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Well, I sort of misspoke when I said "crawling toddler". It's not the true toddlers I worry about, if one defines "toddler" as a child who just learned to stay on two feet and toddles rather than walks. You're right, many would be terrified to even get near that railing. I'm worried about...

I like to see architects be daring with details like railings, so I was trying to give it a chance and like them, but .... I also kept coming back to thinking it reminded me of sloppily applied concertina wire. Also, is it even code compliant? In some pictures, the reflection in windows...

Not worth a damn they aren't. I mean yes, in a pinch for a few moments -fumbling key into lock if porch light is off, e.g. But for any distance over any rough ground like in the Green Line tunnel, nope, they suck - just not enough lumens. Also, when things are going wrong, I want to conserve...

I haven't the slightest clue... whatever works. I once had to evacuate from a Green Line Train about halfway between Arlington and Copley. There were a few senior citizens needing significant assistance. With emergency lights? Not really a big deal, albeit not a lot of fun, either. Without...

I don't know the answer to the structural part of your question, but when comparing costs, we have to remember that once a water or sewage pipe of this sort is lined with concrete, that's pretty much it. Once a transit tunnel is lined with concrete, then a railroad needs to be built through the...

I've only heard of them being reused after pretty short and easy runs. The one you linked to in Chicago, if the geology isn't bad, might be such a case. The larger ones, as Jeff was saying, aren't designed to be used so much longer, and that is partly to do with the incredible extraction...

Possible good news, the city council is at least still talking and may actually be open to negotiation: http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20170309/orr-block-redevelopment-compromise-on-horizon One possible angle is that perhaps the City could just rezone the front portion along Washington...

I like the sound of that price per mile, but that article does nothing to put the described project into context. As I understand TBM economics, there is a steep exponential climb as you go up the diameter scale. Well, not exponential: but steep. The article calls the TBM "enormous", but at...

Re: North-South Rail Link Maybe this would ideally go on a different thread, but since this thread's been off course for some time now, I'll ask: how would you create a seamless Green-CR connection? There's about 500 horizontal feet and a turnpike between the two. Are you thinking...

Re: Whiskey Priest/Atlantic Beer Garden Redevelopment | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport Stellarfun, thanks for the long post. I've been on the road and have barely had time for a quick read, but wanted to at least get a thanks out.

Re: Whiskey Priest/Atlantic Beer Garden Redevelopment | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport Stellarfun and JANAM, responding to both your posts: The special permit for Cronin's harborwalk showed it out over the water, not on his parcel, which I think answers your point stellarfun. Are you saying they...

Re: Whiskey Priest/Atlantic Beer Garden Redevelopment | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport CLF’s quote here is consistent with the crux of their suit: The developer is seeking credit for providing a new amenity (12 foot wide harbor walk) when he was all along supposed to be providing a 25 foot walk...

Re: South Station Tower It's easy to think that "commence building by April 30" means we have to see cranes rising by then or they're toast. I don't think that's at all right. If they have a contract signed, even just for site work, and have commenced any staging at all, that will get them...

ETA: this post was in response to someone's post that referred to a hearing yesterday on the Art Park lawsuit. Whoever posted it, they took it down before I was done, hence this post looks a bit apropos of nothing. That poster was wondering if there was any sense of how the hearing went. [OK...

Could it have been part of the heating system? Back when the vessel was an active passenger vessel, I read that it mainly did summer excursions, but I imagine it may have run often enough in cold weather to need some heat. Large ships often have all sorts of pretty substantial machinery that...

Re: North-South Rail Link OK, thanks. That's what I thought, but was curious if it went beyond that.

A notice went around to BC employees that construction on the new rec center is supposed to start this week.

Here's the PNF: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580f8111197aeace22c8187b/t/58486e2af5e23191f667fbd5/1481141845337/212+Stuart+Street+PNF+opt+12-8-16.pdf Hopefully this is not a re-post - apologies if it is. I saw the design commission presentation posted but not the PNF. . Found it at...

I agree we sometimes need to move on. Not sure if this is such a time, but if that's how the decision ends up, I'd not be in favor of moving the façade to a park. Every time I've seen that done, it looks hokey, it isn't taken care of over times, then it gets demolished anyhow .... like the...

I think this one looks pretty excellent, though like others have posted on other threads, I’ve lost patience with the way the vertical mullions are randomly offset every few floors. That’s not done as ham-handedly here as on some other buildings, so if they stick with it, it won’t be so...