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Damn, is this Wu's zoning reform in action already? No way last year's board would've approved a building with that parking ratio.

There is a street in there, just not one built for cars (which, of course, makes it better).

I, too, don't like to pay for things I consume.

Wow, this is great. The ill-conceived housing projects and hospitals in this area (which are anti-urban by design and function) effectively create a black hole in the urban fabric here. As a result, Lower Roxbury and JP feel much more isolated from the urbanity of the Fenway than they should...

Bring it on. Is Belgrade on the verge of sneakily becoming a major retail corridor (major by outer-neighborhoods, that is)? All of a sudden, there are a lot of mid-size projects being completed and planned between Rozzie Square and Bellevue. Much of the ground-floor retail is still vacant, but...

It's perfectly acceptable. Diversity of buildings is one of the things that can make a great street. Some of the best parts of Manhattan and London have them sprinkled all over. You wouldn't want an entire neighborhood of one-story buildings, but smaller buildings that can command smaller rents...

The design sucks, but the far bigger problem is that this is one of the single largest parcels of land in the CBD, and we're getting all of 200 housing units. Jesus Christ, no one gives a shit about the housing crisis.

The trailer park isn't fronting a strip mall hell highway. I would rather live there.

Struggling to think of a place in Boston I'd want to live in less than this place. . .

The reds and yellows really help in the grey Boston winter. It's why Beacon Hill and the South End still feel inviting on a cold February afternoon, whereas parts of Southie and Dorchester look hopelessly bleak.

Flipping the grass and the hardscape makes a ton of sense. What makes even more sense is closing Dartmouth Street and creating a much bigger, European style plaza bookended by two grand buildings on each end. It would probably become the pre-eminent public space in Boston.

Yes, Alford St is not in Everett. But in light of the fact that the stadium won't be built on top of the street itself, but instead on the land next to the street - which very much is in Everett - I'm not sure why that's relevant.

The idea - from an urbanist perspective - is to expand the core. This would help to do that. Hell, Fenway Park was in the middle of an empty swamp when it was first built. You might have said the same thing about that if you were around when it was built.

It is extremely possible to build a lab building that has street facing retail.

There already was a dicks a block from here two years ago. What a giant waste of time late stage capitalism is.

I posted the part of the building that actual people see, not the part that drones see.

"Inspiring". . .

The street level is horrendous. The city has to step in and mandate space for ground floor retail. Done right, Farnsworth can and should be a wonderful little woonerf - a quiet, shady respite from the more hectic Seaport Blvd.

This railroad says hello.

Nonexistent at the Harvard Square location.