Recent content by TomOfBoston

The Northeastern campus now stretches from Tremont St .to The Fenway and from Mass Ave to Ruggles St. I recently heard someone describe Northeastern as "a few buildings along Huntington Ave."

BU is having Trump inspired budget issues. In addition to the 120 occupied jobs, the university eliminated an extra 120 vacant positions and changed the schedules for around 20 employees. The cuts were part of a university-wide 5% budget reduction implemented to address financial strains...

This is costing $550 million already. BU likely couldn't afford a name architect.

The scaffolding on Tower B must have been put up while students were still living there.

JFK Federal building could use a power washing.

Ryerson University is now Toronto Metropolitan University. Mr. Ryerson was cancelled for what he did over a hundred years ago.

All these posters lamenting the demolition of Matthews, did you also lament the demolition of the old Boston Garden?

This is the original entry. Would you want this restored?

If Northeastern had not bought the arena in 1979 it would have been demolished by the MDC. The building straddled the original Boston shoreline. The western side was settling faster than the eastern side. It would have cost $100,000,000 to prop up the western end, remove the soil, replace it...

I had seen that already. I noticed in the final picture they showed the arena before all the structural support was added.

Agreed but i Agreed but I would rather see Northeastern funding specific community groups and projects rather than it going to the city's general fund and allowing the political machine to play with it.

Now that Northeastern has bowed to the city's extortion by raising its PILOT payments to the city, construction can finally proceed.

Really shows off the Back Bay Spine!

I have seen a picture of the embankment taken from the rear of what is now Curry circa 1970. Of course I have memories of it. It was stone, blackened by a century of grit.

It was never "elevated" like the old Orange Line. It was an embankment. It was a solid wall separating the Fenway and Northeastern from Roxbury.