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To go a bit deeper still, what you'd likely be looking for is an API that implements the GTFS Realtime standard. This is an industry standard format developed by Google and used by transit agencies for publishing data about trip updates, service alerts, and vehicle positions. There is also a...

When someone defaces their license plate and is able to continuously get away with it, I personally believe they're also more likely to engage in other reckless behavior on the road. Hopefully more enforcement, greater deterrent of other dangerous behavior. This is especially the case here in...

Watertown gets its own mini Cambridge Crossing ❤ Seems positive that the second parking garage has been moved north of the bike lane and is no longer fronting Arsenal St. Still seems like a big missed opportunity that this development doesn't include housing.

The secondary use case that I keep thinking of in this situation is self-storage. Seems to check a lot of important boxes: No natural light requirements. No need for plumbing. Even HVAC could potentially be optional. Doesn't generate many trips to/from the building. Could potentially make use...

Wholly agree. Which is why it really frustrates me that the Globe celebrates Wu freezing out Boston's business leaders. Much better outcomes can happen when you have the city engaging both private developers and nonprofits like CCBA.

A very tasteful use of alucobond panels, in my opinion.

Huh, TIL that we have a megachurch in Brooklyn.

The towers rendered in @stick n move's pictures are happening, but one block up from St Johns Terminal (which @awood91 correctly points out is being redeveloped into an expanded Google campus). 570 Washington street is slated to be very high end residential. Appears to have broken ground two...

Wow, somehow this Globe article is the first time the new Terminal E has come onto my radar. … I’m stunned. I haven’t yet seen what the interior looks like, but from the exterior alone, I think this almost immediately belongs in the conversation when discussing Boston’s best architecture.

Taking advantage of recently passed legislation that gives density bonuses for affordable housing, a developer is proposing a 560' residential tower in the Outer Sunset in SF. It would be the city's 12th tallest building. In Boston terms, it's like proposing a 560' tower in Hyde Park. No idea...

How can one possibly look at the existing conditions and think that a 6-unit apartment would be inappropriate here? Infuriating.

Wu is proposing a rent control bill that would allow annual rent increases up to 6 percent higher than the federal government’s Consumer Price Index, i.e. if inflation is 2 percent, landlords could increase rent by up to 8 percent. Rent increases would be capped at 10 percent...

Seems like this has already been making the rounds elsewhere, but this was the first thing I saw when opened Instagram today. Posted by a non-Boston-oriented meme account, so we're getting coverage far and wide!

Wu is proposing pretty large changes to Boston’s inclusionary zoning policy. Would kick in at 7 units instead of 10 and 20% of units would need to be affordable instead of 13%. https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/standards/inclusionary-development-policy

Not to change the subject, but I’m curious if this is on anyone’s radar? John Hawkinson of Cambridge Day tweeted that Cambridge is discussing new rules to limit where future labs can be built. I’m surprised this is the only mention I’ve seen of this anywhere. Anything too restrictive seems...

I wish they had chosen to have the pleating seamlessly disappear down the face of the building a la 15 Hudson Yards.

I have to take the opposite opinion. The street grid here ensures that this will never be a pleasant public space to hang around in. With about 7,500 sq ft of buildable space, put a nice little development here with an active ground floor and continue the streetwall up First St to Cambridge...

(I hope this thread can be a place to discuss how the results of the midterms might impact housing/transportation/the built environment in Boston and in New England, if the mods like that idea.) My understanding is that the NH house is currently a toss up, less sure about what the NH state...

Hmmm. Maybe they're trying to do a 21st century interpretation of Singer Building proportions?

One of my favorite architectural oddities in the area.