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Hey van, Do u remember an idea you had for an urban ring on your website and you had a map of? I'll refresh your memory: That refresh your memory? I think this idea for an Urban Ring works perfectly. Maybe we can get an acclaimed architect like Norman Foster to design the stations, like he...

Greetings all, This is a completely Blue-Sky Idea. Now that we have gotten the ball rolling on Moynihan Station (Albeit slowly), we should begin thinking about the future for the existing Pennsylvania Station. If, by some miracle, we can make several arrangements for the occupants of Madison...

Allright, we run the high speed line from Boston to I-495, like it is proposed in Penn Design's plan for a High Speed Rail Line along the Northeast Corridor, then run the high speed line up 495 to Fort Devens and build the airport there. Or if the redevelopment of Weymouth NAS has fallen...

Well. How can we build a supertall or two if the FAA winces about them being in Logan's Flight Path. If we build a true high speed line along the Northeast Corridor, would that almost completely eliminate flights to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. from Boston? When I mean...

Okay. Since building a new airport 45 miles west of Boston wouldn't work due to distance and NIMBY's, and since Logan Airport is over capacity, and since South Weymouth is no longer an option, how about constructing an off-shore airport. A good location would be east of the Deer Island Water...

Hey, stick n move, can you please explain to me the locations and addreses of the new skyscrapers in your photo and their heights?

It's not 9,000 feet. That would be very impossible. As for the digging down, we dig as deep as they did for the proposed Chicago Spire. After all, if we can do the Big Dig, which was very extensive and difficult, than we can dig a circular hole in the ground.

Forgot about that part. But it won't be a problem that much longer.

The Tour Sans Fins in Boston would be a perfect icon for the city and the tallest building in New England. If we can get Menino to sign off on it and allay the FAA's concerns (The tower isn't even in the takeoff path of any airport runways), then we can make it happen. I also think Jean Nouvel...

OK everyone, since my last post has been poorly received, here's something that might make it up. I was thinking of taking the Jean Nouvel's Tour Sans Fins that was proposed, but never built for La Defense, and constructing it on Purchase Street, between Congress and Pearl Street. FAA Concerns...

Elitist shit?? I prefer Boston over New York in most cases. Its more livable and easy to get around in. No harm in adding a few more supertall skyscrapers.

If anyone loves it the way it is, then why do I hear so many bad things about it?

It does look intentionally dated in a very nice and tasteful way. Not like one of the Art reading room on the 3rd Floor of the Old Public Library, which really needs some major renovations done to clean it up a lot and make it like it was when it first opened.

I thought it looked nice in the article about unbuilt Boston. Since no one seems to like this picture, I'll find another. In the meantime, maybe we can recover the facAde in very clear glass, making the building seem very light and slender. Something that is evocative of the 1960s but is...

Recently, I have been looking at the Prudential Tower and how ugly many people say it looks. I have also been looking at Tom Dolle's 1986 proposal to redesign the facade of the Prudential Center and does anybody think it would work today? Or would something different be done, like redesigning...

What is the 1985 Master Plan of the Prudential Center labled under in the Public Library?

Cambridge would work if Standard does come to Boston.

Hilton isn't in the Seaport District and The Waldorf would fit well on Pier 4. Bring a little luxury. Park Hyatt has 5 locations in North America, which are San Diego, Philadelphia, Toronto, Beaver Creek, and Washington D.C.. New York City will be getting one as part of the Carnegie 57...

They are on the same level as those chains. You forgot to mention the Mandarin Oriental as well! Hate to be the bearer of bad news John, but the Waldorf=Astoria is expanding and Boston is on the list of future hotels. They've already opened in Orlando, Park City, and Shanghai. Berlin is next...

Everybody, where and how can we apply the 'Vancouver' model to the South Boston Seaport? How would it work along Fort Point Channel?