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Damn, I've never once ridden on the Mattapan high speed line. Better get to it.

Born here in '82. I miss the economic, retail, and human diversity. Like SF, Boston is turning into a playground for wealthy people regardless of where they're from. I don't count that as "diversity". Poor people, immigrant groups, and native (as in Bostonian) minority groups have been...

It's an inferior knockoff the NYC WTC Station. Really dont understand why whoever approved this didn't realize that. The small size of the structure in comparison with the overall bridge makes it look like a superfluous, stuck on dressing rather than any legitimate architectural flourish. The...

Everything is for sale, and the only product that is consumed is image. Universities, hospitals, museums, restaurants, and whole cities are no longer local or national brands: all that matters is rich tourists and investors from China, Dubai, London, and Russia (et al) want whatever it is the...

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I cant stand the road names like this--whether theyre Catholic clergymen, police, or local politicians, they all smack of local graft and rarely actually represent anything or anyone most local people support, know about, or would care about. How about letting the citizens vote and having it...

I noticed a tower clearly under construction while driving on Washington St by the top of the hill (headed inbound, toward Rozzie Sq--where you get a great view of the skyline). I think it was this tower, but trying to figure out if the view ought to be blocked from there or not. I think you're...

Oh I hadn't heard of this, it looks super cool. Yeah, Westinghouse was/is yuuuge. I was at the Sam Adams brewery for a small event they did with the Haffenreffer family and some folks from JPNDC and hearing the history of how that complex got developed into what it is today was really cool...

Agree especially with the last part, and I read something in the globe recently that said the state actually has ultimate power over zoning rules. We can dare to dream that the state will ever enforce them across the state, but in a better world, the government would definitely do that. Back to...

Interesting area — mostly industrial and former industrial lots, not much housing. Whole area could be ripe for development depending on zoning

It’s cool how you can still see the outline of the former path of Huntington cutting all the way to boylston.

I don’t know, it feels pretty one size fits all to me if the only criterion is that your town borders any municipality that has a commuter rail station somewhere within its borders, regardless of how far that commuter rail station is from Back Bay or South Station. Whether it’s a 20 minute drive...

I guess they do share a border, but having lived in Worcester for 4 years, it sure felt like Holden was nowhere near close. While as I said before the state (in an ideal world) break the backs of any and all zoning restrictions, claiming that any town all the way out to Worcester that borders a...

Milton doesn’t have much of an argument and as a suburb bordering Boston, they really “need” to do more (I know that’s not illegal argument, but it’s ridiculous that any municipality bordering the city has such restrictive development). How is Holden on this list, though? They’re not even...

Exactly, that’s the problem. There’s no “financing”, which means if you’re a developer and you want to get rich off a development, you can only “finance” it if you can claim it’s gonna make the most profit possible. That’s capitalism and that’s the fuckin problem here. The idea that the...

Excavation is well underway at this site. Not great architecture (it would have been nice to see some curves given all the curves in the streets here) but seems like a good contribution. On another note, I drove around Hyde Park today and was struck by how many abandoned and really derelict...

lab space looking over the park is not what we need. This ought to be a landmark building of the caliber of the Dakota in NYC. It’s a prime spot for housing in an area that needs it. Ugh.

Hard to tell but this could be very elegant if materials are top shelf, and could also look absolutely awful. Not a great sign if the main pic shows it from far, far away. But we’ll see

Looks fucking great. Very urbane, can’t wait to see in person but looks like an excellent contribution to the fabric

I think the hospital was closed after major flood damage, or a water leak, you can look it up. Either way, possibly a large amount, or all, of the cost was covered by insurance and whatever funds hospitals get from the govt (and they got a LOT of COVID money, too). Steward itself has never...