Recent content by BostonMike

My daughter (9yo at the time) and I tried it. It wasn't nearly as scary as we expected. Some of the rides at the top of the Stratosphere in Vegas, on the other hand... Stratosphere Thrill Rides Las Vegas (vegastotherescue.com)

As someone who has lurked on this site for a long time now (only posting occasionally) I just have to say this was my favorite digression yet. Nice work all!

On a related note (I think), I hadn't seen this before. https://www.epsteinjoslin.com/symphony-hall-expansion-study Anyone know the backstory?

They seem really excited about the heated seats. Maybe it's just me, but I don't get it. If the building is heated, why the need for the heated seats? It's not like getting into a car that has been sitting in freezing temperatures. Regardless, this seems like a nice addition for the seaport.

If you stand at the right spot, you can actually see all three at once. I tried it yesterday. (A real high point of my day.) I can't imagine they'll keep all three open. The JFK St one seems the most likely option for closing--CVS seems to be moving to larger stores and that one just doesn't fit...

Re: "Skinny tower" - 171 Tremont St. Dang! I'll try again in another nine years.

"Skinny tower" - 171 Tremont St. Didn't see a thread about this, so I thought I'd start my first. http://www.boston.com/real-estate/luxury-living/2015/01/09/new-skinny-tower-proposed-near-boston-common/ZaaR2KOWCLH6jt628oxbzH/story.html

Re: Public Food Market The garage doesn't actually occupy that much space on the ground floor. You drive in and immediately go up a ramp. There's no ground floor parking.

Looks like Harvard is on board. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/04/harvard-backs-bike-share-program/

Looks like there are some renovations coming to the Verizon building on Post Office Square. http://www.boston.com/business/gallery/185franklin/?p1=News_links (Sorry if there's already a thread for this; I couldn't find one.)

I was walking by the site of the former Chili's in Harvard Square and noticed a banner for a new project, Charles Place. Anyone heard anything about this? http://www.charlesplacecambridge.com/ I can't really tell where this is in the approval process. Looks like every other new building to...

I suspect you'd agree that yours isn't an entirely fair comparison, Jass. Nevertheless, you're right that we should keep some perspective on these things.

Thought you all might be interested that the two new classrooms in Larsen Hall at the Harvard Graduate School of Education have been given LEED-CI Platinum status--the first LEED platinum classrooms in the world...

It's a new health and wellness center. http://charlestownbridge.com/archive/news_db/20080612/20080612.html#ST3532 Bunker Hill Community College broke ground Tuesday for a 48,000-square-foot Health and Wellness Center, the first new building on the Charlestown campus in 30 years, Mary L...

Stand on the right side of the escalator, walk on the left.