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Along the greenway heights are capped at either 55 or 100 feet depending on the location of the building. This creates a more organic feel rather than a fissure running through the city.

It seems that drought conditions have left Hydro-Quebec with less surplus electricity to sell to New England. That doesn't mean that NECEC wasn't a sound project. There's only a half a year's worth of data available. I think it's inevitable that more rain will mean more Canadian energy coming...

The mall owner owes $600,000 in property taxes, and there have been plans to demolish the building since Sears went out of business.

Dog wash station. It's nice to see apartments which allow pets. That's a big deal for people who find they have to move suddenly. I hate to see renters in a situation where they have to give up an animal they've had for years.

If they're going to reconstruct the whole thing, it seems like it should be built for the 500 year storm elevation. That is the evacuation route for the Lower Cape area.

There you have it. My denunciation of all 5 over 1s was overly broad. I'm crushing on some of those pics.

"Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes." Martin Heidegger We are not discussing subjective preference here. The problem exists in the structures themselves to the extent that the architecture...

Last I heard from the Charles River Watershed Association was that what the MWRA is proposing will not fully separate the pipes for storm water from the pipes from sewerage and the overflow, although decreased, will still spill into the Charles. For decades ahead fecal matter will continue to...

It's playful in a Disneyesque sort of way, with one stack housing a bar with views of the city no less. I can see this being a prominent feature in Smokestackland. How it will play in Birmingham I have no idea. This isn't quite the same as musing about preserving an existing property feature...

Apparently, windmills can confuse the radar systems designed to detect low flying cruise missiles. I think this one's true, but I wasn't fooled by windmill-cancer.

Manchester, New Hampshire's Cemetery Brooke Drain Tunnel Project, which will limit the amount of rainwater that flows into the city's sewer system finally has shovels in the ground. It's a 300-million-dollar project to build a 12-foot diameter tunnel which will carry rainwater to the Merrimack...

My guess is the carrying cost of building a deck to just sit over the highway producing no income until who knows when is going to be significant. Would having to pay an additional penalty to the city really be a disincentive for halting construction or would it be a disincentive to take on...

If this building was taller, it would indeed hide the neighborhood behind, but the thing about a speak-easy is that the entrance is obscured, but that makes it all the more enjoyable for those who find their way in. ;)

Seeing how this project will look alongside the proposed hotel really highlights how much is being lost by limiting the height of the building.

If the lessee has a 99-year lease and no intention of refreshing the property, then it seems to me that any improvements will fall upon the lessor. Maybe that would be more palatable if a long-term plan to address the building's shortcomings was created. A bad lease doesn't get any better by...