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    Berklee Expansion Plans | Back Bay

    From the Sept 23-29 Boston Courant (emphasis mine): If I recall correctly, Berklee is pretty much the only local college that can claim good relations with the surrounding community. Also, partnering with the Red Sox is wise: the Sox are looking for neighbors who are rowdy for the developments...
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    Thinking Of Expanding The Site: Questions

    ^ I saw Dean when he spoke at Copley Square, and by then he was already on the crazed side. I think he just liked working the crowd like that. Made me feel awkward though. I saw him speak at a small gathering much earlier, and he was calm and intelligent- much better. Message to those...
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    Bulfinch Crossing | Congress Street Garage | West End

    Having very tall (> 70 floors) buildings at the edge of the skyscraper district reminds me of the Chicago skyline, which has its tallest buildings off to the side, creating, oh what do they call it, a "bridge" I think. OK, this isn't a fair comparison to our garage site, since this still has...
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    MGH Expansion

    Well said.
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    Fort Point Infill and Small Developments

    Could they sell it to Goldman, the guy doing everything right with those Fort Point/Boston Wharf developments?
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    115 Federal St. (Winthrop Square)

    What? The owner of the Atlanta Hawks lives in Weston? That's pretty strange. My two cents: I'm hoping this building will make Boston comfortable with building taller in general, and will help open up the development situation in general so we don't become a museum city that only the rich can...
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    $55 Million Expansion for Hospital

    Yikes, are there any health care/medical facilities in Boston not doing exceedingly well these days? The building sounds good. But is it tall enough for the area?
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    Developer hatching Boylston Street plan

    Are these still functional buildings? All the article says is If they're in too bad shape to be used, they can be demolished, like the old post office making way for The Clarendon. With that, the consensus was that the old building was architecturally significant, but was not in good enough...
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    General South Bay Development (Formerly Gateway Center)

    ^ I smell sarcasm, but just in case, I meant I've never been to China. I haven't been to Chinatown since, like, Tuesday or something.
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    Thinking Of Expanding The Site: Questions

    I'm not sure if more traffic would necessarily be a hoarde of ruffians. Architecture might just be a topic people don't get so hot and bothered over in forums. But this is the only arch forum I look at. For those that are in other forums, how's the civility situation there? I definately...
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    Architecture Humor

    Not quite as funny as the above, but not bad, especially for anyone familiar with arch school.
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    Architecture Humor

    Read the text before looking at the pictures.
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    General South Bay Development (Formerly Gateway Center)

    Not true. From the Jacob Wirth's thread: Also, I'm pretty Asian-style development often means massive displacement and very heavy-handed practices- like the West End without remorse. This means that Asians in general might not care for skyscrapers, even if the few making the decisions do...
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    Boston May Switch To Rubber Sidewalk System

    Never mind that shipping across country might be worse for the environment than diverting waste tires or protecting a few urban trees. If Boston does this, it should wait until the Lockport operation opens up, which from the sound of the article looks like it would happen anyways. So it sounds...
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    Thinking Of Expanding The Site: Questions

    I don't really have a preference as long as we still have a basic functional forum. However, I will say it took me a lot of effort to find this forum. I wasn't specifically looking for a forum on architecture in Boston. I was looking for information on all significant development projects...
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    Mishawum Station

    The density, the density! Oh, no, sound the alarms! My only concern would be about the surrounding area. What's nearby this place? Can the people there walk to other things, or are they forced to drive everywhere they can't take the occasional commuter train to?
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    Energy Consumption- We're #5

    A big reason I follow architecture/urban planning is its connection to energy consumption/climate change, especially in the transportation sector. (We can't get people to stop driving without urban areas that can support it.) So, in that spirit, here's the ranking of US states by per capita...
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    The Clarendon

    I don't have the papers here to pull quotes, but the Back Bay Sun & Boston Courant are reporting progress in The Clarendon in the form of unanimous votes in favor of the project, neighborhood support, etc. I don't remember any construction schedules, but at least we know that this project is...
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    Commonwealth Avenue Improvement Project

    Yeah, you're right. ...NU & BU can't be compared, since NU is mostly secluded from Huntington whereas BU is mostly lining Comm. Ditto for Berkely & UCLA. NYU seems a bad comparison too because the surrounding streets aren't so high-volume/high-speed. (Is that true? My memory's fuzzy on...
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    Seaport Neighborhood - Infill and Discussion

    The comparison is fair because it's based on them both being neighborhoods built in their entirety from scratch, as opposed to other neighborhoods that were built gradually and evolved over time. They are of course very different architetecturally, which is why it's "of the 21st century". I'm...

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