Search results

  1. KentXie

    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Why not build a commuter rail station near Encore and run a commuter rail shuttle on game day from North Station?
  2. KentXie

    NYC City Council Shifts Broker Fees From Renters to Landlords

    Or maybe, just get rid of brokers for rentals. There are freaking websites like zillow that everyone uses and I can guarantee whatever the subscription cost is to host the listing, it is significantly cheaper than paying for a broker. It's crazy how entire major cities on the west coast can do...
  3. KentXie

    Lyra (née The Huntington) | 252/258/264 Huntington Avenue | Fenway

    You aren't wrong. Since demolition for this project was completed, a 590-foot tower 3 blocks from my place was topped out in LA in comparison in that time period. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_and_Hill The construction of this tower is slow and I don't think it has to do with the...
  4. KentXie

    Idea for fixing the housing shortage

    Control. There are teams where none of the individuals work in the same office and they have to go into the office just to do virtual calls with teammates. What a waste of time.
  5. KentXie

    Addressing the housing crisis

    I don't know where they got Los Angeles numbers but they are likely wrong. California Gov website reported that 20k new housing units are expected to be built in Los Angeles proper alone in 2024. Of which, 13k are MDUs (5+ units) LA County as a whole is adding 32k housing units, of which 17k are...
  6. KentXie

    General Boston Discussion

    Los Angeles traffic is no where as bad as Boston. There is a misconception that LA traffic is bad but the real problem with driving in LA is the distance to get to anywhere. You're usually still traveling at around 20 mph in LA traffic. In Boston, I've experienced sitting in traffic for 1 hr...
  7. KentXie

    General Boston Discussion

    And literally all of those cities are unaffordable so I guess yay patents and investments that doesn't actually flow down to the average person 🤷🏽‍♂️ "Honey what's for dinner? Patents, dear" Guess where all the investment money go? That's right, the C suites and the shareholders. Those...
  8. KentXie

    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    Unfortunate that this is the last large skyscraper in the foreseeable future for Boston that contains a residential element to it while cities like Toronto are building what's probably equivalent to 2x to 3x the residential towers Boston built in this past cycle over the next few years. It's...
  9. KentXie

    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    More like I'm not a Homer. Several folks here like to put down other cities' architecture because of their Boston = small city insecurities and I'm putting some objectivity here. The One Dalton is an average building. It wouldn't stick out if it was shortened. Several skyscrapers in the world...
  10. KentXie

    State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

    Also the issue here isn't the width, it's the height to width ratio. Using google maps, the width of the State Street Tower at it's widest point looks to be about 260ft which is similar in width to the Wilshire Grand Center in LA. However, because the WGC's roof height is 900ft+, it looks well...
  11. KentXie

    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    Also One Dalton really isn't a dime a dozen. LA has two of them in Century City 🤷‍♂️. It's just tall in a city that doesn't have a lot of tall buildings. The only towers of outstanding design and quality in Boston in the past 10 years are the new State Street Tower and the St Regis Residences...
  12. KentXie

    Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment | Charlestown

    "Section 8 Voucher Deadbeats." How much you want to bet a bunch of these "deadbeats" are immigrants who arrived in this country working 2 jobs? I grew up in these projects. A lot of my friends did. A lot of the kids end up working part time jobs to help their family. I can guarantee they worked...
  13. KentXie

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    It's possible that the cause isn't indifference but underdevelopment in critical thinking/inability to understand the "downstream" impact. As a manager, I'm often surprise at how many people do things or make changes without thinking about how the change can impact things downstream.
  14. KentXie

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Like I said, a disingenuous article
  15. KentXie

    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    As someone who gets to stay at MT twice a year, I can tell you none of the residents (and me) care. Let's just say, the roof impacts exactly 0% of their lives. They care more about the fact that management is no longer providing cups for their complimentary morning coffee in the lounge than they...
  16. KentXie

    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    This entire thing lacks context. Which manager is working remote? If you're a senior manager on the finance team, this isn't a big deal. If you're a senior manager on the IT team, this isn't a big deal. As you all know, I am no fan of the MBTA, but the lack of nuance in this reporting makes this...
  17. KentXie

    One Post Office Square Makeover and Expansion | Financial District

    They are probably just assuming the site next door will eventually be developed so that it covers the blank wall

Back
Top