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It's hard to believe that the Silver Line has been part of the Boston landscape now for over 20 years and is now of legal drinking age, debuting in 2002. Not only that, but the service continues to expand. There are now five Silver Line 'lines' - more than there are heavy rail rapid transit...

I was arguing to rename the existing Prudential stop on the GL and call it something else so that Hynes could be renamed Prudential. Alternatively the Hynes station could be called Newbury/Esplanade or Newbury/Berklee.

I understand. The real issue is how crappy the locations of the Community College and Sullivan Square stations are. The station locations, in the shadow of the highway, are just dark, depressing and unwelcoming. Can't we just partially reroute the OL up Rutherford Avenue for this section? God...

I realize in the great expanse of challenges facing the MBTA that its station names probably does not rank particularly high, but some of the names have always bugged me. For example, 'Community College' on the Orange Line. Yes, there's a community college near the station. But there's a bunch...

2-26-23 With this project and 350 Summer, it will be nice to finally have a defined street wall along Boston Wharf Rd --

I think we should be careful about conflating 'People from New Hampshire' with the New Hampshire legislature. New Hampshire's legislature is enormous, but it's essentially a very time-consuming volunteer endeavor. It pays $100 a year. In the past this model may have worked well, but as...

2-26-2023 Plenty of progress --

2-14-2023 A couple of these photos required hopping on top of a jersey barrier, but nothing illegal :) Exciting to watch this one come together. This area is such a happening area, it's almost impossible to not get some people in your shots. And this project is such a massive improvement from...

I keep coming back to this. Especially, since the mayor has made it a point to audit all city-owned property to determine opportunities for new housing. Well, there's a great opportunity right outside your office! I've heard that over 270 buildings were demolished to make way for Government...

2-12-23

From this morning, no change except this is that much closer to collapsing and finally succumbing to the Harbor-- Can't we just fix this bridge? It's such a cool landmark and is squarely in one of the city's most photogenic areas (minus the existing bridge about to fall in). Watching this is...

Unfortunately, I went through them and found too many that were soul crushing. I don't understand the depth of the animosity and borderline rage toward tall buildings. Portland is one of 483 municipalities in Maine. It is really the only of those 483 municipalities, where realistically tall(ish)...

In general, it doesn't bother me. But it's one of those things that can go off the rails pretty quickly if not properly regulated. Some companies will plaster their logo over every blank surface. The Salesforce issue in Chicago is a bit cautionary -- (Twitter) Salesforce Sign Atop New Downtown...

We limit buildings on the Greenway to 6 stories!? The city needs to get serious about zoning reform. To the extent that zoning is a reflection of values this is just embarrassing, painfully embarrassing. Who wrote these zoning requirements? Did we hire the NIMBYs of Weston to draft the zoning...

The Wellesley Town Hall has to be one of the coolest in New England --

I can't figure out if it's secretly trendy and I'm not getting it - it does evoke a 'Severance' type theme - or if they just had a $75 budget for the video. You tend to lean toward the latter, but it doesn't make sense with all the money they are pouring into the development.

2-5-2023 from Mass Ave. and Newbury ---

This is a 40B proposal in Brookline (40 housing units with 25% affordable units) at the corner of Route 9 (Boylston) and Reservoir Road currently making its way through the process. Couldn't find a thread for it. The neighbors mostly hate it (the public comments are mostly depressing). It's a...

Can Boston.com chill out on the adjectives? Everything is huge or soaring or towering. This is a two-building 5-story development planned for parking lots 20 minutes from the city. When Braintree starts getting 1,500 unit proposals or plans for skyscrapers, we can start calling them huge. What...