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Additional renders from Brandeis's own website! Appears destined for this parking lot. https://www.brandeis.edu/new-residence-hall/site-plan/index.html

I believe this is an accident of legislative omission - the MBTA district from 1964 to 2000 was only 78 cities and towns, and expanded in 1999 to 175 in preparation for Forward Funding, but that 1999 list was exclusive, not inclusive - this was part of legislative fiat to cause those towns to...

According to the historic inventory, despite being architecturally matching that is actually 3 buildings mashed into one, dating from 1918-1926. Given the age, I suspect the floorplates are appropriate to residential conversion. I also personally assume that this building will likely stay...

NH really really wants it to be part of New Hampshire; it went to the Supreme Court in 2001 and lost there. It's trying again via the executive branch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscataqua_River_border_dispute?wprov=sfla1...

Actually... I know that most of the time, the master plans laid out under PDA Overlays don't do that because they're laid out by a single private developer who have the intent (and profit motive) to do the entire site by themselves. But in this case, it's owned by P&G, which is many things but...

Specific to chapter 90, I kinda get it - small towns are fairly reliant on that money to complete ever more expensive local road works, one of the most visible things a town DPW ever does. It historically has been annually level funded at 200M statewide since 2012. In 2025, it just doesn't go as...

At least here that's not the case - the self storage facility will occupy the entire basement area that was most recently the flea market space. (I do wonder if they'll restore the cart escalator...) Given that there's no windows, it's fair enough - I just kinda wish they'd been able put the...

I grew up around here through the age of 10, so I remember that Ann & Hope well - as a small kid, this is where my parents liked to shop, pre outlet. That said, despite my issues with its mixed use being primarily a self storage facility (bleh) and too much parking, it'd be really nice to see...

I know you think you're kidding, but seriously, there are legitimately national museums of taxation, and appropriate to the moment, collection of customs duties - examples in the Netherlands, Germany, Korea, France, China, Israel. There are also a whole set of urban planning museums out there -...

Parking tickets no - only moving violations issued on the Uniform citation and reported to the RMV. Since parking tickets are municipal and not reported, it's not captured in this data. And I don't necessarily disagree on the issues with the data - I'm just working with what is readily...

I mean, the data doesn't back that claim. The RMV does a study on citations every 2 years primarily for bias checking purposes - but it does tell you how many uniform citations a given department has done in its data appendix. While they haven't released 23 and 24 data yet, in 2022 Boston issued...

They did back in 2016; by the reporting, "Devine said his tugboats need 25 feet to 27 feet of clearance to move barges, ... co-owner of the United Marine, said approximately half of the 70-plus sailboats kept at the marina require up to 65 feet of clearance." Given this new bridge is set to...

To be fair, this particular project budget hasn't ballooned yet into insanity - it's programmed at ~$90M in total costs. Yes $43M in RCP Grant money makes a difference, but I believe the plan up until that award was to rely on TIP formula federal funds which aren't under threat at the moment...

The street view from the other side does a better job of showcasing just how tiny that lot actually is; the render is a little confusing about just what is new since they also color rendered their abutter on Melrose, but the new construction is only the bit with the white metal siding. I was...

I mean, I think discouraging jaywalking on a major corridor is generally an ok objective in service of deconfliction and especially so in the vicinity of a playground. Something like a low fence, wall or guard rail isn't particularly visually intrusive, and while it can be hopped, that's usually...

Isn't this the point of the currently in-progess neighborhood housing zoning initiative? I know that ADUs are the talking point, but a major portion appears to be rewriting the zoning code to make sure that existing forms (the triple decker) is legal by right...

I don't want to step on any toes, but it appears that problem is solvable as it looks like they're still active on the other sites they operate like UrbanToronto & Skyrise Cities - has the mod team tried to reach out via those platforms?

At a minimum, with the recent influx of spam, I agree we at least need to make sure there's an active Mod team. At least 3/5 have been inactive for more than a year - has there been any thought given to expanding the team?

Err, it does and doesn't at the same time. This is a core part of my work at the moment, since I work in manufacturing where federally funded infrastructure projects ultimately make up a decent chunk of business - meaning my work life is presently interesting. It's a puzzle, since every...

One minor point: yes it's Mitsubishi Electric, a Japanese company, but specifically Mitsubishi Electric Power Products of Warrendale PA. I don't know what portion of that is comprised of imported components, especially further upstream, (as is likely some significant portions are) but the...