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Agreed. This complex might have some interesting architectural features, but it was never practical, it was never maintained. It aged very poorly. Not to mention that we tore up several blocks of historic building stock to construct it. It’s time to move on.

It is true that inclusionary zoning is popular and more affordable housing projects have come to fruition because several communities, including Cambridge and Somerville, have reduced barriers to affordable housing construction. It is also true that inclusionary housing mandates increase housing...

He is elected to represent his constituents on federal issues. There are enough dumpster fires burning in DC to keep him busy. Exerting his influence on municipal land use issues is inappropriate. I really don’t think the high school that he went to more than 50 years ago has a bearing on anything.

It's unfortunate, because I think there would be a place for them and they could be potentially valuable if they weren't so backward and predictable. It's always the same things - Parking!, Traffic!, It's too Tall!, Nobody bikes or takes the T!, Children are literally going to die if you build...

I'm not sure that we can keep harping about the Housing Crisis emergency when we keep turning down perfectly good housing proposals. Housing vs. Parking is a bit of a value proposition. We can dedicate high value land to housing or parking. If you value parking over housing in a location that is...

I’d like to see it in person, but the pictures are not encouraging. I think the intent was to honor the form of the previous brick building and create the illusion of a facadectomy with a glass tower rising from a more traditionally designed street-level three-story structure. That can work, but...

In a perfect world, the Silver Line 2 would be re-incarnated as light rail and extended along the Summer Street bridge/causeway to serve this area of South Boston. It's a pretty dense redevelopment for an area that is underserved by rapid transit.

4-21-2025 The marketing/promotional banners are a bit over the top and the target demographic is pretty clear —

4-21-2025 They are definitely going with the natural wood and greenery aesthetic here in contrast to some of the more minimalist new interiors —

4-20-2025 Nice to have the expanded sidewalks here for the Marathon crowds — Big line for Chicha San Chen, new bubble tea place apparently with a national following —

4-21-2025

'The Museum of American Finance' - that sounds like a blast. Maybe we can also vie for 'The Museum of Income Tax Exemptions' or 'The Museum of Zoning Variances'

Alternative take - the MBTA Communities law has so many holes in it, it's insanely easy to implement it without actually allowing any measurable new housing. Just zone new development, or condos (where the developer would have to buy every owner out to redevelop it) for multi-family and voila...

Not necessarily small projects but all concentrated in the fast-growing Commercial Triangle neighborhood of Everett along the Revere Beach Parkway — Second & Vine - 370 residential units when completed Juniper Development (1690 Revere Beach Parkway) second phase of 741-unit development - 416...

The City did request that the property be placed into receivership. The City claims the owner has been non-responsive to their requests for a greater security presence at the site. In November, there was a huge fire at the abandoned building which was ultimately attributed to arson...

I'm sure they are still meeting the requirements - the original zoning went way beyond the minimums required by the state. For all of the public freakout over MBTA Communities, the requirements are not very difficult to meet (particularly where you have good infrastructure). It looks like...

3-18-2025

3-15-2025 Impressed by how efficiently this one is progressing compared to Commonwealth Pier, which started construction at least one year earlier. Landscaping and lighting is already going in on the pedestrian path spanning the I-90 ramps —

3-15-2025

That Wikipedia page is soo terrible, it’s comical. It’s so bad, you weirdly want to keep reading. Even so, the focus of it is on several high profile sites he has bid on to generate media attention but never built. How did such an unserious company become associated with the parcel? —...