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I'll chime in as a former resident of multiple addresses in Beacon Hill and the West End. First, your photos highlight just how unused that space is (and just how much it hates people, especially those with mobility impairments). I challenge you to find any other large, centralized space in...

I like the meandering sidewalk that just deadends into the harbor.

I wish I still lived in the area, because I'd advocate for the opposite. Harrison Gray Otis House is already overwhelmed by Cambridge street, and always felt odd to me because of the way it feels like it stands alone, vs. being nestled into a neighborhood like the old mansions on Mt. Vernon...

I'm still upset at the loss of the Seaport Bar & Grille.

Honestly, $4M isn't huge in the scale of MA corruption, and if that's the price to pay for CR not being a dumpster fire, maybe that's ok. :unsure:

I do this commute twice a week, and I either walk, do the double transfer dance, or take the ferry. On average, when including average waits, they're all pretty comparable in terms of time. My observations are: Speed - Despite its issues, the T squeaks out a victory here, though the...

While it's tremendously unlikely to ever happen, the MBTA has a right to cancel the lease with a 2 year notice. I can't see any reason why they would do so against the wishes of the town and when better options likely exist.

The outline of the Silver Line route in these documents is amazing. It looks like it was actually crayoned in by a drunk person. I vote that WHATEVER transportation option is chosen, that it makes use of the stupid turnpike ramp, regardless of how little sense it makes, just to annoy whomever...

I'm all for anything that'll make more use of the outrageously huge Courthouse station. Instead of expanding South Station into the Post Office space for East West Rail, let's just have it all terminate at Courthouse station.

I'm not surprised that Miami transportation quality might be better. They're running at 1/4 the budget of the MBTA to move about 1/4 as many people with far less and far newer infrastructure. A few minutes on The Google shows that T's debt service alone is almost equivalent to the entire...

Thank you!

To be honest, I've never paid much attention to the ceiling, but it is already a cavern with the light blockage from the construction.

Does anyone have the actual text of the measure? I've only been able to find 1000 articles about it, but I'd love to see exactly how it's worded. The devil's often in the details, and I don't particularly trust soundbite media to convey any nuance.

The details are interesting. Max increase of CPI change + 6%, with an upper limit of 10%. Exempt are owner occupied buildings with six units or less and any new buildings within 15 years of certificate of occupancy being issues. In my 15 minutes of searching, I couldn't find text of the...

If only there was some kind of transit corridor nearby, perhaps as close as across the street, that could be developed to offer a direct route to Cambridge and Boston.

My guess is that lawsuit and possibly some incentive from CSX could have pushed things past the tipping point. EDIT: $20+M worth of land might also be an incentive as well.

Las Pinatas, a restaurant that preceded Burrito Me in that location was also fabulous and run by a great family. It's nice to see the downtown area coming back to life in a way that I haven't seen since my childhood. Of course, in true NH fashion, the city spending money restoring theater that...

I live within 20 minutes of Anderson station on the Lowell Line, and my wife spent today driving our teenage child and two friends to Gunstock in NH, which is about 15 minutes from Laconia, NH (which has a lovely train station with good burrito joint in it). Drive to Anderson to drop the kids...

I'm pretty sure Hanlon's Razor applies here. New Hampshire has a very limited tax base and "property taxes" are always a very hot topic. There's also very much an attitude of "why would I pay for something someone else uses?" in many areas. This is slowly changing as the demographics shift...

I don't think OP was speaking against the viability or necessity of passenger rail, but demonstrated actions by the State of NH. About $770M on the recent I-93 widening, and a planned $157.8M on the Everett Turnpike. I grew up "north of Concord" in a city that has a beautiful train station on...