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I think April makes sense. From the deck of slides datadyne posted a few months back, I seem to remember a few slides that addressed timeline, including mention of a water/sewer main relocation through the site that needed to be approved by BWSC for work by last October. I haven't seen any...

It feels contrastingly organic, especially compared to all the existing and impending boxes descending upon the Seaport. Still hate that parking garage - build it and they will come...poor transit service today is a terrible excuse for building just-as-expensive car infrastructure that will...

I'm really grateful that the site is being built out as dense integrated multi-unit buildings and not like the hokey multi-unit oversized suburban Frankenstein house-style townhouses like they've built down near Franklin Park.

The amount of lipstick on the pig that is 100 Hood Park Drive is astounding... The only mitigating factor is that it's entirely above ground and in a separate structure that could theoretically be redeveloped into occupiable space a la One Broadway in Kendall. Hopefully, the traffic stays bad...

Utility work to prep the site for Jackson Square Phase 3's affordable housing units at 25 Amory. It's been fascinating to watch from my window. 👀 I've been meaning to share construction update photos here, but I've just gotten so accustomed to seeing it every day...

And then the luxury of building roughshod through neighbourhoods with impunity when they do decide to build the supporting infrastructure. Rather than continuing to argue over uncertainty in the future need for classroom seats, as JumboBuc highlighted, could we not simply say that the developer...

Facade is going up really slowly on this huh? I've never seen a building with so many floors poured without the cladding close behind.

Re: Landmark Center Expansion | Fenway I love it! It feels distinct, weighty, and modern, yet I can't help but be reminded of One Liberty Plaza in downtown Manhattan.

Re: Seaport Parcels M1-M2 | Seaport Sq. | Seaport I may have said this upthread already, but I'm really excited for this development. This is basically a larger version of CityCenterDC's primary block bound by 9th, 10th, H NW, and I NW Sts. I only hope the retail is considerably more varied and...

It's a reasonable addition that's very middle-of-the-road contemporary design, but I can't help but feel like it would look less stumpy at 5 storeys taller. Something about the ratio of height to width for buildings in this region always strikes me as either being stumpy or super-tall but only...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Forgive me, I'm having difficulty locating the thread for this development — on D Street between the Silver Line WTC station and Haul Road, right over the I90 tunnel. Just noticed it was under construction today and haven't seen any plans or renderings.

I don't get that the T is 'ineffective' as much as its perception as coloured by cognitive bias (confirmation bias and negativity bias). As JumboBuc said, the T is a viable solution for many people and as you Norumbega have noted, we should be planning for a system that we want/need, not...

King Tide 2070.

This has been my complaint since day 1. It enables and encourages the area to be drive-to walkable urbanism. Yes, people from across the region will want to get here and 'conventional wisdom' about parking likely led Somerville to not push back further on disincentivising people to park at other...

Re: access to the other side of the CR tracks to the park - there's a small bump-out at the Orange Line head house mezzanine level that roughly lines up with the walkway that bridges over the southbound Orange Line tracks and Great River Road that runs parallel. Do we know if that designed as...

Crazy idea: Since MBTA ops building is on one side and the adjacent building an electrical substation — doubtful anything can be built here for safety/security reasons — state buys 51-53 High Street to consolidate with 45 High Street. At the same time state relocates MassDOT offices away from 10...

But they are fountains!... fountains of colourful flowers... 😁

I contend that you could still do 20-30 as mixed use - hotel, condo/rental, office similar to the original Millennium Tower proposal. Also, the scab of Rutherford Ave has been scratched back open by BTD a few weeks ago. They're now considering an underpass option (one direction only) as if the...

Re: South Station Tower Thanks for proving my point, folks. 1000 spaces (almost) makes sense out at Rt 128/Westwood, not over our largest transit hub downtown. The direct ramp off eastbound I-90 is bad enough; we don't need to further shift the calculus for another potential 1000 people to...

30 stories isn't too far fetched, especially if it were on parcels 7 or 8 and considering the height of the developments coming in adjacent parcel 9 by an independent developer (can't remember the name of that project but I know it's up thread somewhere). That puts you far enough from East...