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Man, the Museum of Science was one of my favorite places. When I was in grade school I would go there myself and really enjoy it. This was back in the late 1950s. I loved the science library, the transparent woman exhibit, Spooky the Owl, the Planetarium. It was like my second home.

You're right. I'm just wishful thinking. Eventually it will be redeveloped, hopefully in the next building cycle.

Well, in 1971 all new highways inside Rte 128/I-95 were cancelled, so we were left with gridlocked 1910 vintage roads. Not that expressways were the answer, but an expansion of rapid transit, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and multi-use paths/bike lanes extensive enough to offset the...

Yes, that would be because you posted exactly the same map as last time. Deja vu all over again.

Not a requirement for a supertall, but a zoning minimum height of 10 stories. At least that height would fit the surrounding buildings, and not look like the sunken hole it does now.

Boston on steroids! Most of these AI depictions of Boston end up looking way more like Chicago.

I like it, but would extend the northern end of it to Chelsea via a new transit-friendly Tobin Bridge replacement.

Or sell it to someone who was willing and able to develop a taller building.

That can't be right, because 63 years ago I was going to the Museum of Science and the planetarium..

Too bad the city's zoning doesn't require a minimum height for specific parcels such as this one.

I would remove only the west-bound Route 16 overpass, and move both directions of Route 16 to the surface. The existing east-bound Route 16 overpass would be left in place, but converted to a greenway "land bridge" carrying a new multi-use path (in yellow) over Main Street.. The bright green...

Except that the GL tunnel curve from Tremont St to Boylston St might be tight, because the elevated trains didn't go in that part of the tunnel.

Eliminate all on-street parking, add bike lanes, keep one traffic lane in each direction, construct a GL reservation down the middle, and there you have it!

Wow, that first one is surrealistic to the max. Love it!

My wish is that the two tracks would continue on to a new portal next to Sorrow Drive between Leverett Circle and Longfellow Bridge, then continue on the surface to Charlesgate alongside a road-dieted Storrow Drive in which the current 6 traffic lanes are reduced down to 4 lanes, with the two...

Looks more like a view of Chicago along the Chicago River, looking east toward Lake Michigan.

The recent SR 99 deep bore tunnel under downtown Seattle carries 4 lanes of highway, 2 lanes on each level. See images below. So, based on that I would assume 4 tracks is possible in a single deep bored tunnel.

I could be wrong, but the pearl clutching/NIMBYism rose to significance later, in the late 1960s after the BRA's urban renewal projects thoroughly traumatized the public. Before that, I think Boston was pretty much forward-looking and open to new development. That said, I don't recall any...

The jug handle turn off Mass Ave EB to Cedar/Harvey/Cameron is in a commercial block, so it works politically.

In commercial or business areas, or even in dense apartment building areas, it would work. However, in residential areas like North Cambridge there would be objections from residents to the increased traffic on their residential side streets.