Recent content by GW

They are part of the same process; the same forces are at work. The Seaport wasn't much of anything, in terms of residents, before recent development, so I don't think that's an apt comparison. My point was that the rest of the city is coming to resemble the Seaport demographically, "culturally"...

That would be great, but it's never going to happen. This city will continue to grow more boring every year. Look to the Seaport. That is the future.

He hates the libs. There's nothing else to it.

Another "innovation" area with boring architecture. Yay.

Re: Crossroads at Kenmore | 560 Commonwealth Ave | Kenmore Square Wow, that's drastic.

Amen.

I'll be sad to see The Breakfast Club go. With this and "Scape" (ugh) we'll be losing some unique neighborhood places.

https://youtu.be/vJggSqCftgA?t=273

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Just pointing out that the three year comment wasn't entirely accurate and that no one knows exactly why it took so long from the date of approval, though environmental remediation - an absolutely necessary step - is a pretty good guess for a large chunk of it. Given all that I don't see the...

I don't think it's actually taken three years. This was approved by the BRA two years ago (August of 2016), and environmental work began more than a year ago. Others are no doubt better informed than me, but this last approval could just be a required part of the process, maybe a last check-in...

I'll split the difference and say I actually like these buildings, and brutalism in general, but yeah, the people who built this stuff and reconfigured this area were the mid-century white elite, and it showed. It cost $15 billion to partially undo their segregation-via-infrastructure.

I like it, too. I worked across the street for years and always enjoyed its presence.