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Isn't that one of the Urban Renewal overlay districts? (Asking for a friend.)

Exactly, the electric grid radiates out from existing and former generation sites. Same reason why offshore wind power is brought onshore at former coastal generation sites -- it is where the highest capacity grid interconnects live.

I don't have any special insight into this project, but decorative panel installation is likely the lowest priority activity for the completion schedule of this bridge. And they cannot be easily installed on the west side of the bridge until the temporary bridge is removed next spring. Right...

No mention that New York, particularly lower Manhattan 421-g tax abatement, and now all of Manhattan 467-m tax exemption is $$ billions in incentives over the next 25-35 years that make Boston's incentives seem paltry. (And the NYC incentives come with steep affordability requirements! so...

At some point we really need to stop the shell game of "tagging the developers" for rebuilding T stations. There is no free lunch. The developers are going to bake those costs into whatever is being built on the site, through rents, etc. We end up paying, just in hidden ways (cost of units...

Agreed that the argument being made does not hold together. But every site in the city is a tradeoff of use potential. We have high hotel rates and we have high rents. So support of a given use here is a vote against the alternative use.

Just want to point out that September through mid-November are prime season for travel in Boston. Nothing off season about this period.

Limited space to build in the city. Take this same footprint and height, and make it housing rather then hotel rooms. Which does the city need more - housing to hotel rooms?

The MTA is doing this in NYC. But my impression is they chose too small of a screen for the displays (I am sure it is a cost issue). The full system map on the screen is pretty unreadable. https://new.mta.info/accessibility/stationlab/CICs

I love the gratuitous flag of "CRRC has continued to meet the delivery schedule since October 2023" * * Delivery schedule extended so many times that we cannot even remember the original due date; so we will now have to refurb old Red Line Cars because they have to stay in service for an extra...

Great to hear. More developers need to learn about them. The density is very helpful.

Just to be clear, the Jersey Street name far predates Fenway Park; it has nothing to do with the Red Sox. It is another of the English throwback names in the Back Bay and Fenway area. "Jersey Street was the original name of the street that runs parallel to Ipswich and Kilmarnock Streets in the...

Russian airspace restrictions due to the Ukraine war? No polar flyovers for flights to/from the US means a much longer flight route..

The height is very intriguing to me -- I believe 10 stories. We are constantly told that the construction cost math does not work in that range, but someone seems to have made it work. Not 5 over 1, not high rise, but solid midrise.

I was thinking "viable" in that a venue operator clearly thinks even the tiny service is worth funding. (Maybe Encore only picks up high rollers in the water taxis?) Encore must think they are getting something out of the service? A real ferry option could add a bit of capacity for crush...

Ferries do not support massive development. They are slow and capacity limited. Ferries, at best, provide a miniscule capacity boost. Heavy Rail supports massive development. That is what the Everett Corridor really needs for the proposed level of development. We are just too cheap to...

Ferries for game day are not mass transit either -- they are team owner subsidies.

Understood -- just pointing out that the current large business in the area has already demonstrated the viability of ferry service from downtown/seaport to the location. It was also privately financed to get patrons to their venue (looking at you Bob Kraft)!

Encore billed them as custom motor yachts when they were built (Encore PR): "The cost to build the three boats is approximately $3 million and will be privately funded by Encore with no public funding or taxpayer funds. The Encore Boston Harbor Water Shuttle will run 365 days a year throughout...

Encore already has their own private water shuttle service to the casino: