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Such a huge campus — look at all that space. So much opportunity for quality urbanism, and I cant wait to watch our shit city let it be carved up into 3 giant-floorplate squat turds. Oh, and the new streets will all be [Name] Way and [Name] Drive. Thanks Boston

I’m surprised that Canton gets less than 500 people boarding.

I’m amazed there’s no discussion here at all so far about the mayors race. Maybe that because we tend to discuss things in threads that aren’t specific to politics, but I also think it’s because this particular thread is buried away at the bottom of the page. I think the state and local...

I think beyond just social mixing, the important theme here is participation, and more specifically, *collective participation*. When you live above a shop that’s on the street that connects two different neighborhoods, the car that stops to pick up groceries or the lady taking the streetcar to...

Oh, I’m with you on that. Not to totally derail this (tho this is — finally! — a thread that is actually about something sociocultural, so it IS relevant), but one of two linchpin of the entire class divide that is front and center today originated in the 1960s with Vietnam (the other being...

I would rather live in a world where thieves had a better chance, to be honest. The rise of “security“ and “safety” in dictating policy is another worrisome trend of modernity, and nearly all the measures end up leading to suppression of human freedom, Including freedom of movement, as a byproduct.

I completely agree with you and I have complained about this periodically on here. What you describe is not limited to suburban developments: it consistently happens in the city of Boston whenever large tracts of land get developed. Think of Bartlett Yards, for example. And also, the fact that...

What’s surprising about that? He’s a billionaire son of a sleaze bag Trump lover who lives in Chestnut Hill and used his inherited money to buy a condo to establish residency in Boston, solely to run for mayor, motivated solely by the arrogant entitlement that as a billionaire he knows better...

Im sorry but the guy's name is actually "Pigsley"? Is this some kind of joke but real life?

Ah. Yes, I agree with you there. I grew up close to here in Brookline Village and always assumed that whole housing campus was just a federal housing project. It wasn’t until my 20s that I learned otherwise. What I appreciated about RTH was that they took on HMS/BWH, and that’s no easy feat...

I have to say I never liked Boloco, but I am blown away to know that they are the same entity as The Wrap, which I do remember from way back. In fairness, I have never been a wrap guy in general, though. @Stlin, that is very interesting. I read all about RTH years ago when first getting into...

The real problem is institutional ownership, which is bad enough if it’s a university, and even worse if it’s a hospital, when it comes to doing anything nice at the street level. You could argue that’s not what these places are for, but I would counter that argument with saying there should be...

NICE To be fair I haven’t been there since I was maybe in high school, but that definitely used to be the spot.

Nice, yes, that’s it. I accidentally posted my file (a screenshot from historic aerials) within the quoted text of your post, and it didn’t load. This house (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZfDvjWFxXt6PrtaB9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy) had tracks still in its backyard, but that was over ten years...

Great article and a lot of work. Did you come across anything about the rail spur that snaked through this neighborhood in the 20s and 30s? It was a very peculiar line, since it was not a street railway but had its own ROW, just as a little short jaunt off the mainline to get to the park. The...

Ah, RIP Shoe Barn

All I can say is, the criteria are wrong. In the UK, this would be a rotary. This intersection is scary and dangerous right now, because cars drive 50 mph through it. It's also high volume and is a major left turn need which adds additional reasons why a rotary would work best. Adding a...

I wonder if this is a function of both short height, wide girth, and narrow streets. I read this and first thought that perhaps this is why big buildings dont fit onto small streets, yet the City of London has plenty of tall buildings on tiny streets and it works fine without feeling...

This is my complaint with Boston traffic planning across the board. Rarely are roads redesigned to constrain drivers in a way that makes them slow down — without even noticing. Instead, planners just love adding lights, which appeases the same crowds you're talking about. But if you're a...

I was gonna say that double line of trees screams abandoned RR ROW, but I dont think it is one. Looking at old maps I dont think there were ever tracks this far out. Interestingly, I think this may be the most recent site of land making in Boston—the jetties were filled in in the 70s, maybe...