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They objected that the building is too tall, too dense, and does not have any parking.

The Zoning Board of Appeal gave this final approval today over the objection of Ink Block NIMBYs.

Le sigh...

Neither of the preceding comments merit discussion.

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Wonderland would also provide additional impetus for Red-Blue Connector.

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Interesting thought, although the complexities with that would be legion.

Whatever happens, objections about how any building on this plot must not "block views from Fenway Park" should be thrown out immediately.

The problem, Rover, is that you seem wholly incapable of distinguishing between NIMBYs who show up to public meetings to demand that developments not move forward, and the generally YIMBY folks on this board who are not advocating for shorter buildings or less development, but who do want...

I DEMAND THIS VETERINARIAN OFFICE BE INNOVATIVE!

I'm all for testing out the idea in Boston, but this particular proposal stinks like an outhouse.

LOL @ this entire conversation given that our useless, lazy, corrupt, sack of crap speaker can't be bothered to do a damn thing about transit or taxes or housing or a lot of other things.

Meeting on this proposal tonight, 6 PM, Revere Hotel.

Keep in mind that there are other improvements being made with the $25M, such as fixing elevators and escalators that have been out of service. But I would love to see a detailed budget for this spending.

We continue to go around in circles here. One group is (*mostly*) arguing about this project in specific, while the other is (*mostly*) talking about a general principle. Sure, there's crossover, but it's important to keep this dichotomy in mind. There's also the issue of transparency.

Any of you ever go to the BCDC weekly meetings? This project is on the docket tonight.

Well according to our friend Rifleman, Encore will mean only the highest quality of hookers that money can buy.

I wouldn't mind throwing a few bucks at someone who lets me, a grown man, jump into a ball pit. The problem is the fucking phones/cameras. But therein lies the profit - no narcissists means much less revenue. Just going and having fun without being a major douche is beyond many people.

Backing out of a deal is a really great way to give ammunition to NIMBYs for future battles. In this particular case, I don't really care all that much. But in general, enabling developers to pull something off the table after construction starts is a really bad idea.

Awesome picture. So to the right is the current location of the park?

I knew it was LanDsdowne, but probably because as a small child I thought it was Lands Down, as in "that's where the home runs that go over the Green Monster land down."