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I think anyone who’s used the original ‘Silver Lines’ has a right to be heavily suspect of yet another Silver Line extension. I lived off Washington in the South End for a while. It had a bus line the MBTA markets as a rapid transit line — it is no such thing. The bus lanes mostly function as...

I realize the barriers, but it would definitely be a shame to lose all of these buildings. There’s the foundations for an awesome adaptive reuse project. Cool renovation of a power plant down in Savannah that opened a couple years back below. The hotel is stunning. You can’t recreate this stuff...

A few shots of the site from the riverfront in front of Encore —

The Artemas will join a fair amount of redevelopment that is right on the bike trail or within very close proximity —

The Artemes (396 residential units) under construction on Norman Street & Air Force Road near Night Shift Brewing and just a stone’s throw from the Northern Strand Trail. The scale of this is impressive. Daylight shots are right from the bike trail —

Looks like existing building is about to come down —

Google Store looks like it’s almost ready to open, going into the new building on Newbury at Dartmouth St. —

This map is highly suspect. White Mountain National Forrest makes up like 1/8 of the land area in New Hampshire. It is not the same thing as Faneuil Hall. And Faneuil Hall is not the same as a single building like the B&J's Factory or the LLBean Flagship Store

Streets linking Washington to Tremont/Common seem like low hanging fruit for infrastructure improvement -- West Street Winter Street is a little better but room for improvement The rest show some of the challenges from Quincy Market area --

I snapped a few photos of the street-level environment of Downtown Crossing and Faneuil Hall over the weekend and have attached photos here along with some general observations. All in all, I think we are holding our own. I was surprised that the vacancies were maybe even more perceptible than...

3-3-2024 - The glass has a noticeably more greenish/brownish hue than the surrounding new builds, although this effect may have been slightly amplified by the overcast conditions

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3-3-2024 - The corrugated metal building is a bit funky. There are plenty of warehousey-buildings around that could be converted into a restaurant/brewery. Seems like they’re trying to recreate that in a new build. The main building looks pretty solid. It’s a shame that it’s so disconnected from...

I don’t think it’s the street level but the area just above that is suspect. In the more distant renderings, it looks pretty terrible (i.e. air filter-y), though pretty decent in the more close-up views, but also pretty ambiguous on exterior materials. Here’s hoping the close-ups will be the...

Wondering if anyone who frequents Downtown Crossing can comment on the general street-level environment for retail, restaurants, etc.? Is it reasonably healthy? How extensive are the vacancies? My cousin works for San Francisco, which is really struggling in this area, and was very curious about...

Not sure how useful this is, but the Milken Institute publishes an Annual List of Best Performing Cities based on several economic criteria, including labor market performance, high tech impact (presence and growth of high tech), and access to economic opportunities. The way cities are...

Philadelphia's 30th Street Station is getting some upgrades, which will only further cement Boston's stations as providing the weakest offerings of the major cities along the Northeast Corridor. 30th Street Station’s $550 million redesign: New food hall, new escalators, new outdoor plaza...

The Summer Street steps at night. Not exactly iconic but pleasant enough - The Foundation Medicine lobby mimics the stair theme, which is a nice touch -

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1-27-2024