Recent content by chumbolly

I really like this. The combo of the dark colossal order "structure" and divided lights, all in neat, unjumbled rows is a little bit stern, a little bit sultry. Like that German girl that introduced you to Kraftwerk and wore fishnets with her Doc Martins.

I like that thing. The brick is decent, the windows are playful without being overly gimmicky, the cross bracing is interesting, and it's cool how what I assume is the auditorium (the blue box) reveals some function in the form. A little bit New England brick warehouse, a whiff of Renzo Piano.

I miss Ablarc's insights.

Concord is undertaking a transportation planning process starting with public engagement to identify transportation-related things in town that could be improved. Part of that is having a map (linked below) where people (anyone, it seems...) can add pinned comments or like and dislike others'...

I believe he/she is saying it's now a 7-8 on a scale of 1 to 10. So, greatly improved.

These renders spurred me to finally look up the dog sculpture off 495 in Haverhill. TIL: https://dalerogersstudio.com/studio-collection/american-dog/

Build the stadium on top of the planned Ikea.

Hey friend, I think you may have read more into my assessment of the situation than I intended. I don't think I made any claims about foolishness, or anti-bike NIMBYism. I think there are perfectly reasonable cases to be made for keeping the Reformatory unpaved, so long as it is made fully...

I think there's a reasonable chance of an "Assabet-Freeman connector" assuming the MBTA plays ball. The trail is already more or less there for most of the route. The connection between the Reformatory Branch and the BFRT will never happen. Concord recently freaked out about even the idea of...

Here's one tweak that I think would look cool: have the glass at the building corners be curved to give the effect of a round glass shape inside a squared off basket, with space between the basket weave and the glass at the corners. Maybe even have a bow in the glass wall from the top of...

That's funny. I was a tufts kid in 1994 and it definitely was not on students' radar then, but I went there a few times because they didn't ask for ID. The record definitely skipped a groove when I walked in there, but it was a friendly enough place.

My knowledge of Sligo's hasn't been updated since my last time in there in 1994 (the only other bars in Davis at the time, Redbones and Johnny D's, carded), but is Sligo's a popular place now? 30 years ago it was not exactly jumping.

There's actually some interesting trail options between West Concord and South Acton that are close to, but not on, the MBTA ROW. People are looking into making this ARRT/BFRT connection. If you can get to Old Stow Road where it crosses the Fitchburg Line, there's trails through old industrial...

This will never happen, and I say this as someone who has been involved in planning and funding of projects like this in Concord and having spoken to Concord's town staff about this exact idea. The opposition that would come from the Nashawtuc Hill neighborhood to reestablishing the bridges and...

This thread started in 2006. And if I recall correctly, it replaced a thread on the old ArchBoston board that I started a few years before that. What's the rush?:)