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Yup, that's the spot where those foundations are. I'm surprised that rundown house that was there before didn't mysteriously burn down a while back.

Figured this was the best place for this: While stumbling through links on Wikipedia, I found that one of the towers from the old Fitchburg Railway Depot, demolished in the mid to late 1920's to make way for the Boston Garden, made its way to Truro, on the Outer Cape. Now called Jenny Lind...

A condo/retail development has been planned to replace the Shell gas station at 332 Chestnut Hill Ave in Brighton, near Cleveland Circle (current conditions on Street View here). The BRA article 80 PDF is available here: http://gis.cityofboston.gov/arcgisoutput/report433409.pdf The plan has...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I have it from a source that the columns holding up the (historically landmarked) headhouse were in much worse condition than was first observed. Delays, ho!

Re: T construction news ^ Did you catch the frosted glass on the sides of the escalators? Wonder how long that stuff will stay in an unbroken state. In related news, has the eastbound Copley headhouse been removed from the site for restoration? I worry about what might happen to it; we don't...

Well, there may be some glimmer of hope for the old McDonald's space, as when I walked by this morning, workers were tossing all the old McDonald's food equipment into a dumpster on the street.

Re: Copley Place plan calls for condo tower Easy. Just visit Ashburton Place and Somerset Street just east of the State House any winter day with a light breeze. The wind tunnel effect on that short stretch is legendary among those who have regular business in the area. I've seen several...

Re: Filene's Uh-oh. I hope it's some sort of error in the rendering, but the picture which views the project from Washington and Winter/Summer shows the carillon replaced by a window.

Williamstown, MA home of Williams College First Congressional Church, Hopkins Hall and Thompson Chapel, left to right: '62 Center for Theater and Dance Thompson Memorial Chapel, ca. 1905, and Griffin Hall, ca. 1828 West College, ca. 1790 up in the background, though it burned to its...

Not a bad memory, ablarc! It actually is part of the Chadwick Leadworks on High Street, right across from IP. The "Sager" banner is covering the Chadwick name. The dead giveaway are the figures on the columns.

Re: 303 Third St (Kendall Square) This reminds me a lot of what was going up in Toronto when I visited, utility wires included.

Digging up an oldie, but a goodie. University of Toronto The campus was remarkably permeable, as we were able to wander through cloister, courtyard and entrance halls unimpeded. A slightly more modern take on the cloister:

Heading downtown one day this week, I noticed somewhere near either BU Central or East, that "Trolley detect" was written in white on a rail tie on the outbound side of the tracks, right in front of an intersection. Could this being some sort of planning study work or could something actually...

Re: 1501 Commonwealth Ave Passing by this site at least twice everyday on the green line, I'm glad it finally has something planned for it. This stretch of Comm. Ave. is awful on that side of the street. If only they could do something about its truly terrible neighbor Regency House. I...

Re: New BU Tower ^^ Not to mention the Store 24, which used to be to the right of Qdoba.

You're right, it's (Rt. 146) largely not interstate grade for much of its length. I grew up along the 146 corridor and it has changed quite a bit, but it's got a long way to go. There are several traffic lights along its route I can think of off the top of my head, though far fewer than even 5...

^^ Has a very surreal quality to it. I agree it is strange, though.

Re: T construction news Ahh, that's right cz, thanks!

Re: T construction news Has anyone noticed the teeny-weeny sidewalk that was put in along State Street on the Exchange Place block? I assume this is due to ongoing station renovations at State (there is a fenced work area adjacent to it), but a miniature sidewalk is not one of the...

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Chance for those of you with the time, know-how and desire to try to change the T to do something. Looks like the MBTA Rider Oversight Committee is trying to fill some vacancies. Here's the press release PDF. The actual press release on the website...