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RIP indeed. Scrolling to the top of page 14 is wild. I forgot how bullish everyone was in the heady days of the pandemic. These guys (like so many others) are absolutely cooked. Down 97%!

Guys, it's simple. Just run a new spur of the Orange Line up Alford and be done with it. How much could it cost, a few million? (runs and hides) Not sure how MLS games are scheduled, but agree the most obvious answer is special service express from the OL stops between Community College and...

Not great. Given that permitting held up the project and it was only fully approved in 2021(?), I’m curious to what extent cancellation or indefinite delays from the next administration could be feasible. The one broken blade is bad enough, but getting the boondoggle reputation could be...

Might have missed it before, but I didn't appreciate there are 4 floors of underground parking. Tight turns to be had down there for sure.

In more disappointing news, both L3 and L6 (except for construction offices at the former) are completely paved over and striped for parking. No chance anything starting hear for a number of years. Curb cuts and parking toll booths are also being set up. Maybe it’ll shift some of the seasonal...

Progress, with a second core starting near the harbor. Picture from 11/9

Hmm, there are definitely spandrels, but the pendentive looks fairly "flat" on the ceiling portion. The arches aren't quite groin vaults since the barrel vaulting doesn't continue in any direction... I'm going with "arch" and "ceiling"

#bancars and throw them into the pit to be forgotten for decades. Some might say you've gone too far!

I remember first learning about this building when there was a listing I saw somewhere a few years ago. Super cool interior windows as well. Wonder if there's a map of cast iron buildings in Boston somewhere? Devonshire between Summer and Winthrop Square has some good examples...

Absolutely love to see it. Post Office Square and nearby areas like Liberty Square should be the heart of downtown Boston. Such good walkable urbanism but not enough residential.

It used to be the customs clearing and inspection building for goods coming down the Fort Point Channel! I posted this elsewhere under adaptive reuse, but it's still owned by the Feds and they have a nice overview on the GSA site...

My main point wasn’t to soak the developers or force them into building infrastructure. It was that building infrastructure costs a ton in the US, and proposing pretty renderings that provide modest benefit to actual transit experience eventually runs up against a zero sum reality where nothing...

At least one of the arches is complete or very close and it looks phenomenal. The quality of the tiles or whatever the finish is looks very nice and the center coffering has great depth.

I hear you, I really do, and it is pretty bare bones how the GLX station and platforms turned out. A few years ago I read what I thought was a good article on just this point and how tradeoffs are balanced on infrastructure projects. The author isn't from Boston, but I think makes some really...

Not a huge issue, but whenever someone raises their voice it always ALWAYS leads to a smaller and worse project. I don't care about the reduced number of parking spots, but how does removing 5 units from the market make this an easier pill for anyone to swallow? The project requires relief...

Climber about to start climbing

Yeah I think you're right based on what the station is today. There's a Hynes accessibility project stuck in the MBTA queue that's supposedly tied to Parcel 13 to provide access from Boylston. Accessibility is coming to Hynes eventually, so this project will provide an accessible route from the...

Spot on. I also think the nature of time and construction is such that things are "open" before they're complete. Cambridge Crossing has some of this issue, but I think Assembly and Seaport get the most hate. For these very large communities it takes years and years to build, and it takes longer...

UHub reporting the bridge will be named after Bill Russell. Leading right to the Garden, I can't think of a better name. https://www.universalhub.com/2024/ted-williams-has-tunnel-and-now-bill-russell-will

Agree with this generally, but for some reason the North End Coast Guard base isn't listed in your link. Instead, they list the old customs building next to James Hook along the Fort Point Channel at 408 Atlantic. One of the ideas I've liked is to consolidate those two locations to the...