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Re: NorthPoint Cambridge (The one that was train yards, the big plan.) You're right! Let’s put the republicans back into power. I'm sure they can fix it. Paulson has done such a bang-up job, so why should we give Geithner a chance? Let's judge him before he even gets into office. It was...

Don't play into Ned's mind games. Fight the power!

Baked. It's very modern art and packed full of deep meaning.

Well then, I officially retract my proposal. At least you liked the bean!

I think something like the CN Tower or Space Needle would be great in Boston. How about a giant bean? Or a 1000' pole with a hub cap at the top?

I actually really like Boston’s skyline, especially the fact that it has two. Although some more height would definitely be great (hopefully breaking 1000’ one day), I really dig the density. I live in Philly, which is great and has a decent skyline, but it’s kind of thin in terms of density...

Re: Gov't Center Garage Redevelopment After checking out the pdf, in which you can zoom in quite a bit to see some additional detail, I think the Gensler design looks the best. Although the Cook and Fox design almost ties it for me. I think Cook and Fox did a nice job fitting their plan in...

Re: Congress St Garage is being sold. Since Beton Brut posed the question, I was thinking that the taller Koolhaas tower would look good incorporated with the two smaller Foster buildings. I like the traditional base of the Foster tower and think it would fuse nicely with the Koolhaas design...

Re: Congress St Garage is being sold. Although the smaller building might look a little awkward, I think the Koolhaas design (especially the two towers) is the most striking and modern design, followed by Gensler (the Cook and Fox design is too blurry to tell, but it looks interesting). Foster...

Re: Filene's ^^^That's kind of a drab thought. Today's suburban sprawl villages just don't pack the same punch as the Federal, Georgian, and Victorian design from times long forgotten.

Re: Filene's ^^^Probably for luxury condos, but how about rentals? I would think that rental units would be swept up pretty fast at this location. Especially if it's new construction.

Re: Filene's It sounds like it will be reduced, but some of the 14 floors will be kept for "executive offices". So if each executive got their own floor....

Re: Filene's I understand the land value downtown would be high, but what about all the brown fields around the city? The seaport, northpoint, the East Boston waterfront, etc? Surly the land value there should be low. And I thought pre-fab materials/modules drove construction costs way down...

Re: Filene's I don't know very much about the real estate biz, but why aren't more residential towers being built that are targeted to the middle class? Couldn't some of the floors that were designated residential for the Filene tower be switched to affordable? I would think that if...

Re: Parcel 24 This lengthy PDF was posted to the BRA site earlier this month. It has a ton of new renderings, which I'm unsure how to post, bust here's the link: http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/DevelopmentProjects/PipeDocs/Parcel%2024%20(Chinatown)/DPIR/Parcel%2024%20(Chinatown)_DPIR.pdf...

Re: Copley Place plan calls for condo tower Aren't affordable units in luxury buildings usually of a lesser grade then the other units? I assume that the fit outs would be a lot cheaper and the square footage a lot smaller. The affordable units would most likely be located on the lower...

Re: Movie Studios: Plymouth & Weymouth Bummer. http://news.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/media/view/2008_06_13_Senate_prez_slams_film-complex_credits:_Murray_OK_with_movie_tax_breaks/srvc=home&position=also

Re: Movie Studios: Plymouth & Weymouth They should build it closer to the South Weymouth project. In North Plymouth, by the train station? http://www.wickedlocal.com/middleborough/homepage/x1878565448/Middleboro-officials-say-welcome-to-studio-developers

Re: Residences at Kensington Weird. Would they close the sidewalk if they were going to build a parking lot? It doesn't look very level either. Maybe the Kensington developer removed the basement and foundation from the design to cut back on costs!

Re: Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 Wow, a renewed lease does not sound good. Strange that it?s a year and a half though. Is that normal? I?m not familiar with the ins and outs of leases. In any case, there are some other opportune spots to build a new tower (city hall plaza?)...