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It's a short trip down Washington to the existing Public Safety Building, which sits on increasingly desirable/valuable land in Union Square. As I understand it, cashing out on that land value is the primary goal here. I don't believe I've seen the plans for the new building yet, so I assume...

They're demoing the old strip mall at 98 Washington today.

Presumably 103 isn't going to start till 105 is done, since they are owned by the same people now and the 103 lot is being used as staging for 105. 105 got a new crew after the pandemic shutdown that is moving a LOT faster. But yes, pioneers of a sort - I expected the development that was...

It's the back side of the Stop+Shop parking lot development. Those shots are looking up Cross St. E The front of the building is in post #667 (Also pics by Javier, thanks for taking them).

Not sure if anyone mentioned it but Somerville is also shutting down construction: https://www.somervillema.gov/news/non-essential-construction-suspended-somerville Notably it doesn't kick in till Friday. The last two days the sites near me have been really busy, presumably because workers...

Yes, we agree. Even back before the area got hip, the carcass of the Ames Envelope Company was providing the warehouse space for what you called Step 1 startups - I worked in several in the 2005-2010 timeframe. The area has just sort of grown up with the companies - you see places like Greentown...

Optimus Ride operates out of the seaport (they actually use the same base vehicle as May) but I don't think they have any Boston routes open to the public. They do run 3-4 other open to the public locations (in NYC, in Virginia, etc) but I think the cars you see moving around in Boston are just R+D.

This picture shows 105/107 (the building going up) and 103 (the dirt in the foreground) Washington street. 105/107 replaced an old residential 3 story (not a triple decker, maybe a philly style?) and 103 replaced a car mechanics. Both are becoming X-over-1 mixed use. The steel took months -...

If I'm reading this right, it's because that garage is actually serving a lot of purposes: 1) The hotel next door (both building use one parking garage) gets 103 spaces 2) The City Club isn't going away, it's going to be absorbed into the residential building - they get 80 spaces 3) The...

Part of the "where is the next Kendall" discussion is where the startups are already - and you already have a growing tech cluster in this area. Draw a line down Somerville Ave from here to the Asylum (through Union) and count how many robotics companies are within a block of your line. It's a...

RIP Potato Freak, we hardly knew ye. The neighborhood is more or less behind the city on 90 Washington though - the old owners were more than happy to land bank the property with the excuse that it was tied up in court (you'll notice the court case suddenly went away when eminent domain came...

I didn't realize they had decided to reconnect Roland to Inner Belt when they split the project into two buildings. Good stuff.

The augur was active at the Washington street bridge this morning. (I watch the construction with my toddler most mornings while we wait for the bus).

I've never been threatened for not carrying cash when the credit card machine is "broke" in a rideshare, and I've never had a rideshare driver try to run the meter. Also when a rideshare driver isn't going to show up to get you, the app lets you know and a replacement shows up a few minutes...

On station naming - as someone who lives close by: the neighborhood is generally more in favor of East Somerville over Brickbottom - East is the neighborhood. Brickbottom is one building, who's residence already have overinflated egos and think they speak for everyone when they do not.

Big box stores still have an advantage on things that are big/bulky and hard to ship. My last few appliance purchases were all from such places (An air conditioner from home depot, a microwave from this best buy) and they easily beat amazon on price, presumably because they didn't have to pay...

My toddler recognizes the new cars and FREAKS every time we get one. "NEW TRAIN! NEW TRAIN!". Always gets a chuckle from the rest of the people on the platform. They're very nice. I especially like the wider doors. You still have a stubborn idiot on both sides that refuses to move to let people...

I lived there a few years. Everyone in the neighborhood called it "Beaconville" EDIT: The intersection with the Biscuit/Dahli/Dial-a-pizza was often joking referred to as "Beaconville Square"