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    BRA's Kairos Shen's under pressure to resign

    Can't blame him one bit. Blame the law that made this possible.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    Re: Boston College Master Plan debut I'm Assuming there are some tax implications when a non-profit university becomes a landlord for unrelated for profit businesses as well.
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    Ink Block (Boston Herald) | 300 Harrison Avenue | South End

    I'm on board with the idea - let's see how the execution is -
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    The Beverly (née Merano) (Parcels 1B & 1C) | Bulfinch Triangle | West End

    Re: The Merano Hidden motivation for the project - it's now a parking garage for LoveJoy residents.
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    The Beverly (née Merano) (Parcels 1B & 1C) | Bulfinch Triangle | West End

    Re: The Merano No thank you. I hope this doesn't get built but it seems to be that this is the result of backroom negotiation and is already a "done deal".
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    MBTA Winter 2015: Failure and Recovery

    I thought I saw a breakdown that says the free day will cost $1.5M and the discounted passed around $3.5 for $5M total.
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    MBTA Winter 2015: Failure and Recovery

    I would think small modest increases would be a lot easier to handle for a low-income budget than massive sweeping changes every few years. The massive fare changes also consume a substantial amount of time and energy.
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    Copley Place Expansion and Tower | Back Bay

    The money that the mysterious "Foreign Investor" pays to purchase the housing doesn't disappear into the ether. It goes to pay the salaries of everyone involved with building the development and the investor to get a return on their investment and fund more housing units. This is undoubtedly...
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    Copley Place Expansion and Tower | Back Bay

    Summed up fairly well in the Opinion piece - http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/04/21/dante-ramos-copley-tower-dispute-shows-how-not-get-more-housing-built/EjC4jFcnCtmbBdx61PPmqO/story.html
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    Lovejoy Wharf - Hoffman Building | 160 North Washington Street | West End

    Just in time for the awesome weekend weather: http://northendwaterfront.com/2015/04/north-end-harborwalk-now-open-to-lovejoy-wharf-garden-charles-river-locks/
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    Copley Place Expansion and Tower | Back Bay

    I believe karma is reserved for situations like these. Whatever community groups are blocking this out of their own self interest will get it back 10 fold in the future.
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    BCEC expansion | Seaport

    Is the BCEC bankrolling the hotel? What's the financing arrangement here.
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    Late night T service take 2

    Even if the T doesn't have an estimate, they should be able to pick up anecdotally on which end stations are worth the trip. They can also try to infer late night origin stations by comparing 2014 vs 2013 data. Regardless of the data issue - I think the overall theme of your post was on point...
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    Late night T service take 2

    It's also tough to get into a commuting pattern that relies on taking a late night train when you don't know if it will be there in a year or not. I didn't see initially that they cut a few of the bus routes and cut back headways, I think this helps a lot. $10M is a lot but I think it's key for...
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    Late night T service take 2

    If this is the only cut they are making its unsustainable. Cut more service now and get this thing to a sustainable base that can't be built from.
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