Recent content by FK4

It's funny, I look at these handsome old houses on this very stretch often as homes that, while beautiful, no longer belong here and ought to be replaced by denser units. Yet, seeing this happening now, I am a bit sad, even as I think HPA should basically be rebuilt at least down to Walk Hill...

Great point, and one that is applicable in many places (such as the Crane Woods debacle in Hyde Park).

Honestly it would be better if they just built one or two 8-10 story towers right on Allandale. You could get twice as many housing units as all of these sprawling quasi suburban projects combined, and preserve 90% of the green space. Do it right next to Faulkner even, leave the rest. But that...

Expanding the woods is unlikely, yes, but a more realistic proposal that the city should actually be considering is development of lots that currently comprise or abut large tracts of undeveloped land. The divvying up of that old estate near the Hellenic College is another example -- and...

why not recognize that open space is precious and NOT develop any of these lots on Allandale, and in fact, raze the existing houses and expand the woods so they are more contiguous with the open spaces of Allandale Farm and the Arboretum? Why does there need to be development here at all? This...

Strongly oppose this. Really a shame. This will totally ruin the experience of the back part of Allandale Woods, by the old bird house or whatever it's called. It's quiet, natural, and nearly totally unspoiled (despite the major construction the nursing home just did last year -- not sure how...

I find it surprising and sad that a development project this large could not attract more proposals

The proposal screams big box blandness and the other proposal looked much better. And as I commented a couple months ago, an even better proposal would have been to change the street pattern such that the blocks weren’t so enormous. Hopefully I’m wrong, hopefully it turns out well. Sure, it’s...

Fucking depressing.

I dont get why the headways are still so bad for OL? This doesnt seem like a huge deficit at this point.

These are very nice shots. Well done

And if the city can (they won't, but they could) encourage aggressive development all around West Station, something similar could happen here, too. Yes, most of this area is Harvard and BU, but 1) the city could push them to go taller and denser near the station and 2) there is still plenty of...

Great improvements. Doublesided is huge, and I like that each bus stop will be numbered. Good for placemaking, and good for wayfinding. I think the spectrum-y part of me has always wanted to take the 86 all the way from Sullivan to Cleveland Circle but never did. My friend's sister did once...

Couple of good top offs of the local one story buildings. The first is in Arlington Ctr; the second isn’t new but was added sometime between 2007 and 2011, according to google street view. But it looked newly renovated and its progress so I’m adding it anyway.

Check it out from halfway up the hill on Conway. Since youre standing above it, this, plus the new one built a couple years ago across the street, really give an impression. Im guessing same is true for up on Penfield/Pinehurst. I tried taking a pic but the camera doesnt do it justice.