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The Globe has been steadily promoting the 2024 effort for months now, but in a bit of a surprise move, the Herald's editorial board came out largely in favor today as well: http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/opinion/editorials/2014/11/editorial_boston_2024_s_big_day I have a feeling...

SF throws down the gauntlet by straight-up copying Boston's proposal, pop-up stadium, $4.5b projection and all! I was wondering when they'd show up. If their bid is serious and has backing from the Googles and Apples that's a real tempting choice. Dark horse candidate? No American city is...

The low-rise in the foreground of the rendering is the proposed retail pavilion in the main Seaport Square park, adjacent to the war memorial and opposite District Hall. The building rendered in the bottom-left corner is a placeholder for the residential highrise that will front onto the Fan...

USOC was in Boston today for their final visit before bids are due. Boston 2024 trotted out heavy hitters from MIT, Harvard, Tufts, Bentley, Northeastern, and UMass Boston along with Mayor Walsh and Gov. Patrick to greet them. Took them on tours of the MIT Media Lab and Gardner Museum--great...

^ The fact that all those annoying things you mention routinely happen in Boston and yet you STILL feel safe and confident as a pedestrian proves that we actually know how to move around each other very well. It's in those places with wide, straight roads where everybody "follows the rules"...

Anyone else find it extremely aggravating how this and the Fan Pier park make absolutely no attempt to communicate with one another? The grand allee/memorial in this new park leads smack into the side of a future Fan Pier building and the two diagonal paths do an excellent job of not aligning...

Boston 2024 is and has always been an independent non-profit funded through private donations that will continue to be an independent non-profit funded through private donations for the entirety of the Olympic bid.

To be fair, the committee never said anything about this being a "cheap" Olympics. They said there will be no white elephants and that the public will not foot the bill for any venues or facilities. This stadium is designed to be temporary and yield developable land after the games (no white...

Wow, the Verb looks great! I honestly wouldn't mind if this parcel is never redeveloped.

Tourism is certainly NOLA's most visible industry, but let's give the city a bit more credit... One of the world's top 10 ports (Port of New Orleans and Port of South Louisiana), a major oil/energy center, a top 50 research university (Tulane), a film production industry that's competitive with...

Re: 101 Seaport Blvd (PwC)/parcel L1@Seaport Sq./Seaport Dammit kz, stop making everything look so good! The Seaport doesn't deserve it.

Re: Edward M. Kennedy Institute If the Commonwealth were paying for it then I would probably agree, but the Feds want to gift Boston a building that will be an educational resource and attract tourists and events? Sign me up! Pork happens, I'd rather it happen here.

So the COO is now a New York guy while the head of small business banking, head of retail banking, and CEO are all tied to Boston... I'm willing to bet North Carolina is already sketching out a massive tax incentive to keep BoA HQ in-state. What a huge ego boost for Boston if they do move.

Can someone explain to me why the BCEC can't accommodate several hotel and residential towers within its footprint? Is there something that prevents convention centers from serving as the "retail base" for much denser development? Sure, it would be complex and expensive to build, but surely...

Question: in the hypothetical riverbank subway, why run the Blue Line under Storrow? Wouldn't it be logistically a lot simpler to run it under Beacon St?

I think it's safe to say that after the Rio 2016 debacle, the IOC won't be going back to a developing country for a few cycles. I think Durban 2032 sounds reasonable, definitely not 2024. If the USOC goes with LA this time around (arguably the frontrunner), the IOC will likely pick Paris. If...

Re: Nashua Street Residences | MBTA North Station Garage | West End ^Agreed. This is one project I would be thrilled to see die a long, slow death. Barring a radical redesign, that is..

Re: Back Bay Garage Tower (Dartmouth and Stuart) It wouldn't surprise me to see Boston Properties propose some serious height here. With Transbay underway in SF, it would be quite the feather in their cap if they can pull off building the new tallest in two of the most booming, lucrative, and...

Oh really, Semass? Sorry I wasn't aware you had an advance copy of the bid! Please enlighten us about all the details contained within it. OR how about we wait to see an actual proposal before declaring this idea an unconditional failure?

^And you don't think a Boston Olympics would also leverage investment in the NEC? People, I know there are a million reasons why hosting an Olympics here would give you pause. But this is the ONLY opportunity we have to make major investments in the city's public transit system. Our political...