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The stone barrier was taken down between Commonwealth and Beacon. Its amazing how this removal makes the area so much larger. I wonder if the barrier was a noise mitigation effort? Before After

Was the intention to mimic a cannon port? (Photo by Beeline)

Driving through Back Bay last night, Beacon Street was repaved from Arlington to Mass Ave! I don't think I've seen Beacon repaved in the past 30 years! Congratulations Boston. Now for my pecimism; I hope National Grid does nnot plan on replacing the gas main and every service line on Beacon for...

Great photo from Reddit post-Reddit Link I caught the last 5 years or so of drafting; ink on Mylar. Someone in the comments noticed a lot of the drafters are left handed. Too funny.

Reddit- Loop An interesting thought

Found it! courtesy of next post from Rosen Rosen

A little bit of a side story on the fairgrounds/ Campanelli Stadium. This past summer I found out that Brockton has been having a punk concert for 40 years! I can't believe I missed it all these years! I asked a couple of folks to go but to no avail. NOFX Brockton

I can not believe this is even being considered for a study in my lifetime! Can you imagine? Should this be filed under Crazy transit? Link Initial studies rocketing for future Moon-based railroad

The food court area is getting a little bit of a shake as well. Two of the central eateries are moving to the street front retail area. The central court is a mix of noodle houses and sushi bars that has been a unique Japanese alley type of environment for many years. I hope the central court...

Is this the old post office at 126 Main Street? Looks like a great project for downtown Main Street! 126 main-street-residential-retail-project-approved-by-zoning-board

Between the "Grassroots" work in the Globe article, the "new vision for East Boston" planning post above and the East Boston Resilience initiative noted in the link below, I think Eastie may have a plan to address the climate alarms of the last 20 years! baystatebanner.com-E. Boston resilience...

Do you think it's time to extend 290/190 into New Hampshire to relieve 495 North traffic? Or even Rt 84 for that matter? A lot of Town forest would fall victim to such a plan but 495 it is a parking lot these days. maps...

Read the comments from the study in the link below. People in the Western part of the state want it to happen no matter the frequency, just as long as it happens soon and that it is maintained and reliable. People will take the low hanging fruit! APPENDIX – PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED

I went back to read the series of events, yeah its a landmark! Thanks for the reassurance! boston preservation.org www.boston.gov- report

For some reason I like the Buckminster, hope it can be saved.

Concrete crew demobilize; steel crew mobilize Monday??!!

I think the bridge to the playground was the first thing to go! Giant crosswalk in it's place. :(

On the other side of Harvard Street, Green Street is coming along.

40 Centre Street Brookline- Elderly housing development. The brick is a nice touch instead of all panel system. The rigid insulation behind the masonry is concerningly thin!! I hope there is more R-value on the stud constrction or we will have some cold seniors. This whole street is basically a...

The Pierce Public School, Brookline. The historic portion is a classic. The new addition is I believe is a1970s modern, sort of Utopian open plan complex/ social experiment. Not a failed experiment but more of the wrong application. Anyway, the demolition has started.