Recent content by brazile

Can't speak for Milton. I believe Arlington does.

Seems more PoMo Greek Revival than Deco to me, but what do I know?

I ride the Reformatory Branch on a road bike all the time without difficulty, and I encourage anyone curious to try it; unless it's just rained a lot (and even sometimes then) it's perfectly doable. Larger tires help, but I think they're better on all roads than the old 700Cx23 days anyway. I...

It was active in my commuting lifetime, pretty sure into the 2000s at least. Almost nobody ever stopped there, although a number of people intending to signal the stop at Lake St pushed the button early, casing the driver to pull into it, then grouse a bit about having to pull back into the Rt 2...

The clue is in the building with the cupola.

And even the "before" photo above shows a pretty-clearly remodeled building from the 20s or 30s. Filled in the old multi-pane windows and who knows what lurks behind that sheet metal cap...

I wouldn't have guessed that, but in retrospect it makes some sense. Both because of how much more capacity there is for bicycles, and because the route is straight shot into both Kendall Square and Boston from the northwest suburbs (that I used to commute to work in both places for 20 years)...

While an enthusiastic governor would make a real difference, seems like we're aiming at the wrong spot. Given the feudal system that is the Great and General Court, I think until we get a speaker who thinks transportation is important (and more important than appeasing...well, I'll just try to...

Walked a bit down my street, I see. View's better on a clearer day.

Well, not exactly that building, or at least, not just that building, which I think was put up in 1980. The ARPANET work was begun in the early- to mid-70s (arguably earlier in some forms), and at the time, BBN occupied buildings further up Moulton St. Also took over some buildings (a former can...

It wasn't. Just an observation. At the time, it seemed more or less current, but in retrospect it was getting toward the end of that era of commercial interior design. Tail end of the po-mo era and stuff that came with it from my perspective. We moved from that space to a converted furniture...

I worked in that building 1996-1998. The lobby was pleasant but not remarkable; had a late-80s feel, but nice enough, lots of light-ish wood and warm colors, not particularly brightly lit. Did ride up the elevator with Bobby Orr once, though. His agents were on the floor below us (I think? It...

If I recall correctly, that building (identified as formerly IDC, has had numerous tenants over the years, including Interleaf [I think] and Microsoft) was the first large suburban building to have T1 internet service, which was both speculative at the time and turned out to be a big selling...

"Mashup" being an important point: they require an industrial-scale press to make. Gelatin is tough stuff!

Yes, that does looks like sensor dust. Dust on the lens is generally so far out of focus you can't see it as a thing, just generalized lower contrast.