the Matthews Arena lot, Haley & Aldrich reported concentrations of lead, asbestos and other toxic chemicals within the soil. In accordance with state laws regarding hazardous waste, the Massachusetts Department of...

Amen. I'm right now Google Streetviewing Amory Street next to the Green St OL station and that is pathetic - - with the huge residential need this city has...

This sentence in the Universal Hub link confused me; " Pulgini said the building would improve the streetscape through the planting of seven street trees, wider sidewalks, and the reduction of the width of its curb cut from 100 to 12 feet." ......until I saw the Google streetview of the...

Yup, Ballantyne succeeding Curtatone ended Somerville's aggressive growth vision. She's terrible.

This is why I'm so excited about the massive amounts of residential units popping up in Everett - - no matter how "5 over 1" they are and how they disappoint the Odurandina's on this website who simply want to jot down the height listings in their notebooks. THIS is what brings us closer to a...

The tapered helmet of 111 Huntington is a mere 3 stories - - something like that with a beacon (if there was one also at North Station, which unfortunately there isn’t - - instead it has another Boston Crew Cut there too) would be more meaningful and interesting than an Odurandina Lego City in...

It would if all you care about is height and nothing else. +1 you make a good point - -but height isn‘t the only thing. It’s a city/metro area, not merely a LEGO set. Perhaps “6 story/320 unit residential/ground floor retail” would be better description.

Jeeebus, look at that crane towering up there like a spire - - - Bring it down before a plane hits it!!!!!! Surely, Logan is closed down during the construction......

It's 320 residential units.....and in Everett....in a neighborhood described by the OP as "It's a warehouse district with single family homes just scattered through, one or two per block..." That is a major turn towards urbanity. And once that first pioneer project goes in, others will...

That's an understated freaking urban home run!

......and they could not get it done in time for the most important long weekend of the year for Boston to put its best face forward to the world - - The Boston Marathon. Disinterested and Lethargic.

Cambridge authorities these days all of a sudden regarding height???? Bring it on!

I wish :ROFLMAO: (.....and notice that is going to be the best characteristic of the project).

Correct me if I'm wrong - - this store will not be competing with bookshops, but with chain stores that sell "cutting-edge phones and tablets to earbuds and watches". I may be wrong, but it doesn't seem to be replacing Ma and Pa Retired Teacher.

Yup, I do know this. It could always be a tapering of the top 5-6 stories - a la 111 Huntington Avenue - and it doesn't have to be very long - - just as a detail (that's what SHE said ;)) Hell, they are already doing a tapering at the top of this tower - - just as an unimaginative boxy method.