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What's up with the lights on this bridge? They look like they were left over from the reconstruction of the bridge 2-plus years ago, and someone forgot to take them down. And the thing is, I think they look really cool from afar, but up close present a temporary, construction-zone/mine-shaft...

I feel like there's a marketing opportunity here for them somehow to add an S on the end that blinks on and off when the visiting team makes an error.

I don't have photos because I was driving, but there are new raised pavements on both sides of the Kensington crossing/underpass in Somerville. Drivers seem flummoxed, but hey, it's new. Now they just need to install a signal on the assembly side.

This is more germane to the Community Path than the GLX, but since I haven't seen a specific thread for the former, I'll put it here. "Speed humps" have been installed on Central St. between Highland and Medford, presumably in anticipation of the path opening. I put "speed humps" in quotes...

Great photos! You're making me miss my old hood. One thing I love about these is all the little easter eggs/new angles I never noticed from the ground, even after years walking by them. A few I noticed in this photo: 1. I wonder what is that near-windowless/featureless building behind the...

What is an approach slab? I'm still a bit sore that it looks like no traffic calming will be present at the Central St. crossing (which is already a dangerous venture for all crosswalks at the bottom of the hill), and looking at these photos of Medford St, that one looks sketchy as hell too...

Yeah, it's weird. I seem to remember popular sentiment back in the day being that the Verb was a quickie-reno temporary "placeholder" while the Hojo owner waited to gauge the neighborhood, and then raze it for a bigger development when the time was right. Then the hotel became popular, then...

I could have sworn I remember the proposal being to convert this bridge into a pedestrian-only something-or-other.

What an odd choice for this location. Never would have thought the neighborhood would allow for more fast food, especially in such a prominent spot. Follow-up: is the food here any good? I meant to check it out at the BU location when I lived over there, but never got around to it.

What an interesting shot! If I had seen this photo outside the context of this thread (and had not noticed 888 boylston), I never would have guessed this was Boston. Must be the terra cotta roofs.

Does anyone know what's going in the block at approx. 64 Webster? (across from Webster Auto Body.)

Whoa, is the building facade curved? Or is that a fisheye/panorama effect? I could have sworn it was a big rectangular box, but I haven't looked at it from all angles.

Do you mean this? I've always been mildly curious about it as well.

Over the past few weeks, the McGrath has been reduced to one lane between approximately Washington St. and the Fitchburg Line overpass. Does anyone know if this is part of preparation for grounding? Or is it just repairs?

Amazing! I saw the new paint on Tuesday night, had no idea this was coming. I had been hoping for this for the 10+ years I lived there, and now that I've moved out of the neighborhood they put them in! Here's what I found of the full design...

Is it just me, or is the community path extension ridiculously narrow? I could be wrong, and maybe I should reserve judgment until its completion, but given the potential for it to be a heavy-use commuter corridor, this stretch is one where I think we really would have been better to go wide...

Either way, I've long wished they'd close down that short section of Cambria and replace it (along with 14) with something else... a park, a plaza for Berklee musicians, or even extend parcel 14 to the abut the Performance Center. As a cyclist/pedestrian, traveling eastbound on Boylston here...

It's not camera distortion. The height of these poles vary wildly, and I always thought it looked weird (if not sloppy), but I always figured they knew what they were doing and had a reason for it. Anticipating settling into the ground? Waiting until the end to lop off the tops to make them...

Ooh! I'm pretty sure that's in Somerville off the McGrath. I think the green truss in front is the Cross St. bridge over the tracks? The roundish building in back is condos that were made from a church if I recall. I used to bike by it on the detour from when the Washington St. underpass was...

Lighting activated along the "gangway" to Magoun station. I'm actually wondering if this is an art installation rather than part of the station design? It looks way too creative to be government-issue. And lord help you if you've feasted on edibles when you enter this station, cause the...