Recent content by Justbuildit

Has anyone even crayoned out how the Harvard Sq bypass would have to work? Sure Mem Drive could take through traffic in the south but there's need to get from either end of Mass Ave, so there would have to be a N-S preferred route to get cars to Broadway or Cambridge for a northerly route to...

This was also pushed to my YouTube algo and thought it was fun, if a bit simplistic. Bridging the deck between Back Bay station and Harrison would be one of the biggest ROIs in the whole region, I think. It rights some of the wrongs for Chinatown residents and linearizing travel between South...

Digging for any updates on the two projects below, but not seeing anything. Anyone have any updates? 290 Tremont St, Chinatown next to the Quincy school and Tufts (looked like money from the state was secured and the height was chopped down a few times)...

North Quincy is already becoming surprisingly dense and with decent amenities. This would be a great addition!

Looks like updates are coming for a comprehensive flood resiliency plan in collaboration with the feds. Announcement and details will be available this afternoon: https://www.universalhub.com/2026/city-feds-propose-10-billion-plan-protect-much-boston-rising-sea Summary here, presumably will be...

My one insane wish would be a Paris style island in the widest part of the Charles, with bike/pedestrian bridges (emergency and delivery vehicles excepted) focused on recreation and waterfront access. There were some examples I’ve seen, one below...

Also worth linking to the group running the 5,000sf minimum lot size campaign. They're active (will return emails...) and have gotten some good press recently. Their posture and general strategy I think also has broad appeal without being "annoying technocrat YIMBY speak" which, while...

Is the slab on the right (where the tower crane is based) going to be part of the underground garage? Another building? Utilities?

Tons of room, but don't mess with that parking.

Looks like one of the bigger conversions now has a leasing and overview website. This is the Boston Wharf Company building in Fort Point on Melcher and Summer, using 263 Summer Street as its address. https://263summerst.com/ Only a few listings, but looks like: Studio - $2,900 1br - $3,500...

Quick little Google Maps measurements suggest JFK (tower and low-rise) is 188k sf in land area and O'Neill is 113k sf in land area. That means there's ~300,000sf of prime downtown space ready for development if we can nuke both lots. That means there are 6.5-7 ACRES of opportunity near transit...

Yeah that’s my reading too. I recall this end of Washington and especially this parcel were looped into the FAA limit cohort. The PNF will be important because there may be a scenario they file this with no zoning relief requests…

Never forget that many of the current downtown residents fought with everything they had to prevent this zoning change from being implemented. They wrote letters, roped the city into community meetings, bombed message boards and public comments with form letters and hosted J Kraft at private...

Seeing two new developments hit Bromfield in a day, shortly after PLAN: Downtown was finalized should be the clearest evidence that restrictive zoning limits development. If neither of these requires variances they will absolutely be built with (ideally) almost no friction. Really exciting!

“Subway under blue hill Ave” isn’t crazy on its face. Crayoning out the route, senselessly proposing spurs from the orange line with no resolution where the stations will be and then saying the famously scrutinized big dig and GLX didn’t face cost pushbacks really does sound like someone who’s...