Recent content by kdmc

Not sure the point you're making, but most of JP is a classic streetcar suburb, so dense rows of triplexes, a la Somerville. But along the edges, it's more auto-oriented SFHs, like these lots.

Constitution?

Yeah, that's me @Wonk and I'm happy to own that sentiment. Nobody is asking you to knock down your suburban town's historic buildings or cut down your forests. I'd be against that. They're saying you need to zone so that some, I don't know, parking lots or gas stations or goddamn self-storage...

Davis Sq is in demand because it's and vibrant and walkable. Centers of towns and small cities can be vibrant and walkable, too. Density is key to walkablility. This is dumb on multiple levels. Who is moving to Holden, then? Only blue collar workers? Or nobody? If nobody is moving there, is...

If this (god forbid) manages to go the SCOTUS and they rule against the MBTA communities act, then I'm sure that these local patriots will be happy to accept the authority of an even higher level of government. No, this is not proud patriotism. This is another quintissential American value...

I imagine that restricting lefts on the parts of Comm, Beacon, and Huntington with trolley reservations could speed up the B, C and E lines, respectively.

1. The population hasn't hit its historic peak yet, but housing demand certainly has. Part of that is that people who want to live in Boston have the means to pay for more space. Triplexes that used to hold 3 families of 5-6 each now hold 3 floors of 2-3 twenty-somethings. 2. Commercial real...

Gottt it, I should have read your map better, sorry for making you re-explain yourself. Those names all sound right to me, then. I'd still vote for "Mattapan Loop" as the trolley terminus since it sounds more downtown-ey than "Mattapan Yard", but that's just my own nitpicky aesthetics.

Agreed, but those shops cluster still closer to the trolley stop than the Fairmount Line. Pairs of names that feel right to me (Fairmount Line, Trolley): Woodhaven, Mattapan Mattapan Landing, Mattapan Sq Mattapan Landing, Mattapan Loop

Isn't the trolley stop much closer to what people actually seem to consider Mattapan Square (Blue Hills Ave X Cummins Hwy)? This is based on my one visit to the neighborbood, so anyone who knows better please correct me.

OK, I'm with you, that will be tragic. I'd hoped/assumed the deed restriction would stop them from doing that.

I'm absolutely not a density-at-all costs urbanist. Two big reasons I'm pro-density is that it leaves more space to preserve nature and history. I agree that expanding Allendale woods to include the entire parcel would be great. But that would require the current owner to either sell their land...

I'm not in love with it either, particularly the 2 parking spots per unit part. 1 per unit should be plenty anywhere in Boston. But a moritorium on all development? Seems regressive to me. Why not allow these SFHs to be replaced with denser housing, under the provision that some of the parcel...

What form do you think those incentives should take? I'm all for increasing density, but I get nervous when a spot I like is forced to "temporarily" close for construction.... temporary often becomes permanent. Are there instances where cities/states will, say, subsidize the businesses during...

I would argue that RL crowding is less-so a function of downtown density and more-so a function of slow zones, a missing orbital line, and missing link between North and South stations. Unless they hop on a bus, anyone north of the river needs to travel downtown in order to reach Back Bay, LMA...