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Re: GE Gear Plant - Lynn Much of this waterfront is filled tidelands subject to the Public Waterfront Act. That means that non-water-dependent projects will require public amenities at the developer's expense, such as parkland and waterfront walkways. Also, if Lynn was serious about it...

The Springfield casino includes elements that excite this urbanista: It has true urban streetscapes and it is integrated into the city fabric. And especially thoughtful is this, from the project's website, that tells me they are serious about revitalizing Springfield, and not just constructing a...

Me too. I'm becoming less of a height fiend.

Re: GE Gear Plant - Lynn Seems like a sad place for a residential tower. Sure, it will have a nice view of Boston and the ocean, but the surroundings are ugly and desolate. And what is the point of a tower when there is ample underutilized land at the site and all around it? I'm not sure what...

The quotes in the article are consistent with the way I hear a lot of people talk about where they live, comparing their community with other towns based on characteristics that frankly irk me. Melrose is old fashioned in all the right ways. It has a real downtown with a supermarket residents...

Am I the only one who thinks the ceiling is too low for a major indoor public space?

Umass Dartmouth renovated a similarly challenging building: http://www.lib.umassd.edu/about/library-building-renovation-and-expansion-program

My two cents and 300th post: I don't think this is a total loss. The failed bid was a successful visioning exercise for the development of two new neighborhoods. No neighborhood planning process would ever have had as much exposure and led to as much discussion as the Boston 2024 bid with its...

The Johnson wing of the BPL is an example of modern architecture that retains traditional urban form. Although the architectural style is nothing like the original part of the BPL, by being built up to and oriented toward the street, the Johnson Wing is part of the urban fabric. Because the...

Land is less scarce for UMB now that it owns the Bayside property. But on the peninsula the master plan calls for adding a large central green space to the campus and enhancing the green lawn on the southeastern end of the peninsula, while reserving land for incremental expansion.

All this public art looks like a great way to bring life to this new(ish) public space.

If you have to go deep, the four buildings are only approximately the 4 simple shapes: Prudential Tower - A rectangle that is squarish enough to look like a square 111 Huntington - Round but not exactly a circle 4 Seasons Tower - A triangle with slightly curved sides and rounded points Hancock...

I suddenly like the varied of geometry of the Back Bay's tallest buildings: Prudential Tower - Square 111 Huntington - Circle 4 Seasons Tower - Triangle Hancock Tower - Parallelogram

Salem State built a modest recital hall in an old light bulb factory:

I like the Millennium Tower and and appreciate Boston's downtown residential building boom as a sign of the city's vitality. But, as with Paris and London, I think Boston's skyline is merely incidental to the city's economic power and not central to its identity. Several US cities have equal or...

I think I remember Michael Widmer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation being one of the most persuasive opponents of the 2002 ballot initiative to repeal the state income tax.

As an urbanista, I'm not a big fan of the EMKI's design or of Columbia Point for that matter. But I appreciate having a new cultural and educational institution added to the Umass system's Boston Harbor campus as a monument to one of the country's most notable senators (love him or hate him). As...

The pool of water might be a dewatering basin if they are dealing with funky groundwater *edited

Full list at bottom of this page http://www.massinc.org/Programs/Gateway-Cities/About-the-Gateway-Cities.aspx The Legislature defines 26 Gateway Cities in the Commonwealth, which are Attleboro, Barnstable, Brockton, Chelsea, Chicopee, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Holyoke...

I am delighted to see the Gateway Cities idea begin to take hold in Massachusetts. Policymakers are starting to see struggling urban centers outside Boston, with their history, culture, immigrant populations, and underutilized infrastructure, as not a burden on the state, but an opportunity...