bigpicture7
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But it's also 100% not "soaring."
It's "soaring" in the way that wild turkeys can technically fly, kinda/sorta, but you'd never mistake them for a bald eagle.
But it's also 100% not "soaring."
There’s a feeling I get when I look to the West?Just a blurry snip from my GoPro while biking by, but there is now a bunch of signage advertising the development that lights up at night:
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Lyrics from "Stairway to Heaven"?There’s a feeling I get when I look to the West?
The song lyric advertising made me realize it is probably a gesture to Berklee and Boston Conservatory, since they are on the edge of that campus area.This is the worst named project I can remember, long live parcel 12!
are they doing anything outside of its name to help the music community here? If you have a name as bad as Lyrik, you better have some practice rooms or a basement venue space for students.The song lyric advertising made me realize it is probably a gesture to Berklee and Boston Conservatory, since they are on the edge of that campus area.
I still can't unsee Peoples' Republik (i.e., old cambridge spot) when I see this name.are they doing anything outside of its name to help the music community here? If you have a name as bad as Lyrik, you better have some practice rooms or a basement venue space for students.
I believe the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture is always asking for rehearsal space but it's usually permanent. The idea of temporary as spaces aren't being used is a good one.I still can't unsee Peoples' Republik (i.e., old cambridge spot) when I see this name.
Secondly, don't even get me started on practice spaces: the city absolutely needs to do more to encourage that, especially given the swaths of underutilized space these days. It should not be hard to play in a band in a city - especially a city with commercial vacancy. My gut tells me that what limits this is not the availability of square footage (given how no-frills a space can be, so long as there's some soundproofing), rather, about liability. You can't just have a revolving door of random people hanging out in your basement; the space has to be appropriately insured; it needs to be appropriately designated w/ ingress/egress vs. the rest of the building; you need a booking system where people put down their real names. Not rocket science, but something that takes thought vs. "hey let me just leave my basement unlocked." Nonetheless, it is not asking too much, and the city should include this as a form of community benefit offset that developers can participate in. And, yes, this developer should have been asked to do that here!
From your keyboard to Wu's (and whoever else has any meaningful sway) ears!I still can't unsee Peoples' Republik (i.e., old cambridge spot) when I see this name.
Secondly, don't even get me started on practice spaces: the city absolutely needs to do more to encourage that, especially given the swaths of underutilized space these days. It should not be hard to play in a band in a city - especially a city with commercial vacancy. My gut tells me that what limits this is not the availability of square footage (given how no-frills a space can be, so long as there's some soundproofing), rather, about liability. You can't just have a revolving door of random people hanging out in your basement; the space has to be appropriately insured; it needs to be appropriately designated w/ ingress/egress vs. the rest of the building; you need a booking system where people put down their real names. Not rocket science, but something that takes thought vs. "hey let me just leave my basement unlocked." Nonetheless, it is not asking too much, and the city should include this as a form of community benefit offset that developers can participate in. And, yes, this developer should have been asked to do that here!
The song lyric advertising made me realize it is probably a gesture to Berklee and Boston Conservatory, since they are on the edge of that campus area.
Wasn't that huge Tower Records emporium across the street years ago?
Oof…. That ages me. It doesn’t feel like it was “years ago”.Wasn't that huge Tower Records emporium across the street years ago?
Was it still a Tower Records in 2003? Obviously time makes our memories hazy, but I thought it had already become an HMV by that time. Both stores were once my go to Friday evening kick-off if I didn't have other plans. Hit Tower, browse, listen, buy something, then pick-up a nice bottle to drink while listening to the album back at the apartment was always a good way to spend an otherwise unprogrammed evening.I won a trip to England during "Collegefest" 2003 by crossing the street from the Hynes to submit a ballot on the 2nd floor of that Tower Records.
Was it still a Tower Records in 2003? Obviously time makes our memories hazy, but I thought it had already become an HMV by that time. Both stores were once my go to Friday evening kick-off if I didn't have other plans. Hit Tower, browse, listen, buy something, then pick-up a nice bottle to drink while listening to the album back at the apartment was always a good way to spend an otherwise unprogrammed evening.
I think it was a Virgin Megastore in 2003? Which might have kind of been similar. I think the tower records was still open on the corner of Bolyston St and Ipswitch in the Fens in 2003, though.Wikipedia says 2001 but I could swear it was still a Tower Records when I won that trip. I don't know, can't go back in time, but it's the biggest thing I have won in my life and that's my memory of how it happened.