Recent content by Stlin

NGL, I also had the same reaction they did since I'm not familiar with the BC campus - for context, below street view snips are apparently the current building that will be gothicized.

So I generally like Streetsblog, but this while this one has merit on the whole it suffers from a couple of issues... Namely, it conflates total project budgets with what was actually programmed for spending in FY27 and beyond. JP South/Centre is described as having a $1M budget being cut to...

So I think both of us likely do some work in gov contracting, but I'm admittedly mostly on the side of those items typically procured only under the UPA, so I'll disclaim too much familiarity with any of the other sections. I think we're perhaps speaking past each other a little, so I'll...

Ehh it's honestly pretty common that sending the full RFP is restricted to only the RFQ or prequal'd respondents for business / bidding purposes. They did it for Type 10 procurement, for one example. Not giving it to the Globe when FOIA'd is a little weirder.

SRA on 4/10 received two proposals for the 90 Washington Street site, only one of which included graphics. Based on their timeline, going to move quickly from this point to selection or rejection by July. https://www.somervillema.gov/90-washington-redevelopment Wood Partners: 324 Units, 398...

The CRA on Thursday voted to select a developer for 2326 Mass Ave - 6 story building (Mass Ave zoning allows for 8 by right), containing 16 condo units, 3 deed restricted affordable, no retail. They're selling the site to the developer at a discount as a subsidy for the affordable units, and...

This iteration of the project is now officially dead: the Site will be sold to the CRA on Wednesday for ~15.8M, but the CRA already held the mortgage and a 5M equity investment in it. I've also attached the content of an email from the developers sent to abutters.

Somerville recently (last week) published it's final plan for the "Elm-Beacon Connector." Generally looks quite good, cleans up the messy that is the Willow-Beech movement, removes through vehiclular traffic from Mossland via providing a bike filter. That second one I expect will get pushback...

Has anyone ever introduced you to the game cities skylines? Me thinks you might enjoy it :)

I don't think there's much research and actual data on actual safety in pedestrian tunnels, but there's definitely an issue with perceived safety in pedestrian underpasses. It's really more about the psychology - There's something about the enclosed nature of a tunnel or underpass that leads to...

Interestingly enough, I think that's actually been excavated, then flooded, then refilled when they built the pru rather than the other way around. Comparing the 1955 aerial to the 1962, it's fairly apparent that the formerly flat railyard was "dug down" substantially.

https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/construction-development/a-perfect-storm-boston-developers-navigate-challenging-construction-conditions-133880

?? Hynes Convention Center is on the Green Line central core? It and Boylston are probably the busiest non-accessible stations in the system.

Salisbury MD! Took a punt at the sign and plugged that into a corporate search - not too many companies include the exact string "Joseph M." ... And don't you get me back looking at airports!

And here's an isometric from the Parcel 13 Feasibility study that shows it as a cutaway in 3D space - the Lyrik elevator is at the western end of the tunnel.