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I think it comes down to the fact that: Chicago is laid out to be a massive city with lots of land to work with. Boston is a midsized city that is close to build out. Buildings like the Pierce breadground on a monthly basis in Chicago. On the plus side, the quality of Boston buildings is far...

Re: 8-10 Waldo Street Coolidge Corner Brookline I agree with you that, in theory, Brookline could be made much denser if large sections of the town were knocked down and rebuilt with densely packed tripple-deckers and small walkups. But realistically, what is the probability of that? IMO, we...

Here is some info about the 121-139 First site: https://www.cambridgema.gov/~/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp297/sp297_devproposal_narrative.pdf?la=en Looks like the plan is for a 5-story office building followed by a residential projects on the adjoining blocks (6 storys w/ 118...

Comparing Boston to its east coast peers DC and Philly, it is pretty interesting to me how Philly and Boston have such similar development patterns, with Philly usually being roughly 30% bigger than Boston regardless of measure used. DC is sort of its own thing, not suprising given it developed...

Yeah, I created a seperate thread for anyone who want to compare Boston to its peer cities. http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?p=277622#post277622

How do people think Boston is doing with reguard to urbanism/new construction relative to its peer cities. I generally consider Boston's peer cities to be: 1) SF- a little denser/big than Boston, but another high priced skill-focused costal city with NIMBYism/fears of Manhattanization. 2)...

I don't think I'm disagreeing with you at all. My point is central Boston is contrained by lots of logistical/political barriers to growth. Those impediments make me optimistic that we will eventually see something built on this site. Long term, it is simply too good to pass up. The only...

Yeah, I was speaking only of the build environment of the downtown core. Not regional economic performance.

Long term, I'm optomistic this will ultimately get developed as it is one of the last 10-20 or so sites in central Boston to host a 500+ footer. But, short term, yeah this is a punch in the groin and a reminder that Boston just isn't going to put up 500+fts at the pace of a peer city like SF or...

Re: The Merano (Parcels 1B & 1C) | Bulfinch Triangle | West End Nice photo! But, can't help but notice how the view is now shot in both directions. These two landscrapers block Custom House coming into the city and the bridge when looking out. Its a city, nothing inherently wrong with that...

An improvement over the present and a missed opportunity in one. Both spectacular and underwhelming at the same time.

Not to distract further. But, just wanted to respond as I didn't make my point too well. I wasn't trying to make the Manahattanization argument. I was just point out that Boston is an old established city with a relatively built out "mixed use core." This is a pretty steady as she goes type...

Well in fairness, Boston is Boston. This isn't NYC, Chicago or even Philly/SF. Boston has a lot of things going for it. It has a world class university system, a solid innovation economy, historical architecture, and a truly unique character. I used to wish Boston was bigger. But, it is...

Ah, thanks for the details. Is the residential tower actually u/c? Or is this preliminary site prep?

Any one know which will be the next to rise: this, Congress Garage or the Garden tower? (Assuming Four Seasons will be next of course).

Is it known if this will role right into contruction on the residential tower or will there be some gap time in between the podium and the subsequent tower?

Re: 2 Charlesgate West As an interloper from outside Boston, do people really think this project is really that unlikely? This seems like the kind of ho-hum steady as she goes development Boston needs to help solve (or at least amerliorate) its housing issues. My sense is that Boston (both...

Any rational? Too big or will spread gentrification? More importantly, does he have any real ability to block the project? There is always a question of how much if at all do new luxury apartments contribute to "filtering" vs. just bringing new affluent people into the city. But, new...

In a similar vein, here are a couple artilces from thew Washington Post on the topic of urban affordability: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/12/the-poor-are-better-off-when-we-build-more-housing-for-the-rich/?tid=sm_tw...

Semi-related, does anyone know if there is still signs of "site prep" type work going on at the Copley site?