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Why is the max zoning 400 feet? Is it FAA related or something else? There's no parks around there that I can think of.

No not at all, and I wasn't implying that he was. In fact I think we should cut Chiofaro some slack given the restraints and complexities of the site, plus the additional fact that he's making money on the garage as is and could just sit on it until its no longer structurally sound which may...

When I think if the public good the most notable detriment to that idea is tax subsidies. That's come up recently with both the Worcester ballpark as well as the convention center expansion. While in those cases the first criteria is met as its empty space being built on, one can disagree as...

State can solve that problem real quick. Instead of marketing the property and then leave the development up to navigating a thicket of well funding Back Bay NIMBY's, the state should pass a law governing the sale of the property in which the terra firma part is zoned to reach as high as FAA...

My understanding is that the neighborhood was vehemently opposed to this. I recall some state politician making the same point, and then the next day immediately backtracking after apparently getting a talking to from his colleagues who represented the area.

I see our role as outsiders a little differently than some posters. Its akin to a quote I read about a dozen years or so ago from a Senator who supported a Supreme Court pick from a President in the opposite party. Something like "its not my job to only vote for someone who I would have picked...

I agree except for expanding transit east since that's the Atlantic Ocean which I'm going to need to see more details on. ;) One thing I will say is that places like Brockton, Plymouth, Taunton, Worcester and Attleboro aren't that expensive relative to Boston and are for the most part on...

I think you left something out which is most important. Boston population 1980: 563K. Boston population 2020: >700K A full 150 thousand more people live in the city vs 40 years ago, a whopping 26% increase. A bubble would be price increases with nothing to justify the increase. As Boston...

So what you're saying is the old Yogi Bera-ism: "nobody goes there anymore. its too crowded" :D Isn't your premise based on the notion that there's not enough people of means to afford the higher housing prices? As Boston's population growth seems to indicate, there's plenty of residents who...

I also think this deal is a little pricey but from Worcester's standpoint its more favorable than at first glance. The way I see it, the city is ponying up 92M (park construction + site acquisition + interest + operating costs - $45M from team) in order to receive $52M in infrastructure spending...

Maine is a beautiful state that I've been vacationing in all my life, as a kid with my parents, then with my wife when we were dating and now with my own kids. I would expect coastal tourism to remain strong from Kittery to Bar Harbor. But I don't think that's enough to sustain the state...

What do you suggest? Given the constraints?

No, it can't. Tax revenue is the lifeblood of a city. Waiting another decade or more based on your personal whims means kissing off tens of millions of dollars that could be going to schools, affordable housing, police, etc - you know, the things that make a city livable. Given the...

I'm still trying to think of a large building that the school needs or intends to build. Now that the computer/data science center is a go, what's next? Law school got renovated so no new building there. They need another dorm but that's going in the student village on west campus. They...

Not sure if its your intention, but yours is boilerplate NIMBYspeak for "lets delay this thing until the end of time so nothing gets built".

Good. That parcel could use some sprucing up. Not sure what the CVS building was originally built for (a car showroom?) but that ugly parking garage and the converted gas station can go. Not sure what other academic buildings the school is looking to build at this point but a great opportunity...

Far more striking than I was expecting. Can't say the dude is cutting corners with this proposal. (okay, now on cue lets have stellar tell us how Don is one step from being broke and homeless in 5....4....3....2...) ;)

Question: Where does the green line end in the Seaport under these proposals? I'm reading as far as the old Manulife building stop under D street but what happens after that? Also, are we building an....F line...route that goes from Dudley through Boylston via a street car on Washington and...

Why does he need a $25M tax break from a cash strapped state to build a luxury tower? I'm a little confused on that point. Its not like he's building affordable housing.

I don't know how you can enforce that a neighborhood stay pure to one ethnicity. I sympathize with the people being pushed out, and also think that you could build low income housing and have people who already live in the neighborhood go to the top of the line but if market rate housing is...