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Anything that stops this un(in)spired monstrosity from happening is welcome. justin

It's blocky alright, but I don't know about the art part... Churlishness aside, looks pretty harmless. justin

I like them a lot myself: four organic variations on a geometric theme. The frosted glass is unnecessary fuss, but otherwise a fine understated piece of public art. justin

San Francisco's fake St. Peter's and the entire Civic Center around it scream nouveau riche prententiousness to me, so I'd say they express the spirit of the city very well. justin

^And winged lions, while you're at it!! justin

Branding, ablarc, branding... It's our own Le Marais! justin

^ Chapter 91 it is, I guess. justin

ablarc, if you think that the gilded cherub kitsch makes that bridge beautiful, sure, let's put up exact replicas above the rail tracks and see if they have the same effect. If, on the other hand, it is the surroundings that make it beautiful, then I'm afraid we'll have to set our sights...

I wouldn't object if the state suggested that Harvard build and maintain a station that would primarily serve its campus. But to ask it buy out a railroad for the state is cheeky to say the least. justin

Anything that beefs up Mass Ave street wall is good news. More residential development on this scale along Mass Ave is just what's needed to make it into a great urban boulevard. The Victorians should be banished to the side streets. I'm not swooning over the design, but nor am I puking, so it...

I like the idea; given, however, that a) a subway is twice as useful if it has buildings on both sides (how much better would it have been to put the IND line under Columbus Ave rather than CPW); b) it's a bitch to build a tunnel in fill right next to the river, so you might have to deep-bore...

We should do nothing to preclude air rights developments over the turnpike. Covering that trench is infinitely more important than motorists' convenience. justin

Yes, if the fate of Harvard Sq. bookstores is anything to go by. justin

Retroactive death penalty for all women who committed prenatal infanticide. justin

lukewarm?

To be precise, it was mediaeval Venetians who forced their Jews into the 'Ghetto', a neighborhood in northern Venice named for the word for 'foundry' in the local dialect. justin

That would be a bit out of the way for Harvard students and faculty, to whom Harvard should primarily cater. justin

Sounds like a few too many to me. justin

I like the subtle way in which the stacked-boxes look evokes the one-time port functions of the area. justin

At least putting a park on the roof will satisfy the chlorophyle addicts like VIvian Li and keep excessive open space from ruining yet more blocks in the seaport. justin