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Yes, south of the station is mostly wetland and would preclude building there. The station and its parking lots are elevated several feet above the surrounding area to stay dry. The buildings to left are all industrial/commercial and I'd imagine comprise a significant portion of the city's tax...

Looks like 349 Dudley Street in Roxbury. The building on the right is the Vine Street Community Center.

My group and I actually did that in our plan for the area for a project in grad school. I wouldn't mind if it came to be!

This also features Avalon Exeter (tucked in front of Copley Place) so the oldest this can be is 2014 or so.

I had to double-check the MSA boundaries but I am confident this is Exeter, NH.

For what it's worth, the same firm responsible for the SoWa under-viaduct space is leading the design effort at Charlesgate. This is really two projects: the Bowker Replacement and the park renovation below. I expect that the final product will bridge the gap between park and infrastructure...

As a double Husky (retired) I can attest that this is absolutely the case, and that cars (or LMA shuttles, for that matter) barely move on Forsyth during inter-class periods. For all the reasons mentioned above and more, Ruggles St. is preferable.

I think you're on to something here

I don't think anyone got around to this, so I'm pleased to say my first guess was the right one: Enid, OK.

Parcel 12 does a lot to rebalance the Back Bay skyline's composition, which I feel was somewhat thrown off with the completion of One Dalton. Good to see!

Correct! They are dredging the riverbed and restoring the shoreline more or less to the shape it was designed to by Olmsted. The park will feel much more open in the coming years.

The white geese have always fascinated me! They are domestic breeds that were (apparently) once used by the MWRA to guard their facility at Magazine Beach. They have been there for a couple of decades at this point. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2007/the-goose-whisperer/ Some people are... very...

Oh good lord above—not only did I grow up down the street from this house, but I knew the family that used to live there and have been inside. It is basically unchanged. This is throwing me for quite the loop; thanks for sharing!