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Philly has the Schuylkill Yards development decking over the yards of the 30th Street station-direct connections to Amtrak and Septa. It's a very strong proposal. Tbh, it's happening whether or not amazon selects Philly for HQ2.

Would short turns at Back Bay be able to free up slots in South Station to accommodate the (extra) express trains that RI wants? Can Back Bay even do short turns?

Glass tends to have a bit of a greenish tint to it because of traces of iron in it. Special low iron glass is clearer, and naturally more expensive because of the need for purer sand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-iron_glass

All of the above basically.

Confused some of those for Seaport renders at first.

That's not strictly true. The first towers in the area have already been built. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cira_Centre http://ciracentresouth.com/

Anecdote time: when one of my friends graduated and was scouted by Microsoft, their starting salary was 90k, and that was 6 years ago, so wages have probably increased since then.

Re: The New Office Thread Why not throw Worcester into the mix if you're considering Providence? Still pretty much part of Boston metro, and somewhat cheaper(than Boston, not sure how it compares with Prov) with loads of exmills to redevelop, and an airport that's closer to downtown than...

Re: Boston Globe Site Redevelopment | Dorchester How about some more triple deckers or townhouses at teh southern end of the site as a buffer.

Re: North-South Rail Link What about the $100 million in annual operating savings from the link?

To lean on a stereotype, it's San Francisco.

Re: Dock Square Parking Garage, 20 Clinton Street Remember the absurd price a parking spot in Beacon Hill went for a couple years ago? http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/11/03/beacon-hill-parking-spot-hits-market-for-650000/

2 days per floor is not unheard of for reinforced concrete construction on typical floors.

Worcester's been having trouble getting a developer to renovate/redevelop the old Worcester County Courthouse after the new one was completed in 2008. The city got state grants for asbestos and PCB abatement, and a developer that planned on adding 150 apartments and retail to the building, but...

Even that tower in question had 200ft chopped off for no good reason.

The Salesforce tower, and other transbay towers were always planned to be big, even before Salesforce signed on as the anchor tenant though.

CTDOT does, or at least did have the easements/ownership of the parcels mostly lined up. The issue then becomes that the horizontal curvature for an 80mph highway is not compatible with a 160+mph rail line, requiring the purchase of more land anyway. I wish I could find more, but this image...

A couple new contracts for GLx went out. https://commonwealthmagazine.org/transportation/keolis-on-time-performance-improves/

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District You weren't listening. There was one lady complaining that the shadows would kill her cat.

Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail That's just like Kingston/Plymouth too.