In America, the only place you’re really allowed to build new high density housing is next to one or more highways or massive arterial surface streets. I can’t imagine spending an hour between Morrissey and the expressway, much less a lifetime.
I walked by this heap today and it looks like a 1990s community college dining facility. MIT loves nothing more than hiring Pritzker winners well after most of their creative juices are exhausted.
I’m half seriously adding that the state should go further and just remove non-compliant towns from the MBTA Communities by depriving them of mass transit.
I’d wager that the 1000 or so people who board the train daily in Franklin care much more about having transit access than the cranks care about eliminating housing. Otherwise, what are we even doing here?