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No, the lollipop building is the large dark building behind and to the left of 175 Federal as shown in the first pic on post #8 in this thread. The lollipop building is the building with long's jewelry store and i think sebastian's on the ground level. the lollipop structure was moved to...

An Tain, the cheap neighborhood bar across from my old office is closing. The liquor license is going to the Hyatt Hotel in the Seaport, so it looks like it's the latest victim of the local liquor license market woes...

The smaller town house style row buildings do not fit the context of the neighborhood. It looks likes the latest 21st century iteration of "the projects" so if the goal is to integrate the subsidized housing into the larger neighborhood visually, I give that portion of the project two thumbs down

Beacon Hill Pub to become fine dining establishment https://boston.eater.com/2019/9/30/20891065/beacon-hill-pub-redevelopment-upscale-restaurant

I agree, first I would think a hotel is more of a "shot in the arm" for this area than a dorm, hotel guest have disposable income and are looking to spend it versus college kids pinching pennies. Second colleges like suffolk and emerson have a horrible track record of putting drab institutional...

I saw this park in person, it's visually stimulating with lots of nooks and crannies crammed into a compact space. I can see how kids will love it. That being said, I recall the 70's, 80's and into the 90's when the mantra was often to retrofit parks, open them up and increase visibility for...

Behind the paywall - apparently Suffolk U wants to convert Ames Hotel into a dorm. Mixed feelings on this one.... https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2019/08/19/ames/WvS9eNblfZOPkBYsQB22QO/story.html

Sligo future more uncertain than Burren https://boston.eater.com/2019/7/31/20748888/burren-sligo-remaining-open-davis-square-development

I agree that the Hotel Commonwealth had/will have more of an impact since it replaced a large number of Back Bay Newbury Street style commercial row buildings. However, this building is quite significant given it sits at the apex of Kenmore Sq which is a really high profile location. It's a...

LOL, well I've met Beton Brut in person and he looks much more typical than this guy who seems to have walked out of the monty python holy grail stage set...

I'm pretty certain on this site years ago someone linked an article quoting the designer of the trellises who claimed that vines were not intended, but rather that the trees planted adjacent will grow and provide shade instead

Purely my subjective opinion, I've been biting my tongue on this one but some buildings just let you down out of the gate and others do not, this one is not so great... but it's rising from a parking garage so I can deal with it. If anything, I have a new found lukewarm appreciation of the...

dshoost88 - thanks for the food reviews, they are entertaining to read!

In addition to the alley, I think Emerson also owns the building that formerly was home to the Mercury Bar and Remington's on Boylston St. (adjacent to the alley). I can't imagine Emerson will allow similar non institutional uses on the ground floor anytime in the foreseeable future. Emerson...

The sidewalks are busier than they used to be in that part of town, but the irony is that for the joe public there is nowhere to go. It's more institutional, less accessible...

I'm with you type001!

I expect a user agreement and terms of use will be coming soon to archboston given it exists on the Toronto site. The issue that Beton Brut raises is that for some contributors retaining ownership over posted content and photographs is important. If the community loses or fails to attract...

Proposal to lift rent ceiling on portable section 8 vouchers: https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/05/15/boston-housing-choice-vouchers?fbclid=IwAR3qNylRA3_b-Ygn3Ve3piqElIsO6w7AYAo3Shpq5GSyKSRaN_eQW9Oab60

Perhaps the decline of gay venues in Boston is just following overall local commercial gentrification trends. In Boston, dive bars/neighborhood taverns close up shop on a regular basis, strip clubs have all but been eliminated from city (for better or worse), etc. Commercial gentrification...

For Beton Brut and anyone else in the East Boston vicinity who may be interested: https://www.boston.com/food/restaurants/2019/03/26/the-quiet-few-east-boston