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Sorry to resurrect the girder-slab question, but are those spaces in the precast slab used as chases for electrical, sprinkler, plumbing or does that conflict with their structural purposes?

I guess I will put this here RE: catenary in the Ted Williams Tunnel for Silver Line and other uses. Siemens proposal for catenary powered trucks in Germany. Also Sweden and Port of LA/Long Beach...

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium UMass has publicly said they want dorms. It is a good spot for the. UMass owns the land and they can't sell it to Kraft without an open bid. They will have to lease it so the idea of Kraft alone managing the whole package is tough. I would not...

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Also, there is no reason that a stadium here cannot be compatible with UMass residential uses. Case Western U in Cleveland (Div. 3) built a residential complex ringing its football field. Not an exact analog but there is no reason that the stadium...

I looked at the presentation on this on the T web site. It does look like a disaster but the actual workers do not seem to be the problem. I wonder if they could have an arrangement by which the workers can remain with the T but the management its outsourced. Kind of like the commuter rail...

Re: South Station Tower Both are required. Both need to happen as long as steel wheel on steel rail is the most efficient way of moving large numbers people around. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Initiative indicates 8 round trips on the inland route per day and 1 round trip to...

As part of the landscaping for the station, a number (20?) of large diameter trees have been planted on the Plaza. Looks nice and softens the hardscape a bit. Also, it looks like they are building a playground.

This is an interesting puzzle. I wonder about the structure that appears to be a former drydock behind the Harborlights/Blue Hills Bank pavilion. It seems that Massport owned land would be an advantage over private or city owned since it is a transportation agency. It also seems that being on...

Does anyone know what the master plan for this parcel (98 Tide Street) https://goo.gl/maps/SVERpm7pk5H2 in the MassPort development plan?

Seems to me that the biggest problem of the proposed site is the effect on the highway traffic. Rubberneckers are bad already. Add some helos in...

Aren't all of the hospital helipads, especially Tufts, right next to residential?

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End NPC filed with MEPA: http://209.80.128.250/EEA/emepa/mepadocs/2016/052516em/nps/npc/NPC%2014754%20Garden%20Garage.pdf Confirms single 447 foot tower, appx. 470 units. Some reduction in sqft. Some changes to footprint...

Yes. You are probably right but the timeframes don't align. Even if the USPS agreed this afternoon to a deal, I suspect that the South Station Tower would be up and occupied before a wrecking ball started in in the Post Office Building. Likewise, the NSRL would still be on paper.

It is good that this is moving to FEIR stage but I do not think it has anything to do with the tower. The Tower, the Expansion, and the NSRL are three projects in the same space but each could be completed fully independent of the other. The Tower does not need the expansion but the expansion...

Re: 111 Federal St. | Formerly Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 Looking at the 3-D models, some of the buildings appear awfully close to either 75-101 Federal or 100 Summer. What does that do to the price the developer can get per square foot if there is limited view for much of...

HOW DARE YOU TAKE AWAY MY PARKING!?!? /boston

Seems odd to me but I think this is filled tideland. It is also on the former Middlesex Canal, I think. So it is very low and presumably floodable. In any case, the pile vs. basement thing is usually a concern of the Groundwater Trust. If the surrounding buildings are on wooden piles like in...

Re: South Station Tower I dunno. The 3 alternatives for South Station Expansion all show a program for the post office site as a plan. The SSX has some renders of a possible headhouse and as I recall, they include the tower. EDIT: add link -...

So which is it? Are the costs in or are they out? If we needed the vehicles anyway, then that $183MM should not be included in the overall project cost. If the CR projects are to partially benefit the CR, then they should be proportionally allocated to CR and deducted from project cost. Can't...

Since we are in fantasy land with this proposal anyway, The 404 is <5000 sqft. - self report, no big deal. Section 401 - meh. Section 10, perhaps more difficult. Chap. 91 unlikely. Order of Conditions impossible if Mayor not fully on board. See indy car as example of easy exit if the city...