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A typically thorough UHub encapsulation of this project's escalating political stakes. True, this may not be as exceptional as Winthrop Center, in requiring a literal act of the legislature... but it's certainly starting to approach that rarefied atmosphere...

Emphatically not to valorize developers (nor their opponents), but, development can be a brutal game, in which some players get absolutely hosed by exquisitely poor luck/wretched timing... so much for "unlikely," eh? September 2021: "In the unlikely case Leggat’s 40 Thorndike is a flop...

For a column that is allegedly about bike lanes on Boylston Street, McGrory sure spends a lot of time talking about everything one could possibly discuss in relation to Boylston St., except bike lanes, doesn't he? (And so, a guy gets to wondering: maybe, just maybe, that's because he has zero...

I hear what you're saying, but, of course, from a sheer logistical standpoint, this is a ridiculously easy commute. 630 miles from Logan to Wayne International; I just checked; a 70-minute flight, realistically. Which is to say (as ridiculous as it is), probably the same amount of time as...

I'd say your historical amnesia is astonishing--but then of course I'd be willfully ignoring the fact that all you ever do is spout asinine MAGA/Fox News talking points. The great fiscal crisis for America's cities is now.... (checks notes)... FIVE DECADES IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR. To cite...

I saw this get publicized briefly on some news aggregator recently and I don't think it's been posted here before: https://transitcosts.com/ Key takeaway (boldface/italics mine): "Why do domestic subway and light rail projects cost more and take longer to construct than similar projects in...

That is precisely false. If you checked out the PLAN Downtown timeline, you'd see that the Wu administration, after reviving PLAN in November 2022, has since hosted 14 different public meetings on it. I'm not at City/Planning Dept. staffer and thus carry no water for the administration, but this...

Although I'm still not sure what point you're getting at, I will defend to the death your right to reference Spinal Tap, anywhere, anytime, on this forum, no matter how flimsy the pretext. "It's not your job to be as confused as Nigel"

All towers everywhere are by definition "tumescent"--they stand tall and erect. Otherwise, they'd collapse (or they'd not in fact be towers, but would be gas stations, or big-box econo retailers, or mortuaries, or whatever...). Thus, I'd love to hear the explanation of how "tumescence," instead...

The fact you pointlessly blended in discussion of the Downtown Boston residential apartment market with the Downtown Boston office market, as if there was any connection whatsoever between the two when it comes to your current hyperventilating rant, demonstrates the (as usual) substance-free...

What a wonderfully--yet depressingly--illuminating overhead view you've shared. Look at how many surface lots there are in that capture--at least eleven! So, yes, certainly agreed, the Dyer/Dorrance corridor is crying out for more density, more urbanism, anything other than the vitality-sapping...

Note, for the record, both locations are essentially equidistant--just 1,800 feet, so not much more than a 5-minute walk--from where the tall timber is clustered around Kennedy Plaza. However, whereas the density remains fairly high along the Broadway St. corridor between this spot and...

Because RIDOT is still facing intense backlash/bad optics from the (perceived) white elephant that is Wickford Junction? (I mean, it can't be as bad as Studio 38...) What kind of ROI, in the most generously holistic sense, is RI getting on that transit center, do we think? Strictly in terms of...

Research is your friend: 17 West St. parcel, registered owner: Paul Roiff (also note it shows all of the parcel's assessed values going back 40 years) 9 West St. (Brattle Book Shop) parcel, registered owner: Ken Gloss Ken Gloss [does not equal] Paul Roiff...

The hotel development proposal is "17-23 West Street," not, "17-25 West Street," so, no. (You can see from all the project renderings that 25 West is absolutely not part of the proposal.) That said, I highly doubt this proposal is even still active. If you look at that project page linked to...

Curious how much of that cost might involve implementing state-of-the-art earthquake-resiliency engineering? Any mass transit infrastructure that traverses the mighty and fearsome San Gabriels--I-5, I-15, whatever freight line hugs the I-15 corridor (the SP & Santa Fe?); ditto for any freight...

That's quite the bold assertion, coming from someone who is presumably neither a.) on the development team nor b.) James Arthur Jemison. What do you know--other than that land and labor costs are ruinously expensive, energy efficiency and affordable housing mitigation impositions are equally...

Since when has Johnnyrockets ever let stubborn facts get in the way of playing to the cheap seats? Man, is he coming in hot of late with the Rifleman-esque rants...

The battle is joined! https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/24/opinion/north-south-rail-link-transportation-william-straus/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/24/opinion/north-south-rail-link-benefits/ I'm intrigued to hear any fellow ABers opine on Straus' criticisms that a.) the NSRL tunnel...

Ask, and ye shall receive... https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/24/business/healey-offers-15m-help-boston-convert-downtown-office-buildings-into-housing/