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This building's only real sin is that it is too typical for where it was built

It would be pretty sad to see a lab built on that prominent site considering all the effort spent rehabbing this formerly shabby area and the $$ daylighting the river

This project is as dead as Columbus Center but there is action being taken. https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/preparing-climate-change

https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/30/boston-harbor-barrier-flooding-umass-study

I meant that in general we can't compare the level of maintenance given to the contemporary Esplanade to that of the Common 40 or 50 years ago. It's not the same.

The Esplanade was not in the shape you see today in the 70's and 80's. Comparing the contemporary to the past is not apples to apples.

I am really happy with all of this but the first thing I would have done is plan to remove the brick pavers in favor of something more pedestrian friendly

https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/

"Boston and environs are some of the most tribal and provincial places in the country" Is that a fact? Well I disagree. I say its a global city and its residents deserve the credit

The only reason I would consider it is because we export money and get very little say in how it is spent. However Brattleloop's post explains that that it not so easy and may not work

I think the YMCA was the biggest loss. It would have created an L Street bathhouse like facility in Town

I don't quite remember it happening that way do you?

The murals are nice but during construction many people thought this vent was actually going to be the Garden Under Glass and they were very disappointed

My son got us tickets to see Idles at Roadrunner in September

I think contemporary styles begin to reflect people's insecurities about the future and maybe that's partly why they start to lose favor. Movies like Metropolis showed a future dystopia in art deco and 50 years later films like Logan's Run, A Clockwork Orange, and that sequel to the Planet of...

Would you call the house in IMG 9319 a three decker? Whatever it is it's an extremely good design. The one next to it (built by the same people?) is well done too

I find the emerald tutu an interesting idea but it still has a ways to go before it is proven to work. However, the genesis of it is MIT so I doubt they would waste their time if they didn't think it has promise. Also, yes, Morrissey Boulevard is being raised

https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/-/media/Files/Publications/Research/Environmental/21-23-Influence-of-Storm-Surge-Barrier-Closures-on-Estuary-Physical-Conditions.ashx

YIMBY or YIYBY? However, plowing ahead uninformed may not result in an actual solution. Yes, I remember 1976 but I wasn't born in 2006. Listen to the old people, they know from experience how the best of intentions can go terribly wrong

You don't have to listen but this blaming of the locals cuz they is dum is tiresome. This, like a lot of things, is far more complicated than that