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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Pull quote from the Globe article: As @JohnCostello mentioned, Kraft has purposely kept a low profile on the Revs stadium site search, given all the blowback from the premature announcement of a new Pats stadium in Southie back in the '90s.
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    Best Civil Engineering & Urban Planning Books

    I just finished Michael Healy's BART, a history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System. I found it fascinating, particularly the many passages regarding the engineering & construction of the system (the chapter about the TransBay Tube was worth the price of the book alone). As someone who's not a...
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    Platform screen doors.

    Here's a link from 2018: Given the terms "draft list" and "2040," I hardly think this is/was worth classifying as a done deal.
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    New ads?

    I'm an extremely infrequent poster here, but have been lurking a long time, and I've gotten a lot of knowledge and enjoyment out of this board over the years (even prior to actually signing up for a membership). I have no philosophical issue with an owner/admin trying to monetize their site, as...
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    Best Civil Engineering & Urban Planning Books

    I've been in the civil engineering industry on the non-technical corporate side for almost a decade. Over this time, I've been reading books about civil engineering projects and urban planning history/theory, mostly out of genuine interest, but partly to get a better understanding of what the...
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    Worcester Kelley Square

    Aerial view of Kelley Square posted from Worcester's official FB page on 6/28.
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    Worcester Ballpark & Redev

    Polar Park's Twitter account tweeted this drone footage of the park's progress:
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium The clubs you mention have soccer-specific stadiums, but Chicago's, Colorado's, and Dallas's are in outlying suburbs as opposed to a desirable downtown location that can maximize attendance like Orlando or DC United (two recently-built SSS, and...
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    Bulfinch Crossing | Congress Street Garage | West End

    Apologies if this has been posted before, but here's a 3-minute marketing video for the entire project. The first 80 seconds are fluff, animated renders kick in at 1:20.

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