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Quite literally, they are the residue of the arsenal of democracy. There, 25-year-old (!) Norman Leventhal, who is on a very short list for greatest Bostonian of the 20th-century, oversaw, as an MIT-trained naval architect, the construction of forty-six destroyer escorts, eleven destroyers, and...

I have questions: 1.) How do you define "Boston"--the Mayor Wu regime? A potential successor regime? The BPDA as presently constituted? The BPDA as it might be evolving? 2.) How do you define "tap"? Remember, the process in which they won the development sweepstakes for the Winthrop Sq. Garage...

Speaking of... will the hideous screeching of the trolleys as they negotiate the hairpin curve there be annoyingly audible from where the beer garden will be operating? (Note that very detailed WBUR piece didn't guarantee that the MBTA's noise-dampening attempts would be successful... can...

Very thoughtful post. To which I would add, "You're not being paranoid if, in fact, a vast coalition of forces is conspiring against you." Although suburbanization began as early as the 1880s--Newton residents sure enjoyed the amenity of those HH Richardson-designed stations when they were...

Which just happens to be Ashkenazy, aka Evil Incarnate. For those unfamiliar, before Ashkenazy acquired the SS operator/leasing rights, it was chiefly famous around here for instigating a witches' brew of hostility, resent, and toxic tension at Faneuil Hall, all while gleefully extending a...

Although I couldn't find the actual cost for the Harvard Sq.-Alewife extension, happily I was able to find the projected cost for the entire envisioned project (i.e., if it had run to Arlington Heights), in August 1977 dollars, via that month's EIS for the initiative, available here. So, the...

It's no longer on the BPDA developments map. That can't be accidental.

Stunningly exquisite front door. Bleak, confusing & auto-centric back door. Hopefully the latter will change as part of the renovation.

Someone has to do it... and that someone is me: proper pronunciation available here.

I would guess 100 Summer--it's funny how these perspective conundrums are so Boston-centric, with our towers all skew to each other in a very bewildering/complex geometry; in Manhattan, with everything aligned perfectly rectilinearly, there would never be any such confusion... but here is more...

What's wonderful about Downtown Boston, for analyses like these, is that we have such a rich portfolio of office properties clustered within such distinct architectural/engineering eras. Think about the fact that we have so many office towers--literally dozens!!--still being used, perfectly...

I hear you--but it's interesting to note that the story JustBuildIt quoted said it's time to look at "1970s and 1980s-era offices." OK, let's look at some of the 1970s and 1980s-built office towers in Downtown (all dates built supplied by Wikipedia). 100 Federal: 1971 Federal Reserve: 1976 One...

453 Washington & 80 Summer both got the residential conversion treatment years ago, as did a fairly good number of other Ladder District properties. The low-hanging fruit got converted in the aftermath of the 2007-09 crash--8 Winter, 407 Washington, The Conrad, and others. What's left is, by...

The whole of the Southwest Corridor stretch offers such fantastic juxtapositions between the intimate, sanctuary-like feel of the old brownstones (or neo-brownstones) and forest canopy, set dramatically against the soaring regal majesty of the Back Bay spires. I could walk the length of the SW...

Route 128 must also be one, as it is an Amtrak stop (both NE Corridor and ACELA I presume?). Why would Attleboro, though, given there has never been Amtrak service there? (at least as far as I know/recall...)

Yes, and Germany was just slightly losing the war in April 1945. Boston's estimated homeless population, 2022: 1,545. NYC's estimated homeless population, 2022: 68,884. LA's estimated homeless population, 2022: 69,144. SF's estimated homeless population, 2022: 7,754 (p. 14 of PDF) The...

No arguments here--but I have to advocate for Provincetown/Truro's status as a bicyclists' (and, in the case of the former, walkers') paradise. Downtown P'Town to Truro Center is a 20-mile round-trip, perfect for good conditions (especially given the nearly perfectly flat terrain). Walking the...

Similar to 9 Hamilton Place, this one will also enjoy the relatively expedited Small-Project review process, being less than 50,000 sf. [And, of course, it is also highly similar to 9 Hamilton Pl. in its geographic siting; but I'll leave it to others to deduce any other similarities.]...

Yeah, being brutally exposed [in 2016] for using said enteprise to mask the running of a $100 million Ponzi scheme, then (in 2017) being arrested for tax fraud, and (in 2022) finally being indicted, and now facing FIVE YEARS in federal prison as a result of some truly Bernie Madoff/Sam...

For sure... but [obviously] let's see how this new upcoming museum does. This story says it will occupy 17,000 sf, which is a lot of vacancy to be absorbing there (if not all). I think if I recall correctly from walking past it the other day, the COMING SOON signage is filling every single...