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^ Thanks, Mike ^ Thanks, Padre Mike, one thing that Tampa (assuming) and Boston both have to worry about is rising seas. During king tides, some Miami streets flood and Long Wharf in Boston gets a little water on its surface. Hopefully, we can do something about it to protect the progress we've...

den, I look for color to add attractiveness to my photos, and I'm always alert for sidewalk scenes with colorful umbrellas. For me, al fresco dining is a quintessential cityscape for picture taking. The Parisian city cafe is a standard, I have a framed poster of a painting of one in my home...

Thanks, you won't find me complaining much.

^ ^ Really appreciate the comments, thanks. I find walking around downtown Boston on a beautiful day fascinating, the workers out at lunchtime create a palpable buzz, the new and old architecture are a fascinating study and three(!) waterfronts, namely the Charles River, the harbor and Fort...

Boston Urbanism June 2017: Women and kids visiting Boston find downtown to be attractive, safe and interesting; a telling situation for any city. South Boston Waterfront Transportation Center site Echelon site, Seaport...

Hubman, I only recall, and was interested in, mainstream publications covering the curious oddity of the building, the aesthetic. It was striking at the time and really stood out from the rest of the crowd. Professional trade magazines undoubtably covered the structural aspects of it; I think...

Without knowing all of the signature buildings being designed during his time, Pereira seemed to go in another direction from the rest of the pack. The Pyramid garnered a lot of national attention.

Allow me to add this wonder from Wikipedia: Geisel Library is the main library building of the University of California, San Diego Library. It is named in honor of Audrey and Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. The building's distinctive Brutalist architecture has resulted in its...

From the Imagine Boston 2030 plan: "The current building boom is really just beginning. Much of this is predicated on the belief that Boston will keep growing. The plan projects a population of more than 800,000 people by 2050 — up from 656,000 in 2014 — and more than 900,000 jobs. To keep pace...

RailwayAge, May 16, 2017 MTA unveils bold plan to modernize New York City subway http://m.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/rapid-transit/mta-unveils-6-point-plan-to-modernize-new-york-city-subway.html An impressive read. I'm not as knowledgeable as other posters about these two transit...

Re: North-South Rail Link The program's focus was on engineering challenges. Examples included an incredible maneuver dubbed, "the Eye of the Needle", where a massive boring machine passed 33 inches above an existing subway tube and 14 inches below another structure (reading those words I say...

Re: North-South Rail Link WGBH, NOVA, 9pm, "Super Tunnel". That's tonight, Wednesday, May 3 ! "Follow an army of engineers and designers as they tackle the complex challenge of building Crossrail, a massive new subterranean railway deep beneath the streets of London".

Now I know where beton brut, the phrase, comes from :)

Habitat turns 50, concrete comeback? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/style/brutalism-growing-up-in-a-concrete-masterpiece.html?

Excerpt from an opinion article by a member of the Denver City Council in the Denver Post when the area's FasTracks program was ramping up: "But there’s a simple way to avoid those problems: EMUs. Electric Multiple Units are the cleanest, quietest commuter-rail vehicles in existence. They’re...

Thanks, Patrick!

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Love to see buildings lit in color at night. Perhaps the BPDA could persuade the property owners of select prominent buildings to splash color on their tops. Design a "Skyline Necklace", so to speak, or select a single street popular with tourists and make it a "Color Walk" at night. Don't want...

Nice update, cybah! After all the new walls are tagged, this project will look ugly. Teardrops.