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Of course this story, with its various bizarre/surreal/farcical contours, is catnip for a scandal sheet like the Herald. Nevertheless, I'll point out that the raggedy tabloid has performed a vital public service here in pointing out the apparent astonishing lethality of the commuter rail, in...

This is surely the most unfortunate incident of misplaced punctuation in AB's history; the thread title, as currently punctuated, indicates that an arena is being planned for Kendall Square. I urge someone to retitle this to something like: "Arena (a new biotech consortium) planned for Kendall...

Sticking this here because the BLC study report notes that, should 11 Bromfield be built, it will impact* the Sam LaGrassa's building (yes, technically the "Hutchinson Building," but 99% of the population thinks of it as the "Sam LaGrassa's building")...

I'm not sure if this warrants its own thread, so I'm plunking this here, given how the trajectories of Winthrop Center and 133 Federal have been so intertwined for so long that in a way they are coupled. Anyway, this in theory is a particularly compelling/intriguing BLC landmarking proposal...

Which is a tragedy, given that the USS Massachusetts is not only a thrilling and awe-inspiring spectacle, but also an engrossing repository of WWII combat memorabilia from both theaters--and a chilling testimonial to the barbaric depths that people can descend to in service to genocidal regimes...

Eliminate the annoying realtor and their annoying, incredibly redundant sales patter and the annoying graphics and only preserve the drone footage and then maybe you've got something worth watching! ;)

"The other downtown application is from Adam Burns of Boston Pinnacle Properties, for the conversion of 281 Franklin St. into 15 units. Burns has an agreement in place to buy the six-story, nearly 13,000-square-foot property for $3.8 million, he said. The West End applications are from the...

BBJ story on 129 Tremont and 85 Devonshire (plus its immediate abutters) being set-up for residential conversion: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2023/12/18/boston-office-to-residential-conversions-2024.html 129 Tremont is drop-dead gorgeous, and interesting things are happening up...

Approved.

Then, for the sake of logical consistency, you better have a big problem with numerous other Downtown office towers that have public-way lobbies, but don't have giant signage outside advertising "COME ON IN!" (or words to that effect). 33 Arch, 101 Arch, 99 Summer, 1 Lincoln, 100 Federal, 75-101...

Great to hear! You also answered one of the questions that came immediately to mind--where are these G&W tourist trains kept sheltered from the elements and kept in handsome condition suitable for these types of fun excursions?

I just love the fact that there's surely some accounting honcho/comptroller type at the Genesee & Wyoming RR, and, for 99.7% of the year, they're reviewing unforeseen/incidental expenses relating to the continuous conveyance of bulk commodities. This freight car got unexpectedly bashed a bit...

I would not have guessed that! Informative as always, thanks [and I presume ample photographic documentation will brought home for me to scrutinize vis-a-vis how far uptrack they end up going...]

So, admittedly it's a little weird to put this in the Freight thread--but given that it involves activities of the Genessee & Wyoming RR, it really seems like the most logical thread to add this to. Anywho... my wife had the foresight to buy tickets for her and our 6-yr-old, months in advance...

Why am I bumping the thread?: 1.) These guys suddenly appeared in my Instagram scroll, so I was intrigued. Perhaps that means they're social-media savvy, for whatever the hell that might be worth in this ecosystem. 2.) So I checked-out their website, which does not appear to have been posted...

Do they, now? Have you conducted extensive polling of said citizens? And what do you mean, exactly, when you say, "nothing ever happens in their city"? You've just made a massively vague and generic assertion here, so I'd sincerely love to see it reinforced by actual qualitative or quantitative...

Googling "One Carey Circle encroachment railroad", I found this informative thread, now of nearly eight years' vintage, including some illuminating comments by some of the "usual suspects" here on AB: https://railroad.net/remnants-of-the-boston-revere-beach-amp-lynn-t38000-45.html Nearly a...

The BPDA's development review process continues to move along at a breathtaking pace: a mere 1,123 days after the project was proposed . . . there will be a public meeting to discuss it: https://www.bostonplans.org/news-calendar/calendar/2023/11/28/11-21-bromfield-street-public-meeting (In...

I have been in that cohort for some time, *exploiting the delta.* I'm continuously impressed by how many riders there are on the Providence line during non-rush hour times in the afternoon, on days when I have to leave work early...

I'd argue that chart pretty much proves my point--the US, Canada, and Australia, as continent-sized countries, have gotten away with piggish housing sizes as a result of their sprawling low-density settlement patterns. Surely Russia and China would've done the same, if they weren't so poor and...