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    archBoston Presidential Poll 2012

    Both Ted Kennedy and Scott Brown paid their interns.
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    archBoston Presidential Poll 2012

    http://www.warren.senate.gov/?p=page&id=5 All for the middle class and a $22/hr minimum wage unless you happen to want to work for her. I'm sure the unpaid part of the internship description will be scrubbed shortly.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos Many tunnel walls have coatings of lead paint and would require a lead safe stripping paste as part of abatement prior to cleaning. Most of the original red and orange line stations had mosaic tile which was also painted rather than cleaned and would...
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    What to do with the Financial District

    The amount of lease signs and dark windows makes me call bullshit on a bullish downtown commercial lease market. Condo conversions wouldn't be occurring if commercial market was that hot.
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    Louisburg Square is City-Owned. How/Why "Private?"

    This is accurate and the entitlement is part the issue surrounding the abutters paying for restoration work of the park. The fencing and fountain upkeep has been a pissing contest for a very long time.
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    Liberty Mutual Tower | 157 Berkeley Street | Back Bay

    Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion Upload to flickr or some other photo hosting service. Obtain a direct link and insert it "" without the quotes.
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    archBoston Presidential Poll 2012

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/politics/tax-lobby-builds-ties-to-max-baucus.html?hp&_r=1&
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    🔷 Open Thread

    Volvo's ads in Scandinavia sure are different aren't they? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtSCh1AmQM&feature=player_embedded
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    🔷 Open Thread

    The planning board has been a toothless entity since the creation of the BRA.
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    Boylston West @ Fenway Triangle (Van Ness) | 1325 Boylston Street | Fenway

    Re: 1325-1341 Boylston St (Fenway Triangle/Former Goodyear Tire) The Muddy River will be restored as it was prior to the 1950s road invasions with a few modifications for current traffic volumes and safety standards. I had to listen to my civil engineer son wax about this project for a decade.
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    The New Retail Thread

    Look into the explosive growth and collapse in Cripsy Kreme's popularity and number of franchises. That was my intended comparison.
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    Boylston West @ Fenway Triangle (Van Ness) | 1325 Boylston Street | Fenway

    Re: 1325-1341 Boylston St (Fenway Triangle/Former Goodyear Tire) http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Missions/ProjectsTopics/MuddyRiver.aspx http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/Portals/74/docs/Topics/MuddyRiver/ConstructionActivitiesApril2013.pdf
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    The New Retail Thread

    Shake Shack=Crispy Kreme There I said it.
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    Biking in Boston

    Their contract allows them to be slackers and face no consequences. Since day 1 in every city Alta has run a system the same mistakes, technical failures, broken promises, and delays have been repeated. FYI:
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    Fenway Infill and Small Developments

    "Why not make the Brookline Ave Conduit larger? Or run a second one under the length of St Mary's St?" There is line 30+ feet deep under St. Mary's Street which Brookline has been working on at the Monmouth Street intersection for what seems like ages. The Brookline Avenue culvert was looked...
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    Ink Block (Boston Herald) | 300 Harrison Avenue | South End

    Re: Ink Block | Boston Herald Property Redevelopment Excavator is the general term. Trackhoes are the large ones. Backhoes are the dual purpose bulldozer/excavator apparatus with the double sided cabs.
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    🔷 Open Thread

    http://spectator.org/archives/2013/03/29/shush Shush! By Daniel J. Flynn on 3.29.13 @ 6:09AM Today’s public library could be mistaken for a halfway house, homeless shelter, or federal penetentiary. I write from the public library, which doubles as my city’s daytime...
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    🔷 Open Thread

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/leveson-inquiry/9954913/Royal- charter-The-press-must-resist-this-assault-on-liberty.html Royal charter: The press must resist this assault on liberty Between them, MPs and the Lords are adding to the risks of political interference in the wake of the...
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    Historic Preservation Careers

    1. What are the degree expectations (do you need a Masters in Historic Preservation)? Varies by position. It can help dealing with the approach and process to working in the specific field. 2. How does a background (with related internship experience) in civil engineering compare to other...
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    The New Retail Thread

    Regal isn't going anywhere. They paid handsomely for the AMC location and aren't going to surrender to Loews downtown.

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