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Here's a site from the University of Oklahoma's Institute for Quality Communities with some interesting (and depressing) before and after images of some the bigger cities of the northeast US. Boston is included: http://iqc.ou.edu/2015/01/21/60yrsnortheast/

New condo/townhouse project going up on the site of the infamous Coconut Grove fire. The site is currently a parking lot. From the project's website http://www.piedmontparksquare.com/index.html: Piedmont Park Square is a new construction building in Bay Village that offers eight luxury...

An uncompleted 45-story building in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas has been inhabited by as many as 2500 squatters. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/inside-caracas-tower-of-david-the-worlds-tallest-slum

Please choose one. Polls close 11:59pm on Monday Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Kenmore Square parking lot by BU 2. Park Plaza Castle on Arlington Street 3. Lot at Dartmouth and Newbury 5. Seaport...

Please choose one. Polls close 11:59pm on Monday Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Forest Hills Village 2. D St Parking Garage 3. 45 Stuart Street 4. Fenway Center 5. South Coast Rail 6. No Award

Please choose one. Polls close 11:59pm on Monday Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Filene's Millennium Tower 2. Cape Cod rail extension 3. Ink Block 4. Northeastern University's New IMP 5.Edgar...

Please choose one. Polls close 11:59pm on Mon, Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. MassArt tower 2. Isabella Stuart Gardner Expansion 3. Os Gemeos mural on greenway 4. North Bank Pedestrian Bridge 5...

REMEMBER TO CHOOSE 3! Polls close 11:59pm on Mon Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Warren Towers 2. McCarthy Overpass 3. Landmark Center 4. Former Middlesex County Court House and Jail 5. Melnea...

REMEMBER TO CHOOSE 3! Polls close 11:59pm on Monday Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Post Office Square 2. Old State House 3. New State House 4. Park Street Church 5. Old John Hancock Tower 6...

REMEMBER TO CHOOSE 3! Polls close 11:59pm on Monday Feb. 25. A list of all previous winners can be found here: http://www.archboston.org/awards/ In no particular order: 1. Sellout98 - Modernism of Park St 2. Gmack24 - Blue Lights 3. Piggiston - Snowy Marina 4. Piggiston - Snowy Harbor...

BU Today has posted a piece on the changing face of Kenmore Sq, including this slideshow showing the various state of the Sq. over the years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2Ncl8G2Y0 Judging from the comments following the article and the initial reaction over at UHub, the consensus seems to...

Welcome to the 2012 archBOSTON Awards! Nominate your choices for each award in their respective threads: Best New Development of 2012 Best Proposed Development Best Photo Worst New Development of 2012 Worst Proposed Development Worst Empty Parcel Hall of Fame Hall of Shame A permanent section...

All members are encouraged to nominate a Boston area project* completed in 2012 that they believe is deserving of special recognition for its positive impact on the built environment. Previous winners: 2011 Liberty Wharf 2010 Emerson College's Paramount Center 2009 (2-way tie) Puma City...

All members are encouraged to nominate an active proposal for a site in the Boston area not under construction that they believe could make the biggest positive impact on the built environment. (A proposal cannot win two years in a row) Previous winners: 2011: Simon's Copley Residential...

Members are encouraged to nominate an existing building, park or piece of infrastructure in the Boston area that they believe makes a positive, integral contribution to the built environment. These deserve special recognition and possess attributes worthy of emulation in future projects...

Members are encouraged to nominate an existing building, park or piece of infrastructure in the Boston area that they believe diminishes the built environment. These possess attributes that should not be replicated and should serve as a model for what not to do in future projects. There...

All members are encouraged to nominate a Boston area project* completed in 2012 that they believe is deserving of special recognition for its negative impact on the built environment. Previous winners: 2011 No Award 2010 No Award 2009 One Marina Park Drive 2008 Rose Kennedy Greenway...

Members are encouraged to nominate what they believe is the worst proposal for a site in the Boston area not under construction. (A proposal cannot win two years in a row) Previous winners: 2011: Suffolk Downs Casino 2010: Urban Ring Bus Rapid Transit 2009: Anti-Shadow Legislation 2008...

Nominate what you believe is the most detrimental vacant lot in the Boston area. Previous winners: 2011 North End Municipal Lot 2010 Former Boston Garden Site 2009 Former Filene's

Nominate your favorite photo posted on archBOSTON in 2012. Previous winners: 2011 (2-way tie): Bridges Crossing by Boston02124 And... Beacon Hill Blizzard by Piggiston 2010: Fiery Skyline by Boston02124 2009: Too Much Halloween Candy by kz1000ps 2008: Hole in DTX by Endus