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7-12-23 from the Fort Point Channel/Seaport

7-14-23

7-11-23

A few photos of the waterfront just a couple blocks east of Cabot Street --

From a development perspective, Beverly is really promising and a bit frustrating at the same time. The geography of the Downtown area is really interesting - basically set on a penninsula surrounded by the Atlantic and Bass River with urban-ish densities and Downtown Salem less than 2 miles...

6-20-23

6-20-23

Some Esplanade shots at dusk --

6/11/2023 from a few semi-distant perspectives --

Very cool perspective, especially in the first pic

6/10/23

Great. The only thing is I don't think that added texture running down the center is going to completely alleviate the blank wall effect on this side of the facade. Incorporating some mural or public art may have been a creative way to address it.

I always thought Park Street Station could use some more ornamentation/markers or renovation/modernization to showcase it more as the first American subway station. I think there's a mural now, but it's pretty easy to miss and for the most part, it's a pretty unremarkable station.

This is one of those 'Back to the Future' things. Pitched by the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Boston & Maine Railroad launched the 'Snow Train' from North Station to ski resorts in New Hampshire in 1931 as a way to generate additional income in the Depression. Billed as the first of its kind...

"...the proposed building with 64 affordable apartments, 30 affordable condos and 2 market rate condos..." I'm all for the project but is there a good reason that just 2% of the units are market rate non-income restricted units? Is it to satisfy some stupid benchmark to qualify as "a...

Does anybody know if there's a plan for this tiny parcel in front of the Convention Center hemmed in by the railroad tracks, Summer Street, and World Trade Ctr Ave? Is it even buildable? It just seems unnecessarily depressing looking for a relatively prominent location and from Streetview it...

6-5-2023 Nice to see the pedestrian path over the 93 ramp coming together --

Caught this in a national news article, though it really hasn't been publicized locally -- Census rejecting some big-city complaints of 2020 undercounts https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/census-bureau-rejects-big-city-challenges-claimed-2020-99300480 The important part being --...

This is Newburyport Crossing, a 160-unit multi-family residential development smack dab across from the Newburyport commuter rail station. The first phase is already open and the second is nearing completion. This development was created on former MBTA-owned land that housed an underutilized...

5-31-23