Recent content by Charlie_mta

Exactly. Rutherford Ave will be studied to death for years before anything happens on the ground.

"Move to Boston"....apparently from Cambridge?

It's a great area for new housing, near the Red Line, bus line, shopping and the Fresh Pond Reservation with trails. etc.

Yikes! The young guy with the white zippered jacket sitting on the left side of the table looks exactly like me when I was that age.

Thanks. That's what i was getting at.

You're right in that regard. People are more health conscious, which is a good thing. I myself do a 15-mile bike ride a few times a week when it's nice out (at age 74). I guess I'm from a time when dress and manners were a bit more formal. After all, I wore a necktie or bowtie to school...

Can't help but think how the change from Lord and Taylor to Dick's House of Sport is reflective of the degradation of American culture in general.

That's not surprising. The national trend is for more young people to go into trades (plumber, mechanic, electrician, pipefitter, carpenter, etc.) rather than college.

The existing bridges could still function for a long time into the future. On the Sagamore, one lane each direction would have to be closed to keep the bridge usable, but the vacated lanes could be used for protected bike lanes and wider sidewalks. Instead of spending several $ billions to...

As they say, it's easier to be forgiven than to get permission.

Then, of course, today there are NIMBYs, worrying about the "crime train" coming to town if passenger rail or transit is built.

I had a lot of experience with obtaining wetland permits from the US Army Corps for road projects. Expanding the railway from 2 tracks to 4 would best be done by elevating on a viaduct the additional 2 tracks. But it would be even better to elevate the entire 4 tracks, excavating out the...

For wetland preservation, an elevated viaduct over wetland areas is much preferred over filling in the wetland.

Looks good, but from the street view the trellis looks like windmills.

What you described is a largely national picture, not much more pronounced in.Boston than anywhere else. The one thing that makes Boston stand out from the crowd is the great condition of the urban core area; downtown and it's immediate environs. Yes, it's more corporate and expensive than 40...