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    Steffian Bradley has gone out of business after 87 years

    Has anyone heard any more details about what happened? Did all the branch offices close too? (except UK- I heard they were still open)
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    In todays weather: rain followed by sun. Followed by darkness. After that, some light.
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) -Discussion and Photo Thread

    Re: Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown I'm pissed the previous developer was forced to keep it at the cost of at least a million dollars. The floor heights seriously hamstrung the Elkus design team in that corner of the complex. So many complicated design issues...
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    Or, an "ionic" Boston view, if you are Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    Sounds like the groundwork is being laid for cancellation. Too bad Charlie will get all the blame because this is a culmination of years of indescribable mismanagement and overregulation. The actual blame list is too long to print here. Woulda been nice.
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    Boston 2024

    So, can we get on with fixing the T and the roads now? I heard the Red Line was down again on Saturday. Mass Pike was clogged at 7 on Saturday morning, too. Olympics, indeed.
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    When I was at Elkus, working on the previous iteration of this building, I was repeatedly told that the reason the tower was 40 stories was because of FAA regulations. That was obviously bogus. Still, I'll always wonder why Vornado/Gale opted for that ridiculously complicated cantilever instead...
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    Giant squid have never really recovered from all the bad press they got from 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Disney-1954)
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    New Red and Orange Line Cars

    I don't care what the new cars look like as long as they get the largest volume cars that will fit in the tunnels of each line. London tube trains aren't particularly attractive but I was astonished how many people they could fit at rush hour.
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    Waltham Mayor Proposes Monorail

    I must applaud the boldness and audacity of the idea. 128 is a parking lot as is Waltham's streets at both rush hours. So, any kind of people movement involving buses or anything that adds to road traffic is looney and just adds to the problem. The concept of people-moving unfettered above the...
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    The "MERC" at Moody & Main | Waltham

    Re: The "MERC" at Moody & Main Any idea what these are going to go for?
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    Turner and Samsung got concrete up 1900 ft for the Burj Kalifa. How hard can it be? :-)
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    Well, that WAS the plan on floors 5-8. oh, well.
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    Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

    When I was doing survey work up there in early 2007, the upper floors were office space. All painted gypsum board walls and act ceilings. Nothing very special.
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    Four Seasons Tower @ CSC | 1 Dalton Street | Back Bay

    Anyone hear anything about who's going to build this? Suffolk? Turner?
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