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Hi guys, Four years after they sent me to San Francisco, my company has asked me to move back to Boston. Unfortunately, due to my current travel assignment, I am still in India, and will only be able to get to Boston this weekend. That gives me roughly two weeks to locate a place in Boston for...

Thank you for the update. I hope the facade is not ruined in the process.

I am amazed to find after all this time that the original ancient thread is still there. The original image is just enough to make out the Waldorf's sign. North Station Goes South (I guess I wanted to be a Herald reporter in 2004.... :) )

I'd love to know what is planned for it now, and if the McDamage at street level will get fixed up. This building always struck me forcefully in that I never noticed it at all until the El came down. It seemed odd that something so striking in its context could have completely slid by my...

Hi guys, I don't know if anyone remembers my ancient thread on the Causeway Street El teardown, but the demolition of the El revealed an interesting facade at 123 Causeway street. This building was McDonald's for a long time, and a Waldorf's for even longer. I was in Boston very briefly last...

Ha ha. He does not seem to actually have said that. I admit I'm crazy, anyway. I could easily tolerate Singapore weather now but not Boston.

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I'll be in Luxor on the Ides of March. I am _such_ an international man of mystery, huh? ;) I am around this weekend, however. I would welcome the advent of DD on the West coast; I have no use for Starbucks. The other issue I have out here is that one cannot find any decent fried clams. ;)...

I go to Delhi, not Bombay. :) In fact I have to fly to Delhi on Sunday. I will be there for six weeks this time. However, I also get one day in Istanbul and five in Egypt. So that's ok. :) I have a great view of the traffic, though: Are you really returning to Boston? Believe me I just...

You know, I was actually traveling from SFO to BOS each week in January. However, between the workshops I was running and my now pathological hatred of winter weather, my camera did not once come out of its bag. :(

Hey, we have some nice new new stuff in San Francisco too.....

Re: 45 Province St These illustrate the concern I have with the elevator bank. Perhaps only at these top stories will they introduce the faux windows:

Re: 28-story tower planned for Downtown Crossing It does seem as if this building's original cornice was removed, probably back in the bad times for this area:

One never likes to hear of the demise of a longstanding neighborhood business, but the effect of this gas station and the crummy Rapids next door have long made it on my top 10 list of most hated buildings in the city. An old pic, with the station at right. (What is currently in what was Paddy...

Thank you for the insight, Lurker. I visit the inside once a long time ago, and recall being surprised that it was quite a generic office building inside. Let's hope they put it right.

I suppose it is a little early to judge how well this one shall come out -- like a single megablock or not?

Again from the perspective of not having seen any of this landscaping under construction.... I do like how the Intercontinental turned out in the end. It is curious how one might at first not even realize that any work has been undertaken on Russia Wharf: It is nice to see that someone...

Re: Filene's Since Filene's was an operational store the last time I saw it, and considering I used to be taken here by my grandmother to view the Christmas village display, to see this for the first time was absolutely shocking. I felt as if somehow the Orange line exit must have opened onto...

Re: 45 Province St This building certainly looks impressive to my eye -- to someone who has not been in downtown Boston for nearly two years the change to Province street is very dramatic: I last saw this same view like this: My hotel room certainly has a great view of 45 Province. :)...