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Re: Columbus Center If I lived on Cortes Street I would be livid. I would also remember that one copper nail driven into a tree will kill it. I would also remember that rich, old Arthur Winn probably has lots of beautiful trees in his yard. In my younger days, I might even be angry enough to...

Haunted. That's a great halloween shot!

I knew it would be controversial. Controversy is fun on Internet forums, so take what I say with a grain of salt... I agree that mixing incomes within a community can be beneficial, if done right. I do not agree that mixing incomes within a development is anything but welfare. It robs...

Re: Columbus Center I feel bad for the Cortes Street residents - they (like most of the community) were extremely supportive of this project. After having to endure decades facing a traffic gutter, they were finally getting the wound facing their brownstones fixed. Now, they are worse off than...

I love how low-income people always clamor for "mixed-income" housing, as if it's some kind of idealist, lofty social goal when in fact it is just plain old welfare. I can't afford to live in a luxury high-rise fronting the Charles River. That's my life. I do not think that I have some right...

Re: Columbus Center The Clarendon (Columbus Center Tower 1) was selling hot when it first went on the market, and this led to Beal's interest in the adjoining sites. Now that the Clarendon's sales have cooled off considerably, and the "One Back Bay" rental brand has been introduced, there is...

It's true Ron, you can't "blame" Menino for this... entirely. When the government decided they would take all of Bayside's business away from them (by simply passing a law that allowed previously forbidden 'gate shows' at the BCEC), the owners of the Bayside site created a re-development plan...

The "Greenway study" will be done the same time all the other "studies" that Menino's henchmen at the BRA are working on... ...after the election. Every major development of the past 1+ year is being put through unimaginable, drawn out, longer-than usual, specialty "studies" just so that the...

We'll look back at this building and think, "not so bad, considering it was conceived and approved back in those dark ages under the rule of Boss Menino"

So in less than six years we have: - Four major office properties have been built (WTC East, West, Manulife, Fan Pier) representing about 3 million SF of office space - One major office property re-developed and leased to former Financial District blue-chip tenant, JP Morgan (Seaport Center) -...

I was going to rotate the picture, but kind of liked the funkiness of it this way.

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Wherever this Green Line extension ends, it should have ample parking for people in the surrounding communities. I don't think this extension plan is very well thought out. Stopping at Rt. 16 in that area will be a real problem, it's already traffic...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Let me clerify - people in the suburbs do not walk, bike or take a bus to the T. People in the city most certainly do. People in the suburbs do not. I believe this debate is over whether or not to make this a local, urban T stop, or a regional...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 In that case, let's save the $900M. I'm not sure what country you live in, but Americans don't walk, bike or take the bus to T stations. If you are going to make taking the T so difficult then people will opt to not take it. This $1.8B investment...

Re: Columbus Center Ned, first off thanks for the information in your previous posts. Secondly, in reference to the above quote, that is indeed "the company line" but in my opinion (and I have no relation to this project whatsoever) the unusual nature of this business arrangement means...

Bostonbred is a complete idiot, and yet his ideas are better than anything Boss Menino's henchmen at the BRA have come up with. A roller coaster.... not a bad idea. And an interesting solution to the North/South link.

Storrow Drive needs to be submerged, widened and modernized. All that dead garage and alley space that faces the Esplanade is prime real estate ready for a big idea. It's so funny that what could be the City's most expensive real estate is a hodge-podge of garages, parking spaces and rear-facing...

Re: Columbus Center I'm not saying it shouldn't be - it's a travesty, and Winn should be personally ashamed. I'm just saying it probably ain't gonna happen for a long, long time. Who do you go after? Who do you blame?

Re: Columbus Center If Beal had devised a viable plan, he would have released it by now. My guess is that after much study it's quite obvious to everyone who's seen the books that nothing can be built here at a profit without government money. I'm sure they've studied mid-rise stumps...