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*For god's sake, man, don't let City Councilor Erin Murphy discover that death trap, lest she nearly disembowel herself, in her clumsiness, like she almost did on the new City Hall Plaza playground slide!* (spoken a la Shatner in Star Trek) (In all seriousness, quoting directly from her...

Thus saving thousands of gallons of waters in terms of what has not been evaporated during the summer months otherwise spilled/seeped into the surrounding environment, plus any chronic subterranean leaks that might have occurred if those fountains were operating. Yes, running a fountain in our...

The Herald reports that TransitMatters just released a study on electrifying the Lowell line and doing the Capitol Corridor to Manchester. (Prepare for the inevitable Howie Carr apoplexy column to follow: "boondoggle"; "will do nothing but encourage NH-based welfare leeches and illegal aliens to...

it might, depending on how this resolves. Also, there were simultaneous realities at play with this one: yes, it was subject to a ridiculous(ly antiquated) zoning regime, from the late 1980s... at the same time, it still represents a massive densification/enlargement on the parcel's current puny...

Approved by the BPDA Board. So it ended up being just shy of 300 days, from when it was proposed, to obtaining approval. Again, as you say, it could be this way all the time, if there was the political courage/vision/imagination to see it through.

Ditto that (great job summarizing). Serious, non-sarcastic question: is it reasonable to presume the City of Pawtucket's planning/development staff is very bogged-down in the takeover of the blighted Apex pyramid site, and that whole riverfront soccer development scenario? I hope they have the...

I assumed this was a reference to Tinker's Island, and, sure enough... it is actually the property of Salem, not Marblehead--despite laying only 600 yards off the Marblehead coast... but 4 miles off of the nearest point of mainland Salem which is not obstructed by Marblehead (Salem Willows...

I prefer to think that you're being anti-Howie Carr. Which means, pro-rationalism, pro-humanism, pro-democracy, pro-meritocracy, pro-empathy. What's not to love?

For what it's worth, Pi Alley has significantly more space within its footprint than does the collection of buildings slated to be demolished for 11 Bromfield. I just did some quick online surveying: Winthrop Center: 1.05-acre footprint Pi Alley Garage: .70-acre footprint 11 Bromfield site...

The fixation on 800,000 is bizarre and illogical. Yes, that was the City's high-water population benchmark 70 years ago--but so what? What factors intelligently inform the drive to re-attain a population of 800,000? Otherwise it's so much hollow symbolism. Also, interesting that she stated the...

Doesn't that very basic/bland "base palette" accentuate the wonderful vibrant riot of competing signage from the various food kiosks stand out all the more? The point is for the eye to be wandering from one colorful food kiosk sign to another, and to not be distracted by the flooring et...

I'd add that, if you have 30 min+ to kill waiting for a train out of South Station, I always opt for the Alewives pub at HSP over the South Station tavern. The bartender who's there a lot is quite amiable, and it's just more pleasant overall than South Station (to not even speak of the edge in...

It was such an *open and robust public process,* they depleted the Downtown Staples' entire inventory of Stick-its in order to execute their *community stakeholder visioning sessions*...

Glad to know there's an example out there already working in the real world. By the way, as a postscript (I only just remembered this)--when Winthrop Center opens in a few months, it will, of course, be disgorging and absorbing a significant amount of vehicle traffic into Winthrop Sq. and...

Your tone is oddly exasperated given that I started by validating your proposal as a great idea. That said, I never implied anything about "Otis or Devonshire [being] the one and only way a bus could go"--I was merely pointing out that these buses are a phenomenon to contend with. I have...

Appealing idea--but what about the MBTA buses that traverse the area? Looks like the pandemic wiped-out the 550s-series service through Winthrop Sq., but you still have the 501, 504, 505, and 7 rumbling through Winthrop Sq. per the MBTA system map. (3rd inset down on the left-hand vertical...

It's still Basquiat's world ( with Banksy and Shepard Fairey as his chief apostles, one could argue); we're merely living in it...

Fair enough, guilty as charged!

It sure is an architecture forum! Hence, my observation that the quality of 151 Tremont St.'s architecture is reminiscent of Soviet-era Bucharest. You were expressing a desire for a radical transformation in the appearance of 151 Tremont. I pointed out the practical considerations--with...

The NU magazine article is clearly biased--as it should be, being an institutional publication! (and it really reads more like an attempt at an olive branch/reconciliation, than gloating--though I imagine the town feels it's way too late for that, being so deep into litigation)--but it also...