Search results

I hate to say it, but I would expect more buildings like this for the next little while as developers and suppliers adjusts supply chains and investors adjust profit expectations. If you think about this Globe story from a couple weeks ago...

How much does it cost to maintain/repair a structure like that? Seems notable that Exelon never took down the three decommissioned stacks next to this one -- just capped them.

https://bankerandtradesman.com/healey-makes-tibbits-nutt-permanent-massdot-secretary/ Looks like a lot of people are very happy about this.

Forever, or at least until the owners decide to retire. That place must mint money: it gets so busy on the weekend that it sometimes causes traffic back-ups in the right-hand lane on the Parkway eastbound and on Spring Street.

I love the obvious construction worker (those biceps and boots....) drafted in as a scaley for the photos. A nice-looking building, all around!

Hear, hear!

Financing construction depended on selling BFIT's current South End building for redevelopment by Related Beal. But the loans Related (and any other developer) would need to take out right now cost about twice what they did when the deal with BFIT was made almost two years ago, so presumably...

Thanks! I'll be eager to read the paper with the details if you are able to find it.

Yes. Sorry - "apparatus" is fire nerd-speak for "fire truck." American urban fire departments tend to think they need big, beefy monster trucks instead of things designed for tight corners and narrow streets.

Fair, but this feels a lot like the "crosswalk of death" underneath I-93 in Somerville...just with a lot more space for cars to get up to speed. How's "maimed and killed yearly"?

These are all compelling arguments, but it feels like any proposal to remove the bridge has to come up with solutions to a few questions: As @Equilibria pointed out (albeit in a sideways way), this is a major way ambulances rapidly access the Longwood Medical Area coming from Harvard Square...

That's cute the architects think the city will be buying any Euro-style apparatus any time soon.

I've heard an interesting idea floating around that an attempt to max out the Providence Line's capabilities like this would pay additional dividends for local transit, by giving RIPTA a rail-based spine around which they could orient their bus network vs. trying to build something like that on...

From today's MASSterlist email newsletter (put out by State House News Service):

Could someone who's an actual engineer or architect answer a dumb question of mine? All that rebar shows they're going to be building up those support columns even further. But since concrete shrinks when curing, you'd think it'd be impossible to pour after those decking beams go in and still...

Maybe it's a play for Gen Z ridership. They really love the 90s aesthetic. https://www.depop.com/products/nakedfrogs-vintage-windbreaker-jacket-purple/ While they're at it, they should just license the "Jazz" design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(design)#/media/File:Solo_Jazz_design.jpg

Last time I was down there, maybe 3 weeks ago, the beginnings of the markings had been put in place already. No red paint yet, but I thought I saw the white outlines down in some spots?

"Illicit feedback," eh? Like, they want comments written on a brick of cocaine?

Is the white swoosh on the side of each option a safety thing? Because it feels very "late-2000s RV graphics" so I hope they ditch it.

The big challenge with making the pitch to Brightline, or using its business model, is that its financials depend on subsidizing the rail piece with lots of TOD. And with all due respect to Worcester, Providence and points in between, I'm not sure those markets are hot enough that you're likely...