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... Ron, If I'm picturing this area correctly, there are actually alot more parking lots in this area than any "red brick brownstones". This view confirms that:

... looks like the Symphony Towers crapped it out. but if its streetlevel includes retail and other active uses, it'll be alright. it'll take alot more than this building to fix whats currently there (and yes, I do beleive it needs fixing) This is also a good location for dense housing.

... wow. what an overall improvement the dissappearance of that parking garage has created.

... cogratulations Patrick.

... that exhaust vent really adds to the charm.

... In time, the most redeeming quality about the new station will be whatever's left of the original copper siding...

HA! I would!

... ... I think I married a "Sleeper" girl!

... both proposals for these parcels (Libeskind & Safdie) are terrible.

... I foresee us living with these temporary parks for a long time, so temporary or not, they should at least be well planned... doesn't look like that'll be the case though.

... ...no malice intended Ron, just that if you had ever been inside the Glass Slipper, it wouldn't surprise you that they have a crappy sign out front.

guess you've never actually been to the glass slipper then huh?

a little TLC can go a long way.... why not?

? my question to you Ablarc, is does 'fixing' city hall ruin the art? I mean, take the Congress St. side, does replacing blank brick walls with storefronts (desireable in my opinion) take away from the "poetry" of the original structure? Does redoing the interiors to resemble more 'normal'...

wow. Cityrecord: the pamphlet text you posted is absolutely fascinating: "Government Center has tried to respect the historic character of Old Boston while expressing the energy and growth of the New Boston." "One of its aims is to restore this part of the city, which dates back to Colonial...

... why move to somewhere that already has a popular and successful venture on it when there are plenty of places throughout the city that lay fallow?

... c'mon, as uninspiring as those mockups are, they are eons better than anything currently found there.

... the belvedere at the Prudential Center doesn't seem to exist....

... by that rationale, we'd have to shut down one station every year (there'll always be a station with the title of "lowest ridership in the entire system". Once connected to MGH, ridership can only increase. But removing it right from the start only serves to make T access less...

... and whats the rationale behind closing down Bowdoin?