Recent content by SHIFTboston

Here is some food for thought - please see some of the winning concepts from the City Lab competition that tackle infrastructure: http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/wpa_2.0_competition_announces_six_finalists/

Please see this idea for a new park system in the Fort Point neighborhood. The architect is proposing to claim existing elevated zones for public use: http://shiftboston.blogspot.com/2009/09/re-envisioning-south-bostons-fort-point.html

Some of these ideas are terrific - so let's do something to push for a better city. Please submit your ideas in the SHIFTboston competition and let Boston see them. Its time to shake this place up a little bit, dont you think? Only in your Wildest Dreams: Big Ideas for Boston 2009 SHIFTboston...

I am behind the SHIFTboston blog and competition. I read through these comments and find some of them quite interesting. I would like to be clear about who we are and what we are doing to avoid any further misconceptions. SHIFT is NOT a group of elitest, ego-architects. We are a group that is...