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I remember when this building started and thought “Oh, man! We’re finally being smart about how we build!” Nope. it’s still more the exception than the rule.

I saw that video too! I had the exact same thought about Foxboro. To the immediate problem… If the commuter rail was electrified, trains would be lighter, faster, cheaper and easier to schedule with less dwell time and shorter headways. NIMBYs would bitch less about the noise and smoke and start...

From what I understand, getting a certificate of occupancy depends on at least 5 separate on-site building inspections (foundation, structural, electrical x2, plumbing, etc), during construction. Modular construction needs those same inspections but each cities codes would have to be changed to...

Indeed. Meme worthy.

Sure. Full electrification.

Excellent portmanteau.

What? Are you the developer’s lobbyist? In the sales office? Don’t answer. It’s none of my business. Personalizing your disagreement instead of addressing the statement’s validity is lazy. Yes. I have walked it... Before when it was an open lot of weeds and trash, while under construction, and...

Excellent. I stand corrected. Same genus, different specie. Your nuanced observation embraces a taxonomic truth.

CX is the West End with newer boxes. It’s carchitecture trying to act like the idealized ‘park city’. Both are wrong. Though the buildings may be pretty, they do not create a cohesive, pedestrian friendly streetscape. Might as well be in Waltham. Also, that REI is an urban density crime scene.

Hot takes.... First, yes and yes. Second, we would need two of those bridges (295ft) to span Fort Point Channel (605ft)... which would look cool. I'd like usage stats for the existing ped bridge first. As pretty as it is, I'd bet the new one will get the same amount of use as the one it's...

Right… Old North Church, Converse building, and the Zakim towers that are shaped like the Bunker Hill monument not the monument itself. I forgot those. That’s a cool shot and I’m a big dummy.😵

Wait… that shot is impossible. Unless there’s a big convex mirror on the MOS. Nice work, but that’s GOTTA be ‘shopped.

Okay, so I Moneyballed it (because it's Friday and I was in a meeting) Instead of OBP I'm using SAPP (Square Acre Per Passenger) Rank.(TM) Pretty simple: Size in acreage against 2019 Pre pandemic passenger counts

So was looking at Logan's footprint 1955 vs. 2023. Mostly to compare the Neptune Rd/Olmsted Park (RIP) footprint. And it's cool. Imagine how much more we could have done with our limited acreage if we had designed with transit at least partially in mind from the start. So much of the area...

He's not completely wrong, just jumping to one class of rich villain for hyperbole. Private jet freedoms aside, we can single out the wealthy C-suites of car companies, suburban homebuilders, commercial freight haulers, and highway constructors as a causal sub-specie. Law-wise, we're still...

At least match the European standards... for heavy and light rail. Europe seems to do okay, right? I'm thinking EU weight standards are something we can adopt. Lighter trains stop faster and don't hit as hard. It's also cheaper to get more 'domestic' bidders who can take non-customized European...

Not trying to sound old but it looks sooooo much better over there than in the 90s. More life, less parking.

Fear of reprisal. If the speaker is challenged, upon losing the challenger is punished, relegated with bad committee assignments, has legislation shelved and is generally ostracized. More important, that means the challenger's district will get much less state aid if any at all. They didn't...

I totally agree with JeffDowntown's Post. I'd add the legislature is almost all Dems, but it is nowhere near unified by shared ideology. For every firebrand progressive Cambridge Rep D, there's a greedy DINO from a monied enclave, or a crypto-Trumpian D somewhere Westawoostah. So, there are many...

Funny, but still a personal jab, which is exactly what I’m talking about. No personal responsibility, just lashing out at those who disagree. I found that the Venn Diagram of People who are Fucking Up The World and golf enthusiasts is a pretty solid overlap. I also find that they usually don’t...