Recent content by Charlie_mta

I agree. This site, in any kind of a rational world, would be occupied by an office/residential high rise having shops/bars/restaurants on the ground floor. I don't know how the gods of suburbia were allowed to plop down this Dick's white elephant onto this prime location perfect for high rise...

Lord and Taylor at least had an outward appearance of class, which IMO complemented the upscale urban setting of the Back Bay. Not to sound snobby, but does everything everywhere have to be at the lowest common denominator taste-wise?

It looks vulgar to me.

Love the maps. They're like steampunk sci-fi, set in Boston.

I don't buy the story that the A branch closed because of a shortage of cars caused by the Riverside line. I think the closure was due to the MBTA's aversion to street-running, because they could have re-opened the A Branch when new cars were procured, but they didn't. Same with the E Line to...

Great map. It looks like an alternative reality that could have happened, especially the Blue Line to Harvard Sq, which was the original plan when the Longfellow Bridge was built.

That would look great in post-industrial neighborhoods such as Everett or the Kendall Sq area.

The one benefit of including the train layover yard is that it would provide room for a future GL or BL station and tracks at that location.

Exactly. Rutherford Ave will be studied to death for years before anything happens on the ground.

"Move to Boston"....apparently from Cambridge?

It's a great area for new housing, near the Red Line, bus line, shopping and the Fresh Pond Reservation with trails. etc.

Yikes! The young guy with the white zippered jacket sitting on the left side of the table looks exactly like me when I was that age.

Thanks. That's what i was getting at.

You're right in that regard. People are more health conscious, which is a good thing. I myself do a 15-mile bike ride a few times a week when it's nice out (at age 74). I guess I'm from a time when dress and manners were a bit more formal. After all, I wore a necktie or bowtie to school...

Can't help but think how the change from Lord and Taylor to Dick's House of Sport is reflective of the degradation of American culture in general.