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Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion Perhaps you could add the saety elevator.

I have to say I almost always agree with your comments, but here I must disagree. I detest the arcade: It's dark and dingy, and it's jarring to the streetwall. Awnings do a much better job, at least visually.

It has looked that way for as long as I can remember...way back when it was a Bond Clothing Store.

Re: Mass Art Dormitory My God ! Is that leaning?

Re: FBI moving to Chelsea It's bad because government should be encouraging urbanization.

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Greenwayguy, you don't "wreak of naivite", you REEK of it.

Re: Filene's Let's get a few things straight: Part of the building's significance lies in the fact that it was designed by Daniel Burnham. It was attached to one structure that was built in 1952, and another constructed in 1971. Neither building was decrepit.

Quick: Get South Bay up and running as soon as possible !

How do you define, "overcrowded"?

Re: Suffolk Dorms / Modern Theatre ER.....Those lions now in front of the Copley Plaza were once on the north side of Boylston Street between Dartmouth and Exeter. I'm not aware that they were ever located at the Boston Opera House on Hungtington Avenue.

Re: Suffolk Dorms / Modern Theatre What a difference those vertical signs make! Now if only they would install one on the Opera House.

Re: Suffolk Dorms / Modern Theatre I saw a production of David Mamet's AMERICAN BUFFALO there in perhaps the late seventies.

This sounds like one of the ventilation buildings for the TWT.

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion When was the height changed from 22 stories to 25 stories?

Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center It should be EXETER Street.

There's no need for Westbrook to feel "jealous and insignificant". It is, after all, a different animal. I'll try to research older density figures for the North End. This may be difficult, but I'll give it my best.

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion You could add another twenty floors to this proposal, and there's still no way shadows would be created on The Common or Public Garden....even in mid December! This is simply a disingenuine and ludicrous notion.

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) The darker and grayer the picture, the more attractive this building becomes. Curious !

By the way, Boston as a whole city currently sports a density of 13,313 per square mile. Population-wise, Boston has gone from the position of number one in the country to number 25, and is back up to number 20. As a CSA, Boston ranks number 5, adding close to 100,00 more people in the...

Actually, Patrick, Somerville is at a density of 18,000 per square mile. Nearby Cambridge is nudging 16,000, while Chelsea is close to 19,000 psm. Boston neighborhoods vary. West Roxbury has a density of only 5,274, while Allston and Brighton are both at about 16,000. Contrast this with...