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Who would want to lease space above a bunch of barking dogs?

I guess the people who end up living there shouldn't throw stones.

So I gather the argument then is to avoid locating commuter rail stops where they facilitate parking and riding, and to situate stops in town centers where people are more likely to be able to get along without a personal vehicle. Forgive my naivete here, but how then do people who live in...

The attached video makes it seem that investment in park and ride facilities creates car dependency. A commuter parking lot is only one element of entire suburban communities that are car dependent. Consider this: if we automated personal vehicles such that they dropped us off at the commuter...

https://www.mass.gov/news/healey-driscoll-administration-awards-nearly-14-million-in-funding-for-dams-and-coastal-infrastructure The investment demonstrates the administration's dedication to helping communities adapt to climate change. By restoring and removing aging infrastructure, public...

Or the air rights.

When you purchase a property with windows a few feet from the lot line, you ought to anticipate that the owner of the property on the other side of that line might have a greater use in mind for his land than providing a view to someone else. I know the tenants would likely prefer to retain a...

The Charles is pretty shallow in Watertown. I wonder if there would be a concern about the motor potentially kicking up a lot of mud.

Is anyone talking about preservation of industrial remnants other than on this forum? There have only been a handful of comments here, and the argument against working to preserve the things on these sites is strong. The smokestacks are interesting and prominent, but they are right in the...

Changzou Community Hub Built from Repurposed Oil Tanks https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/changzhou-community-hub-built-from-repurposed-oil-tanks/ar-BB1niYHR

Yes, yes! Renewing and bringing life back to industrialized areas of the city doesn't have to mean plowing everything under. The structural relics of the past are not purposeless when they are used to create unique spaces in developments. A tall smokestack can serve to announce an area from a...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with examining existing infrastructure or anything else on a site to see if there's value in preservation. I doubt there's anything that constitutes a unique or culturally significant presence, but a masterplan that incorporated a tank into some green space...

I'm still trying to figure out those Escheresque windows inside another window.

I had to run to the dictionary on this one. In what way does this structure appear "swollen?" Is it the appendages on the lower levels? I'll grant that the structure isn't lean or slender or deflated. I'm at a loss, however, for what "tumescence" would be as a design crutch.

There's nothing wrong with hashing out the value of what's being developed where and what the positive and negative consequences might be. Public input is part of the process. The term NIMBY is usually reserved for people who object to a project just because it is planned to go in their...

The Sagamore bridge replacement is already in the design phase and the option chosen was a bridge with an arc similar to the existing bridge. I'd say it's too late to make a change since engineering and approvals must be done by 2026 in order to meet the target construction start date of...

I'd like cake, eat it too, and no calories, please, but if that's not possible, of course I'll settle for just cake.

It's unfortunate that the stack is situated right in the middle of the site rather than on the periphery, and if it's a contest between saving the stacks or addressing the environmental issues, the site cleanup wins hands down.

Speaking for myself in the smokestack crowd, I'm not aware that this is an either/or situation or that efforts toward preservation would be a deal killer. In fact, I know very little about this proposal at all. My point is that these structures which connect a city to its past are actually a...

While it is certainly more aesthetically pleasing, the suicide fencing on the existing bridge looks like a more effective barrier than depicted on this render.