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Thanks, very helpful. So, with a little knowledge of how the T's Capital Investment Plan works, this was not an "easy" or "quick" task to set aside $100K unless it was proposed (and approved) in the new FY27-31 plan. The T doesn't have $100K sitting around in its capital fund waiting to be...

Does anyone have a clear explanation of how these resolutions are actually structured? His statement says "secured funding" but the resolution just places a deadline to complete the study. Is there a separate funding clause somewhere else? I'm not finding this study specifically funded in...

Shhh, do not give another State Rep an excuse to throw money at another study that has minimal impact, for them to say that they care about housing!

I have heard rumors that it will not be opening until the full station renovation is completed... which is a ways away. The suggested reason is that it triggers full ADA compliance.

How do you even safely shore that?

Rough design, seemingly an attempt to tie back to the Cosmic Moose house... That is a pretty difficult one bedroom unit layout... clearly fitting the function to the form, but the form seems to just have a reference to one of the existing walls, and to clad it with purple and yellow.... there...

Elkus™

No... unless the land was close to free. I would happily welcome a Boston Barbican if someone was daring enough.

Swampscott is closer than I remember these days...

6% increase in my rent last year, 33% increase since 2020, and this year I'm moving out. The rent my landlord just posted it for is a 19% increase from my current payment. And it's not even that nice..

They managed to paint over the graffiti that was there for several years, but didn't clean up the entrance a bit for the grand opening... interesting..

I think my username tells you that I'm aware of that... But I will mention, the data science tower was not cheap. And Pardee will be by a name architect.

I think the best phase of this project is with the scaffolding up (not the first time this is being said in this thread). Kinda wish we had more High Tech Architecture/Richard Rogers/Renzo Piano here..

That's poorly rendered red-brown brick in a vertical stack bond.