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Re: 319 A Street Rear There's not much to see. What you think is legit, on the right, is an existing Boston Wharf building. It looks authentic because it is!

Re: Assembly Square Redevelopment Agreed. It's the developer's shiny picture, for marketing purposes. Still, the massing, public space, transit access, ability to actually attract the public to populate the space, etc, are realistic. It is impossible for a brand new project to compare with a...

Re: Assembly Square Redevelopment This developer understands urban planning, place-making, added value from "creating an urban experience", etc. I am sure some of the detail on the buildings will be value engineered away, but the overall urban form will work (that's why the T stop was a...

Couldn't this result in a race to build up? As a property owner, wouldn't you want to max out your 160' by special permit, and leave your neighbors on either side limited to only 60'? Screw them before they screw you? If by right you can now build 80', but your abutting neighbor builds 160' and...

The pics have been taken down, but I'm guessing you're referring to the BU owned apartment building on Beacon St. known as the "trailer park in the sky"?

These should be up for something in the "best of" awards at the end of the year. The way all the lulls interact with the building skeletons makes new construction look robotic.

Re: New Brighton Landing | New Balance Complex They're actually going to level it and start over. Maybe the existing slab foundation will remain, if it's that beefy. It wouldn't be cost effective to take all that out. The rest of the building, though is scrap. What a waste...

Good to see this proposal come back (it is exactly the same as 5 years ago, 30's cars included). Merrill Diamond generally does good work, and this is a tough site. Even in a good market, selling condos located between students in Allston and public housing is a challenge. The city was smart to...

Re: NorthPoint Cambridge (The one that was train yards, the big plan.) Yes, I'm a planning and architecture geek; but it's gems like this - pullin' out the Skee-Lo - that keep me coming back. can I get a "six-four Impala"... anyone?

^^ I posted my thoughts on the commuter rail at New Balance over at Universal Hub this morning: "Part of the New Brighton Landing plan (New Balance) is to include a commuter rail stop. Thinking long term, a better solution would be to use the ROW for a more regular service (T schedule, not...

Re: New hotel tower Triunity Place near Copley Sq. Agreed, it would be nice; however the cost - benefit of doing that just doesn't make sense (see Salvation Army building / Liberty Mutual).

http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc438/planboston/1075Ma.jpg This is a pretty boring building, maybe that's why no one is talking about it. It's taken forever for anything to happen here - I suspect the developer and contractor are having issues...

1075 Mass. Ave. (Bowl and Board site) will be a 5 story glass box, with retail on the first floor and 20 condos above. There was to be a small green roof element (2010 drawings), but that's probably been VE'd out. I have some renderings around, but nothing that I'm sure is current.

The air rights to this ramp parcel should be given to the adjacent Congress St. Garage project. Require that they build a plaza above the ramps, in exchange for density (height) of the buildings within the garage footprint. Build over the Surface Artery, too. The primary entry level to the...

Boston Herald site Redevelopment National Development certainly brings some credibility to this proposal, but it will be interesting to see if anything can work on a site that's in the armpit of 2 highways. Redevelopment plans for Herald site filed By Casey Ross Globe Staff / June 7, 2011...

Re: Garden Garage Towers (New West End building) Exactly. Like it or not, we're stuck with these sort of towers, so we might as well make better spaces around them. The "towers in a park" model is a failure. Retail (if done well) would create a vibrant urban atmosphere, instead of desolate...

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion ^ I couldn't have said it better myself. Definitely Republica values at work here.

Re: 45 Province St I have to wonder if that banner is even legal. Viewed from the Longfellow, it's the only advertising visible on the skyline, and it's HUGE. Will ISD will ever take notice, or have they already had a "preacher's handshake" to overlook this?

Re: South Boston Seaport Precisely. Is this not the root of the problem with the BRA? Catering to big business interests and political cronies does not make for good city building.

Re: South Boston Seaport This is obvious to anyone with an elementary understanding of urban planning, yet the BRA just doesn't seem to get it. I would love to hear their justification for encouraging the large project / large block model over smaller projects. You would think nobody there...