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It’s not going to be an architectural masterpiece, but it does two important things: 1) it walls off the Hebrew Rehab, which is a hideous eyesore, and 1) it encloses Centre, which is a much better urban aesthetic and it might even help reduce speeds, since being closed in rather than having a...

I have no idea what I’m talking about here, other than growing up in Brookline, but I imagine that, given the fact that Brookline has always been a solid place to invest in property, and prices have been generally resistant to overall market downturns, there’s less urgency for owners to sell at...

oof, they look awful. well, I guess that's at least less nefarious than I thought. But I hope they replace them. Notable is the fact that the trees at Blossom/Cambridge are flourishing, but also in tiny tree boxes. Maybe better light, unclear...

It's great density, but I wish they could have made this somehow less glaring in its geometry. If there was infill to its right, that would help, but these streets are, and feel, when you're on them, slightly curved, and this aggressively cubical structure feels hostile to that.

MGH just cut down every single tree on their side of Blossom Street. I’m not aware of any justification for this other than the fact that they have a little bit of scaffolding against the Thier Building. Incredibly disappointing. Does anyone have any information about why this would have happened?

And I believe that state property is exempt from local zoning laws anyway? I vaguely remember reading this in one of the streets and squares reports. I think overall this is a big step in the right direction. I’d like to have seen an even more aggressive change, but at least it significantly...

Nice find. Even though it’s taken an absurd number of years, I’m glad that in the end, all the underpasses are being eliminated. My one question is, what purpose do center running bus lanes on route 99 serve, once you’re south of Sullivan Square? Between the casino and Sullivan is a no-brainer...

This is an interesting question and also could be studied. Essentially, what are the destinations of bus riders who take one bus to Forest Hills and then another bus from Forest Hills? Some potential issues might be addressable by increasing capacity on existing Roslindale buses like the 14, or...

Yes! And I think you’re right, they slightly moved spaces before they closed down for good. And I have been told about the World Cup party in that parking by others—good memory! That must’ve been so cool.

In the way only the type of person who finds their way to forums like this can truly know, when I was younger I used to be mildly obsessed with Union Sq and how much potential it had given its location and its major X shaped confluence of two major roads. Taking the 66, I would sort of imagine...

I wasn’t advocating for that (but I didn’t know the fact about it being Milford granite—very cool), just saying you can’t point to some natural and subtle palette as a source of inspiration and then just go with a flat gray color and claim it has anything to do with the so-called inspiration...

This is a very interesting observation and I think you're dead on. The only association I made to the grey is that it's very much in line with the ghastly grey tones that pervade any staged new condo showing. What I still don't get, though, is why the city would allow something that directly...

Nice, this is density at a prominent corner. I like the texture, hopefully materials can deliver the vision...

That is true up to an extent, and the irony here is that in the case pictured here, more height is actually better, because it highlights the building’s grace and form… without the two towers, Dorado would be a pile. I think it’s unfortunate that all across Boston we are so fixated on height...

That looks excellent

Such an important point 💯

I think it would have been better to simply construct much denser development along Morton St / Harvard St, continuing the urban fabric that already exists—and at a level of real density, thereby supporting more population than any of the gross, anti urban developments we’ve seen… and left the...

Wow. This looks fucking horrible. Looks like they did a very good job ruining Copley Square.

This is unfortunately a direct consequence of the horrendous lack of central planning for development: the only areas that tend to become available for large scale developments are areas that are large spaces of developable land, and by definition, spaces like this tend to be far from dense...

This is a terrible project in a terrible location. With or without the redesign of the rotary, it’s a very poor location for a large volume of entries and exits. And there’s nothing wrong with advocating for aesthetics. I’m with the Arboretum on this one. I don’t want to see buildings when I’m...