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33 Mystic Ave: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2025-02/MysticAve33_ZP24-000114_DesignReviewReport_2024-11-01.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2025-02/MysticAve33_ZP24-000114_BuildingPlans_2024-11-01.pdf

Copying-over stick n move's post from the infill thread:

How did they define 2020 as the year gentrification arrived?

"as residents remain split" “This is wrong, my neighbors and I are fighting, my community is divided, and we have people who can stop this, but they won’t listen to us,” It's almost as if they think there will be some sort of unanimous opinion on this if they have a couple more meetings. It's...

I think it's ok to admit that the bus lane wasn't working as intended. It was always full of cars. It's tough to have a bus lane when it's plagued by double parking. You could say more enforcement was needed, but it gets to a point where the level of effort to keep it clear doesn't match the...

I assume they did the 4th floor in that black and stepped back to make this not look so "large", but because of the grade of the street and this being ground level (no couple steps up to ground floor), it actually looks too short to fit in properly.

This is screaming for a pedestrian connection to American Legion Highway, which is not included for whatever reason.

Out of all the things happening in the city, I find this 'debate' very interesting. It feels almost manufactured by media outlets who cannot wait to write the next clickbait outrage article using a couple people as proxies. Like none of my neighbors talk about it or even care. "Oh, a new stadium...

It IS very difficult for a municipality to be shovel ready. Cities and the people that work for them have many 'great ideas'. Let's say they want to use federal funds for something they think is worthwhile. To be shovel ready, you almost need to ignore the community process and then ram the...

I usually just look at the presentation slides, but since you provided the video, I listened to that too. However, I still couldn't understand what they meant by "Install new Red and Orange Line vehicles" and "Create new designs for Blue Line vehicles". Very bizarre wording and neither were said...

It's not that there's a lack of people 'ready' for a car-less lifestyle as these units being built doesn't create car-less people by making them ditch their cars (they don't have them to begin with). The likely issue here is that they are marketing them to a population that does own a car or...

This one had a different owner. They've since acquired it though.

The approved plans are linked in another post (see here https://archboston.com/community/threads/south-end-infill-and-small-developments.1315/page-52#post-487101) . They are building it pretty much exactly like #10, which is also somewhat "new". I was pointing out that the framing does not...

The bottom of the second floor windows have been. The one on the left is fully cut and the two on the right you can see the studs and sill.

I'm getting a little concerned about the "aligning" of this building with the building to the right of it. The cut outs and framing behind them seem too low, especially the second floor.