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We’ve got some lab/office tenants in the upper floors. Interior buildout seems to just be kicking off as they were loading in framing and drywall material via the driveway on the west side of the building.

Europe was also forced to rebuild many of their large cities in the 50s-60s. The areas that Boston rebuilt around then are blissfully wire free… but otherwise crappy.

Why fix what isn't broken? They just kinda fade into the background when you live around them. Besides, Somerville is only 15-20 years removed from being referred to as Slummerville and has plenty of higher priority concerns: stormwater mitigation, rats, street safety etc. Not to mention the...

As it stands, housing is specifically excluded in the FAB zones.

Says the person who injected the xenophobic aspect into the conversation. Grow up.

Looks like you’ll have to find a scapegoat elsewhere. Oh no.

Somerville is a LONG way off from “imitating” Cambridge in this regard. 65% of Cambridge’s property taxes are paid by commercial entities. Somerville’s number is closer to 16%.

Do you have a specific reason to call out Chinese metallurgy or are you just being racist? (yeah yeah CRRC blows, but so did Hyundai, Breda and Boeing)

Bow has singlehandedly changed both the vibes and the gravity of the square. Before it opened, there really wasn't much reason to go to the Somerville Ave part of the square. Heck, I've heard from some friends that work at the businesses, that the new crowds have caused the P.A. Lounge/Union...

I pass through this area almost every day… honestly can’t remember it flooding multiple times in a single year. It flooded during the big storm at the end of July too.

Whelp, we've got the next Green Line service suspensions on the books: - Union Square branch is being suspended 7/18-8/28 for MassDOT to do repairs on the Squire Bridge. No shuttles will be provided. - Service between North Station and Gov Center is being suspended 7/29-8/9 Add these to the...

Not to completely derail the thread, but folks are mixed on 10/10 in Taiwan. It’s the National day of the Republic of China, a republic which was a pretty brutal military dictatorship under the rule of the KMT up until the 1980s. Like all things Taiwan, it’s complicated… and it’s further...

Order of operations is hard. Nothing you've said, though, makes the idea of trading the Union Square branch for better headways during non-standard operations any less wild though.

Better for who? Certainly wouldn't have been better for Somerville's development goals. The Gov Center garage work is an extraordinary circumstance, and it would have been bizarre to plan a permanent infrastructure build around a temporary circumstance, no matter how painful things are going to...

Its not just the vibes, but really a combo of the vibes and the fact that the bay area has a bunch of different options to get across the bay. When you don't have to go into the office 5 days a week, the extra 2 or 3 dollars for a ferry or trans-bay buses becomes more palatable. Personally, I...