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President Brown reflects on the highs and lows of his 17-year presidency "We have a plan to build a COM building next to the Booth Theater. We own that whole block of small buildings. It would make a great partnership between the Booth, the gallery on the other side, the 808. It’d be a great...

A look at the Brightline Orlando airport station - expected to begin service to South Florida within 60-90 days:

The only major change on the upper floors are the setback which help to scale what would otherwise be a pretty boring box.

You’re probably right. I recall when the original Hotel Commonwealth facade was revealed that it was derided as “too Disney.” Reality is, Disney had already taken its stab at French Second Empire decades earlier than did it better. I was always a bigger fan of their 80s era futuristic...

That Essex view is going to be very exciting to see materialize.

It’s never very convincing when Canada stands in Boston. The Handmaids Tale is an example that had me particularly distracted because the Boston setting does not seem at all like a realistic stand-in.

Boston University buys back buildings in Kenmore Square to settle confidential lawsuit https://dailyfreepress.com/2023/02/09/boston-university-buys-back-buildings-in-kenmore-square-to-settle-confidential-lawsuit/

How did that mansard roof make it through review? A cornice roof would have been appropriate - the building works just fine until the roof.

That is a different point than you were previously suggesting. Sure, its incomplete. All school amend their IMPs -- tell me a single one that did not amend an IMP in Boston to add new projects, or revise an existing plan.

I'm aware of the BU IMP. It is not an indication that COM is being "pushed out" by the university, rather a relocation of COM to a side of campus that is aligned with alike programs such as in CFA, WBUR, Daily Free Press, etc. At this point, it makes far more sense to move COM and free up that...

That is a false statement. No school gets “kicked out” of a space. But I enjoy your misinformation campaign.

I’m curiously awaiting a rendering for the proposed Pardee school expansion building at central campus as it will be telling if BU continues to push the architectural envelope.

Critical discussion about the BU law tower and City Hall would be a more appropriate topic — same era, style, and loved / hated depending on who you speak with (I’m in the “love” category which I’m sure surprises no one here). But BU did drastically improve the law tower with the addition and...

^I think we can expect a bit more than to just behave nicely especially when there is quality infill projects abound in many cities (and a few recent in Boston such as Harriet Tubman house).

Such a neat photo -- everything about that iteration is more visibly pleasing than the current corner.

LA has been relatively successful as of the last 2 decades combining heavy and rail rail systems into an expanded and comprehensive interconnected metro system. If LA can do it surely NYC will have no issues with ridership and connections. The IBX proposal somehow mirrors the Purple Line...

Great addition to Minneapolis. That building looks so odd though against an adjacent surface parking lot and a series of modern mid-rise apartment buildings.

I think I preferred the look before the brick started to rise. A limestone facade would have been more visually appealing. Still a worthy addition to Newbury.

This is rather jarring. I’m trying to find the meaning of this. Rarely is BU regarded for its artist contributions, but I much prefer the understated elegance of Free at Last: https://www.bu.edu/today/close-ups/2015/free-at-last-marsh-plaza/

Agreed I’ve always disliked those lights. Something more stylized like these In the DC Navy Yard which are inexpensive to replicate would be ideal (both examples). For Providence overall I’d probably lean to the second option — the black simpler streetlights as to fade in.