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I've been reluctant to upgrade to vb 4/5 because I've heard so many bad things about them. Ideally I'd like to migrate to a better alternative. Any ideas? I'll make getting a mobile version of the board top priority. I'll keep you all posted.

Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) I agree with John here. Boot this clown already. Why does he still have control over these parcels? He brings absolutely nothing to this project. He's been acting like a middleman trying to peddle this project to a more capable "partner"...

Re: 45 Province | 45 Province Street | Downtown yeah, I'm sure the current residents of 45 providence would be happy to increase their condo fees to pay for aesthetic improvements to their shitty blank wall for the benefit of the city as a whole--because this sort of thing happens so often in...

Re: Mass Art Dormitory Beaux Arts or, more specifically, Second Empire.

The East Berkeley project looks a lot like the Stone & Webster building with a few of the currently-popular stylistic gimmicks applied to it. This is not a compliment. Also, what is it with Druker and black buildings? Apparently he doesn't realize that virtually every black building in Boston...

My initial impression is that it looks pretty good, but it's a little slow. Looking forward to poking around on it.

^I really like that naming scheme a lot. The only change I would make is putting the project name first. I think it would be great for to adopt it for the development forum. Does anyone have any other thoughts on this? Also, going through the threads to categorize them I realized what a...

Maybe instead of adding the project's status to the title we could instead use a special icon or a simple color to indicate the project's status? This might be a little easier. Any icon ideas?

I'm going to rename the "New Development" forum to simply "Development" and it will contain all the project threads. I'll add a status designation to end of each thread title in brackets will specify the project's phase of development ([proposed], [under construction], [completed] [cancelled])...

Re: Fogg Art Museum Addition I thought they were ceramic or metal. Knowing now they are cedar makes me see this building in entirely different light. There's also a potential for some interesting weathering effects.

Hotel Alexandra thread in the existing forum here: http://www.archboston.org/community/showthread.php?t=1926

Re: South Boston Development Too many big ugly beige boxes going up in Southie. The First+First townhouses demonstrated how a little bit of color can go a long way, but that lesson seems to have been lost on the majority of stuff being built at the moment. Also, is that a parking garage going...

What's with all the inane posts from you lately? It seems like you're deliberately trying to be annoying.

ICA press release about the mural replacement: Artist Matthew Ritchie to create new mural in Boston’s Dewey Square The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) and Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy partner on major public art project in Boston Mural marks start of Ritchie’s 18-month...

John, the site of the future Wentworth complex is currently zoned for a max height of 280'. It makes up the Wentworth Community Commercial zoning sub-district which takes up most of the block, bounded on the NE by the edge of Sweeney Field.

This is a legit topic, but this thread is worthless.

Re: TD Garden Towers I was pleasantly surprised by this proposal. Seems like pretty good street interaction and the concourse will finally give N. Station some gravitas which it totally lacks. I also like the taller, more prominent towers here. They will serve a important landmarks, announcing...

Do you think we should maybe have another category to differentiate between project threads and general Boston urbanism/ architecture related stuff? I always meant to change the name of the Existing Development forum but it's been there so long I didn't want to create confusion. It's really more...

EdMc, I merged your posts into one, for simplicity's sake. They're great photos and thanks for posting them. Imagine what the Seaport could look like if it followed the model of the Fort Point instead of that of [insert random Sun Belt City here].