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Where does this 'never' business come from? I assume you've polled a few million people to determine that absolute rule. :confused:

I grew up in Boston, and neither term bothers me. It's not like you'll find a Rosetta Stone somewhere with the 'correct' term carved into it. And I'm sure that if you asked people who grew up in Brockton and Fitchburg and any random mill town, you'd get different answers. And by the way -...

The top one, "going great lengths," is about 100 years old, and was there before the street was. And I'm not sure exactly how you want a building to be 'aware of pedestrians. The building serve their purpose - they are not intended to be walked on.

Lots were laid out on the east side of Kenmore sq by 1884, No buildings yet though

You're not from here, are you?

People want easy access among convention centers, hotels and amenities. I doubt you can stuff enough on the Long Island to make it work.

When my mother would bring me shopping with her in the early 1960s, we didn't eat at Filenes, but we would go to the counter diner type restaurant in one of the other stores. I seem to recall they specialized in a deviled ham sandwich, or something similar, and all the ladies would go there for...

Peter's Hill, Arnold Arbroretum, Roslindale Metropolitan ave, Roslindale

People don't go to Cali for the weather or the drinking. They go for the money. The attitude towards lending in Massachusetts has long been "Neither a Borrower nor a Lender Be." VC money is just easier to come by, and the human capital is there waiting to be exploited. Silicon Valley is like...

I understand they want to take over the whole block. Oh, the humanity!

The last time I heard about a 'Swim the Charles' day (one or two years ago), it had to be cancelled because of pollution. These people think that if they say it, that makes it true. There were floating swimming pools in the Charles, using river water, over 100 years ago.

Actually, it's closer to 100 years. The automobile brought a huge improvement in the lives of the working class. When Boston's upper classes went to the North and South Shore and the Maine coast in the summer, and the upper middle might go to a cottage at Nantasket, Franklin Park was laid out so...

Because we didnt' start from scratch yesterday.

So then you just push the same NIMBYism out another mile. The whole point of smart growth is to put the people where the transportation is. Forest Hills is a transportation hub, and is exactly where growth should be. The problem with the Forest Hills development project is that holding...

I don't understand where you think a huge efficiency gain comes from. Forest Hills to Roslindale sq. is about a mile and a quarter. So you're saving a few bus stops from the trip. Unless you live within walking distance of the Square, what does it matter? You're going to pay all that money to...

More likely someone reads it too him. Slowly. Mumbles must think that Long Island is his own little empire. And since politics is dead in Boston, there's no one to say otherwise.

Re: Roslindale Substation So how much money are you (we) going to pay to save the trouble of a few bus stops? Given that the T is in crisis mode, just where does this money come from?

Yeah, the bridge is so bad that the city put their homeless shelter out there, and resists all suggestions to move it to the mainland. I used to drive out there to do birdwatching in the 1970s. When they first shut down access, they claimed that it was because the grounds weren't safe for public...

These things are always arguable, but I'd go with this definition. I never thought of Roxbury going all the way to E.E. square, and the old fire insurance maps support it.

Dewey was a national hero. I seriously doubt he'll be getting any honors in contemporary Boston, considering that he was an imperialist icon.