Recent content by Blackbird

Do you have a source? If true, I’d imagine they’re getting the number for the whole US by averaging out the eastern cities (and SF) with the south/heartland areas that were probably 98% old English/German/Scots-Irish and African American at the time. Hyper-locally, I have a hard time believing...

I have marked it as a goal of mine to look more deeply into this, but my impression of the experience my grandparents had coming to the US in the 1920s/30s from Ireland is.. “part 1 - you show up on a boat. part 2 - claim you have some relative in the area who can vouch for you. part 3 -...

I thought Moulton’s had a bad record lately when it comes to trans rights. A brief skim of his wiki article said he supported republicans trying to limit racism being discussed in schools. I’m all for someone taking Markey’s place but it needs to be someone with at least similar levels of...

“On a skyline” doesn’t really relate to most of the city, though. Much of Manhattan outside midtown and downtown is essentially a flat uniform buzzcut.

Ritchiew didn’t spend 10,000 words ripping this article to shreds for you to just repost it as if it were new news.

No? I think there are examples of 5-over-1s successfully slotting into neighborhoods that already have all of (or a combination of) the things that Charlie listed. I don’t think there’s been an example of a new, large-scale development made of mostly or entirely 5-over-1s that has grown to have...

Too bad this has never happened in MA.

You’re describing every new housing development in suburban MA from the last 20 years.

If you want to check on the status of a project, there’s a pinned “What’s Happening with Project X” thread you can ask in. Typically it’s a bit of a faux pas to resurrect an old thread without providing solid updates yourself.

Was the Boston Garden the oldest hockey arena in the world at the time of its demolition? Well, no, it wouldn’t have been because Matthews predated it by 18 years. :rolleyes:

Reminds me of Switzerland’s proposed “never over 10M” law. How entitled and short-sighted to say “what it is now is all it ever should be”.

Couldn’t you say that about any old building? Who’s paying to maintain the Copley Library or Trinity Church?

Damn, that’s crazy. Who in their right mind thought that was a good idea?

Welcome to 2015, Beacon Hill!

Is there an example elsewhere in the state where a development like this has attracted shops and restaurants? Consider me firmly in the “why can’t we just build neighborhoods anymore?” camp.