I don't think Dedham is any more pro-transit now, so I'm not sure there has ever been or would ever have been a chance to extend the Orange Line there other than the BERy Map.
Plus, I'm not sure a VFW Parkway park-and-ride serves Dedham that much worse than a terminus closer to Dedham Center...
I love the idea that people will just be sitting in the bleachers in business attire with their iPads watching random people swim or shoot hoops. Kind of creepy, actually.
Until they actually sign the ground lease or purchase agreement, absolutely they can. Winning an RFP has no legal weight. Depending on the RFP, they don't even have to award to the winner...
Also, bear in mind that the entire idea of selling and redeveloping the SSC was a late-stage Baker Administration project. The Healey Administration may just kill it, the same as the Baker Administration killed the Transportation Building sale and MassDOT relocation that Deval Patrick floated in...
Even without Bowdoin, you're a quarter-mile from Charles MGH (the new far-end headhouse), North Station, and Haymarket depending on exactly how you draw the route.
As long as one person is having fun there, it will be more useful as a public space than the current buildings are, and every Nero I go into is pretty packed and seems like a valuable public resource. Without getting into a larger debate, I don't think the best way to assist and support the...
Revised plans: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2024-03/Broadway 299 Package 05 Lot 02 Building B Drawings 2024 03 11.pdf
The revision is to add units to both buildings.
Yup, though my vision actually has the Pike itself using the current Birmingham alignment to space it out from the rail line enough to accommodate a full set of ramps, but same idea.