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I thought some part in the Little Building still existed until Emerson did the gut rebuild.

These two are basically complete. Prospect must always have at least one lot under construction. It’s in the rules. Masonry is complete on 24 Webster. If this was Cambridge, the locals would be bringing out the pitchforks for the shadows.

60-62 Line St. This is the new vernacular for Somerville: Two triple deckers and an ADU in the back. At least, it’s using something other than the black/white/gray palette.

The GLX stations were all built to the same height as the C line stations are. According to the Globe’s BS take, the GLX will need to be undone to support the 8 inch height. We get it John Henry, you think investing in transit is a waste of money…

They also took a large swath of the land for the DPW. That smells of sandbagging to cap the residential content of the project.

The affordable housing on Sunnyside is making decent progress.

That’s just a photo of when kids went for a joyride in the lane striping rig.

It looks like the AI model was trained on mid-century International style towers.

The satellite imagery and look around on Apple Maps shows two buildings stalled at the ground floor deck. Did that site get sold mid-construction?

Zoning codes that traded public plazas for height don’t help the urbanism. Chicago’s early 20th century approach of offering unlimited height over a small portion of the site, and otherwise capping the height, led to a more consistent street wall. The book Form Follows Finance is a good read on...

Great Brook is a nice place to cross country ski in the winter. Personally, I’m loyal to Bates (don’t call it Kimball’s) for ice cream.

Weird. Was that building updated with double hung windows at some point and the old openings blocked up?

The air ducts on this are massive. I thought this was purely office space.