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I lived in Oak Square years ago. Thankfully, my job was in Watertown Square. However, hanging out with friends north of the river was an exercise in transit frustration. It was routinely faster for me to walk to Harvard Sq, via Greenough Blvd, than to take the T there. Setting the fare zones...

Seeing the rapid progress on this site makes the slow-walking of so many other developments in Cambridge (e.g. the affordable housing on Mass Ave at Darul Kebab) just that much more frustrating.

NIMBYs will probably worry about possible battery fires or electromagnetic radiation.

Back in the bad old days, before GPS tracking of buses, I do remember watching 57 bus drivers pull out of Kenmore right after the scheduled bus departure and tailgate it all the way to Watertown.

The perspective on that photo makes it seem like 1/3 of each floor is elevator shaft.

The legislature needs to get over itself and pass a bill permitting comprehensive red light camera enforcement.

Most of the taxes, none of the school spend.

I swear the law should allow the city to match the price of any proposed private sale, so that they can retire them. Having the two tier system is asking for grift.

Slightly more on-topic: I’m curious about the mobile generator at the Medford St substation. It’s tucked behind a bit of temporary fencing in the driveway, which only adds to the temporary feel. Why is it there? Did the design not account for proper backup power?

It’s the right thing to do and located adjacent to a substation. The DBA name makes me laugh. Someone on the team grew up in the 1980s.

It’s probably to preserve the resale value of the legacy licenses for friends of the reps.

Core is topped out and they are removing the form work today.

What’s going on in the middle of first photo? Is that a flash reflection?

If it’s quick-build, they’re probably not repaving the various patch jobs.

They need to figure out a plan to convert the transferable licenses into non-transferable.

Are the licenses transferable to blue zip codes after they are issued?

This is the fallout of Baker’s appointees sandbagging two different contracts for the T.

Priming the project once there is the slightest thaw.