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How many empty storefronts are there? I walk up it regularly, and off the top of my head can think of no more than three. Next time I walk up, I'll do a count...

Not a fan of George Howell - their roast is way too strong and rather expensive- though not sure where Render is. I've been getting my coffee at Paul at Court and Washington since Red Barn closed for the HVAC installation at the beginning of January.

Hopefully they'll reopen their Faneuil Hall location soon, now that the HVAC work there has finished and the ground floor retail establishments are slowly returning. There isn't much good coffee in that area.

I was an interpretive ranger at a small urban state park in the late 1990s. Under state law, drinking in state parks is illegal, but I was told by my supervisor more or less "People enjoying a glass of wine in the park with a picnic is fine" and to look the other way, but to report anything that...

I go to the TJ Maxx sometimes. Maybe Newbury Comics to get that gift for a nephew's birthday or the occasional Pixies, Fugazi, or Heatmiser/Elliott Smith re-release on vinyl (and to relive the time I saw him perform there in 1997 or 1998).

I don't hate it, but if I was the owner of the W Hotel, I might have a problem with it. That's all I can see now: A giant W!

I love Red Barn. Their Faneuil Hall shop is temporarily closed while the building's HVAC is replaced, leaving me with very few places to get decent coffee in the area.

780 Harrison Avenue, aka the Housman Medical Research Center. It looks like someone turned a men's room inside out. The only thing missing is the urinals.

Pret a Manger at State and Washington disappeared last week. One day it was there, and the next day *poof* it's like it never existed. I wonder if the always busy Paul bakery across the street had much to do with it.

I think a lot of people would be happy to see them dropped off of the top of the John Hancock Tower.

No turn on red is a vestige of the energy crises in the 1970s, meant to prevent excessive idling. In urban areas it should be the default. Per a FHWA study on practices in other countries, Germany, where safety is taken into account over ease of moving vehicle traffic when designing...

I don't mind the shorter of the two buildings at IP at all, but the Palladian Palace is probably one of the ugliest high rises in North America. 500 Boylston is so cheesy that it inspired the Cheesecake Factory.

Re: Parcel Q1 | 10 Drydock Ave. | Seaport Yes, because LRVs run on a fixed guideway. Short of derailment, there's no chance of them bumping the walls.

It looks like they were trying to out-Philip Johnson Philip Johnson's more monstrous post-1970s postmodern uglies (500 Boylston, International Place, etc)

Residential permits should be tied to residents, not cars. Why shouldn't I, as a resident of my street, be able to park a Zipcar or rental near my home during my reservation? I have been ticketed because I parked a Zipcar in front of my place while offloading groceries. I am a resident, I should...

It is. I was told once by the MDC ranger who oversaw the Charles River Dam and the area parks that each of the six pumps at the Charles River Dam move about 25,000 (or maybe 250,000? it was about 17 or 18 years ago when he told me this, so my memory is foggy) cubic yards of water per minute and...

I was. I picked the starboard window seat in the first row of the economy section both ways between Boston and Istanbul, a bulkhead seat that got decent reviews on Seatguru. Per the reviews, the extra legroom there is debatable, but on a nine hour flight the ability to get up from my seat...

It was reading reviews like this that helped me decide to take Turkish over BA for a trip to Greece that I'm planning for September. That and the nightmare that transferring at Heathrow can be.

Re: clearing snow from sidewalks Burlington does. Apparently Wilmington does not.

Not to mention the poor subway passengers who will have to swim through that pool just to get in and out of Symphony Station.