Recent content by JohnAKeith

Is Michelle Wu as current mayor .. and as candidate .. better than what Josh Kraft offers on paper? Yes, open-ended question but if you know me (you should, I MATTER) you would know I hate incumbents and status quo and I also hate arrogant people (John Kraft walking in like he owns the place)...

Kids today.

So what did I do wrong?

Redditor (ugh) posted this on Reddit. It's cover art for an Alarm album from the 80s. First two images are Central Artery but this one .. I admit, I'm stumped (never happens). Wasn't there a "gear" like this in South Boston across from the Gillette building where the welding company is...

Seaport Square & Fan Pier Someone on reddit (argh!) asked about this: The last updates for the four parcels are in the way back (2 years ..+). Are they still full of cars? Block D: I thought they closed this to parking and were actively digging a hole for an 18-storey office building? Block...

Wait, did this get resolved? The 587 car garage would be .. surface (a parking garage)? You can't fit 587 cars under the surface, can you? Edit: I see now that it was for approval of a three-level underground garage and that the building would still go up on top of it, with street-level retail...

O'Brien entering the race certainly raised my eyebrows. I had heard that Kraft was "the real deal" but he sure wasn't acting very "literate" in Boston politics. O'Brien has walked the walk, in my opinion (I love using idioms, I guess) so I'm interested in how he proceeds. Is there any proof...

O.M.G. Ten short years after its initial announcement, it's happening?

It's the classic game of "Duck, Duck, Goose" .. which we haven't seen since .. before the Millennium, at least in Boston. Ouch.

Can someone explain the reasoning behind charging a different fee for Uber to begin with? There's logic in it but I can't figure it out. I see in the article that cab fees are also increasing, from $2.25 today to $5.50 one-way by 2027, but cabs don't have to pay for a drop-off, whereas TNCs pay...

Yeah, that's a bad Wikipedia page. Let's see what I can do .. Others don't like it either. From the "Talk" section, complaining about an insider writing the page: Donald Albury's attempts to present false, misleading, or innacurrate information without sources; likely as a PR representative of...

Excuse me if this has been posted elsewhere. Marlboro Building at 399 Washington Street in Downtown Crossing sold for $13,000,000 on March 5, 2025. It's a 76,000 square foot five story building. Previously sold for $63.25 million in 2017. This is where Barnes & Noble used to be until circa...

How 'bout that Brutalist movie?

Great to be back! And Henry, how could you have known?! I'm relieved to log in today. I kept remembering I posted something awhile back and was sure it was much, much worse than it was. Very happy to see Lyra going up. Never thought it was going to happen after the Great Pandemic. (Could...

First thread I've read in 7 years .. and people still can't resize photos. Good luck, guys!