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This makes me nuts. The technology is now cheap enough to replicate the warmth of incandescant on mass scale. Too many earnest city managers want to "prove" they are going green and we're stuck with harsh lights as the demonstration of it. It's a mis-use of the technology. Ugh.

Re: Fan Pier If only I had the time to be that witty. I'm as stumped as the rest of you. /groan

I don't recall this building was ever intended to make a statement or be prominent for anywhere except the intersection it sits above. It's infill on the westerly end of the High Spine. Parcels 12, 13 and 15 or the Berklee school's corner project are to be the things that should look different...

@blaaahncha Almost all of the Back Bay along Newbury, Marb and Beacon St's and Comm Ave is the same height, deliberately planned as so. I am interested in your opinion on this exact-same height phenomina that has plagued Boston for over 100 years now.

Last sentence nails it, the charm factor. Nickle and diming that makes no sense for such a miniscule savings.

John wins the Internet. Shut it down. We're done here.

The hysteria surrounding anything that may affect the "northern diffuse light" up to and including a deck with a park over the Pike, new shrubbery along Ipswich to disguise the railroad tracks, potential construction projects across the Pike on outer Newbury, adjustments to the westbound ramp...

Nothing will ever happen on the Newbury Extension. Parcel 11 will never be decked over. The Pike will never be touched (sunk even deeper into the water table or anything else) between the Kenmore ramps and the Mass Ave overpass. The westbound ramp at Mass Ave will never be removed. The parking...

Re: Residences at Kensington But trees provide SHADE! lol

It'll never happen without fully integrating the two reservation systems. When that happens, it'll be the Avis way or the highway for the existing Zipcar management team. I've always thought Zipcar's biggest short-coming was not finding the sweet spot between longer short-term reservations (by...

Exactly, a variety of factors influence roadway use in urban areas. Reliability and availability of public transportation, traffic and parking are three of those inputs. I had hopes that MassDOT would be more comprehensive in planning and proposing multi-mode solutions. Bowker is the perfect...

Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center I've seen this model before, wasn't it from their own very early proposal pre: Copley Place? 40 percent sounds a little optimistic but not much. The pilings have been upgraded, the pit is waterproofed and they're two of the biggest challenges right?

I guess you're predicating this on the residents of the Back Bay wanting/needing additional penetrations via Storrow. I agree that access to the Esplanade is subpar and should be explored but I don't think making it easier for cars to drive around the Back Bay is the way to do that.

Where Looney Tunes used to be at 1106 Boylston. Next month, I hear.

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Lack of vision and leadership from the BRA. The whole thing should be turned over to MIT planning department and used as a lab for an urban growth program. They certainly wouldn't fuck it up.

Re: North-South Rail Link <<<<<PRIMAL SCREAM>>>>>

Re: North-South Rail Link Well, no. While I do want transit improvements I realize it will never happen. In the meantime is it too much for drivers to follow the law? Things like red lights. Things like not driving 40 down Boylston Street at rush hour. Things like "no turn on red." Things...

I know what insulation is. I'm talking about the metal on the first piece of curtain wall. I stood in Dunk's watching it reflect different colors as the sun set, the primary being purple.

@John there is plenty of capacity on the 1, but like women going to the bathroom they ride in herds or flocks. BTD also recently changed signals between Westland and the bridge which has completely fucked up traffic patterns. Don't know what they were thinking. FYI I was wrong. Today one panel...

Re: Malden/Melrose is downtown Malden really getting 19 sf? I know it's a great location to the OL but that's a shade higher than I'dve expected. Overall pretty nice chart though.