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3 sets of twins and a triplets.

MADOT is VERY worried about losing the Reconnecting our Communities grant it was awarded from DC ($335M). The feeling is that Reconnecting Our Communities is just the type of grant from the 2021 infrastructure bill that Trump will want to undo. And Allston was one of the few very large grants...

I'm sure alot of us are familiar with this book but thought I'd share anyway. "Boston's Oldest Buildings & Where to Find Them" https://www.amazon.com/Bostons-Oldest-Buildings-Where-Find/dp/1684580390

Yeah, it looks like it's just a modified PBU. It would be cheap and easy to make since there are several precasters that have the formwork to build these. I'm actually kind of impressed with DOT coming up with an inexpensive, straight-forward (if temporary) solution.

Bingo. To make the decorative steel longer you need to make it taller (it's already a pretty shallow arch as is). This will make it more prominent and "block" the view of the Zakim. I'm ambivalent to whether or not they should have made the decorative feature longer and higher, but I think...

But even that timeline seems to have slipped. I'm now hearing goal for northbound is "end of September" where as before it was "by September" or "in September" I can't remember which. Given that they still have not started work, end of September could be a stretch.

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that they didn't create a keystone at the top of the arch? I know it's not load-bearing so it would just be for aesthetics, but it bothers me that there's a seam at the peak of the arches.

Work to start on reopening Congress Street soon. The goal is to have half the road open for northbound traffic by September. Not sure what the timeline is for southbound traffic.

That's the old control house for the Eversource 115kV substation on Alford St. I don't think that building even gets used anymore but ES won't give up that real estate in case they need to further expand the substation.

I've seen the drawings. You are correct.

Anyone else notice there was a big fish kill around bridge last week (Friday most likely)? There were flocks of seagulls feeding on thousands of dead fish all last weekend. Anyone know why this happens?

It's actually 2 substations along Alford Street. A 345kV station north of the driveway/gate and a 115kV substation to the south. They need to stay. They were identified as "Critical Infrastructure" and that's why they got the 25' tall ballistic fences around them (FERC mandate). Also, ISO...

Apologies if someone has already mentioned this, but apparently this curtainwall is self-tinting glass to limit the greenhouse effect on sunny days.

I don't pretend to know what "Charlestown Voice's" real motivations are, but it does seem to me that you could sell this building and use the proceeds to put up a lot more PSH units elsewhere in Charlestown (or elsewhere in the city). This site is basically on the Freedom Trail. Why not swap...

Flipping through my latest edition of ENR this AM and noticed that B to C Connector won New England Project of the year in the Airport Category.