Recent content by curcuas

Those victorians are eminently movable by those who want to save them, too....

The funny part about that is *every single one of those windows* will be blocked even by a shorter building (5 vs 6 stories) AND the proposed cantilever would if anything move building mass away from the open interior space that affects all those windows...

Bland midrise buildings, housing hundreds of people (ideally well over a thousand) even with only overpriced coffee shops as retail would be so self-evidently more vital than the Hurley and Lindemann. It's fair to criticize what may get built, but people make cities --- and letting people live...

Besides the normal nimbyism, the opposition to height and a sidewalk cantilever on what's a hot and unprotected sidewalk in a pretty derelicty square is obnoxious.

Saving the extant buildings also ignore that so doing will cost a fortune that the Commonwealth is not paying for....

The Tremont and Herald CVS long seemed like a temporary location while they got the Ink Block one up and running.

Need to build a serious urban corridor on Congress St. With the bits there already, the bones are there for something great.

Gotcha, so at 100ft, going over 6 stories won't pencil.

Have long been wondering why nothing has been built here... This is in Harrison-Albany, right? Surprising it's only limited to 6 stories instead of the 12+ they could get.

Big grocery store would be a game changer for the area....and can drive business to all the nearby shops...

It's interesting. They've got real retail and some restos/bars along hood park now, but far too little residential. I'm sure the lack of good retail in Charlestown helps, but this would be a great anchor for a new neighborhood. Glad to see more housing. Especially given that this will never...

The problem with parking requirements is (mostly) about: - Mandating parking in transit rich and highly walkable areas - Mandating far too much parking for commercial (or residential) - Mandating parking in areas where you can park on the street easily enough The problem isn't 1/unit for...

Establishes a great precedent for future projects as the road gets shrunk.

This is correct. They're somewhere between traditional chasidic and orthodox, depending on where and how. The Messianism, well, I don't want to pry into men's souls, and leave it there. They're a great service for the Jewish community no matter of background.

Given the massive downtown in the lab real estate market and the number of unbuilt projects closer to transit, it's hard to think of this as something that's going to happen...anytime soon. Somerville should encourage this to be ~all housing with (as @kdmc points out) room for creative space...