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having grown up in Seoul during the 80's, I can attest first hand what the long term and some permanent affects an Olympics can leave on a city. Like a previous poster said, those affects in this day and age, for an American city would obviously be very different (though I believe Atlanta did...

Re: MIT - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research if it has ground floor retail, it will be a success.

slide 34 of the shorter presentation (#5 i think) - what happened to this???

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) i didn't realize the sides tapered a little....

.... both of these parcels should be developed.

Re: Mass College of Pharmacy "bisected corner of the Tremont Street Entrance to the Fens restored" can you elaborate on that?

"Maintaining this setback will help to reinforce the residential scale of this street,? said architect Eric Robinson." which really means "maintaining this setback will help reinforce the suburban feel that we hope for the development" "Within the setback, there will be a small garden between...

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) will it really ever be the world's tallest? aren't there other projects under construction that will be taller?

Re: Shreve, Crump & Low bldng may be replaced w/ new develop the 'hole in the ground' argument would be irrelevant if it wasn't so true.

anyone care to put together a list of best current stations?

too many parks...

glass is going up at Koch, and I think the Mormon project is moving very fast....

Re: Harvard Square in Allston? too much of it missing.

That out of place suburban sign on the sidewalk was acceptable when it was 'local'. An example of 'good' grit? Its now spiffy and new, an eyesore.

Re: MIT - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research i'm not sure, but aren't most buildings in kendall square, fronting main street, MIT buildings (directly or indirectly)? And don't most have street fronting retail?

never seen anything proposed for the back side...

Re: Fan Pier ... i'm just hoping these buildings lend themselves well for future improvements (modifications) at street level...

i like how the tunnel in the 2nd pic takes 98% of ALL traffic away.

... don't the mormons tend to do pretty high quality construction? ... or am i wrong?

"Riffgo's right, land mass for Miami is around 38 square miles, Boston is around 50." is that for Miami 'proper', that is, the core not including the surrounding communities that more accurately describe "Miami" (coral gables, coconut grove, kendall, etc?)