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Re: Congress Street Garage Development The Pelli tower is the new design for the tall tower in CBT's site plan. There is only one office tower in this development, Pelli will be replacing that CBT amorphous design. It's really not that hard to figure out.

Ok, who here isn't excited to see giant Olympic rings suspended across the middle of the Zakim Bridge? Worth it just for that.

Before this evening I would have agreed with you, but if there was even a minimal chance of that happening, Boston would not have won the USOC's blessing. I don't know what the USOC's internal polling showed or what kind of assurances Marty Walsh, John Fish and co. made, but it was enough to...

Well, good thing no one is taking your suggestions! I can think of no better use of $2.4b than bringing real transit to the densest community in New England. Longer we wait, the more expensive it gets.

Bangalore and Hyderabad have a grand total of ZERO direct flights to the United States. If they ever get one, it won't be Boston. Mumbai and Delhi are the only Indian cities that are potential candidates for nonstop routes from Logan.

That would be interesting. The USOC has got to know that LA's 3-peat chances are slim against the European power cities that are prepping bids, regardless of how long it's been since 1996. It's a safe, boring bid. If the USOC goes with LA, that signals to me that they want to build up goodwill...

USOC, Walsh, and Fish come out strongly disputing rumors that Boston had the worst bid presentation of the 4 cities. SF news anchor reasserts that his sources are legit. Sounds like there are at least a couple people at the USOC who thought Boston sucked. We'll see in January if that's enough...

Olympic soccer has a long history of being played in cities throughout the host country. If Boston 2024's soccer sites were spread around the Northeast that would be perfectly fine with the IOC.

http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2014/12/_is_it_finally_time.html?p1=menu_sports_main_hp I'll save everyone the trouble of reading Eric Wilbur's drivel: a "Bay Area news man" tweeted that USOC sources told him Boston had the weakest bid, with DC and SF the strongest. Makes some...

Corruption and politics have always been a factor in the Olympics, sure, but was there another instance when public anger at the IOC led to mass defections by potential bid cities as happened across Europe with the 2022 Winter Olympics? Maybe 1984, but even then the IOC got Los Angeles, not...

Re: Dudley Sq's Ferdinand Building to be Restored/ Renovated Such a shame that we have to rely on the City to build great contemporary architecture because millionaire developers are too busy lining their pockets with the latest cardboard box.

It's not just the hired guns at the meeting in CA, the opposition in Boston has gotten significant media coverage for the past few months while SF, LA, and DC residents haven't really said anything.. All I know is that the whole Olympic movement is facing its worst PR crisis since 1894, at...

No Boston Olympics made an appearance at the USOC meeting today to protest. So all 4 cities had their mayors and civic/business leaders making the pitch. But only Boston had a group of protesters show up outside the door in California. I think it's looking less and less likely that Boston gets...

Oh Le Crobag! For a place with such an unappetizing name (when pronounced in American), it has saved me from starvation on many occasions. Boston could definitely use a few of those.

Apparently Wynn is doing a complete redesign, a condition set when the Gaming Commission awarded him the license. According to Wynn, the new casino design will be "a gaming palace the likes of which has never been seen before in any city or country."...

Financially feasible? Do you realize how much demand there is in the Seaport and other areas for housing and office space? This isn't about feasibility, it's about lazy developers. They can get away with building crap and still charge top dollar, and no one ever challenged them on that. Seems...

Nothing like a little Paul Revere action to get people (read: the USOC) excited about Boston's bid? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNItLCJ1jI For whatever it's worth, Boston 2024's production value is much higher than DC's montage of awkward politicians...

Any thoughts on if Boston could actually support non-stop flights to secondary UK markets like Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, or Manchester?

There are legitimate concerns with hosting the Olympics. But throughout this whole process so far, nothing has aggravated me more than NIMBYs repeatedly using "just think about the traffic!" as a legitimate reason to stop the bid in its tracks. IS THAT SERIOUSLY ALL YOU PEOPLE CARE ABOUT!? Yes...

I'm inclined to agree with you on these points (except the terrorist attack bit--every Olympics is a legit target for an attack and if DC knows how to do anything well, it's security). If 2024 ends up being Berlin vs. Paris vs. DC, I have a hard time seeing DC coming out on top. But wouldn't...