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What possible benefit would there be to connecting FR to Providence? Rhode Island doesn't exactly have a dynamic economy. The jobs are in Boston, hence the need to connect those cities.

I'm not as worried about a local bus connection to the FR Depot station. I have a bunch of relatives in FR who's family has been there all the way back when they built the first cotton mills. A couple of high school friends lived there too and out of 30 people or so I don't ever remember...

So to reiterate, by the time this is up and running most pols in this state will long be retired, so I don't see anybody reaping a great political benefit. I also agree that there may have been a better way to design it had the army corps of engineers not inflated the cost of crossing the...

Just as I suspected. Move out of higher priced city, expect a pay cut. Even if this particular company is throwing in one time moving costs. They'll recoup that in 2 years time on the lower salary and they have you by the balls on comp once you relocate to Idaho or somewhere similar...

There's something critical that NIMBY'S (and steller, who's not a nimby I don't believe) don't get. If nothing happens and the garage stays, Don is about to reap a windfall. 300 HT parking spaces via an easement are going away next year. 300 x $40 a day x 250 weekdays a year is an extra $3M...

N No offense stellar, but your assessment of Don's ability to make money and reality are often far, far off for reasons you've never disclosed. I will nitpick one thing however. Chiofaro is only required to replace the mechanicals. That is not linked to the parking spaces which is a...

I believe they did make everything available in Spanish. I too was unaware of the need to translate into Arabic as well but I also suspect this is a face saving measure to allow the lawyer activists threatening to sue to claim they achieved a victory regarding the project.

Shelley is bringing up strawman arguments that this project is not meant to solve. While Don can contribute money to the Blueway, ultimately isn't that up to the city and the Aquarium to pull off? His contribution is getting rid of that awful garage. Same with affordability. Don should if...

Agreed. My view is you allow signage for a local company (state street, vertex, etc) or if you're getting something in return. Not 100% familiar with the Verizon deal but I suspect it revolved around jobs being located here. If getting the turnpike covered meant finding an anchor tenant, and...

I suspect Don has two reasons to play nice on the harbor towers parking spaces even after the easement expires. First he's earning some goodwill with the city as the permitting process goes through. Next he's blocking any viable argument in the inevitable lawsuits that are coming. If Harbor...

I think realistically BU's stake is less than it appears with the exception of the configuration of West Station. Consider the following: 1) BU owns no land beyond West campus so there's no other part of campus to link up to. Sure they can connect to the new neighborhood Harvard is building...

I agree with that. Unless you're a superstar one would think you aren't getting SF wages from a company who's office is in Utah and everybody else is making a Salt Lake City salary. WFH has its advantages but it seems those are all that gets talked about and the downsides are getting lost in...

His point seems to be that we won't see central business district office towers ever again. It stands to reason any project that loses financing because its being built on spec won't go up until the Covid threat passes but my take from stoweker is that there's a more permanent and severe shift...

A friend of mine did have to take a pay cut to go from MA to FL. Company which was a very large employer told him point blank it was because of the move, and then he found out FL isn't that much cheaper to live in than MA! (sales tax, house insurance, property tax, private school because...

I think its highly unlikely companies are going to pay people a Seattle or SF wage to work from Idaho or Kansas full time. That's a point I fear too many people are missing. Its one thing to say people will live in the metro area and not the center of the city, so that they can go into the...

Forget it. He's on a roll. ;)

Which is how it should work. If you don't like how the city permits new buildings, vote Mahhty out. But having loons with nothing else going on in their lives (see Kressel, Shirley), blocking projects because they don't meet their own personal specifications is a recipe for disaster.

The public doesn't have the "right to demand" jack. That's between the city, the turnpike I'm assuming because of the air rights, and the developer. If you let every loon with a nonsensical grievance into the development process, nothing will get built. Especially inherently difficult projects...

@Jumbo, whaddaya mean we can't demand the developer build the Taj Mahal over the turnpike even though we rarely pass by the site and have none of our own money sunk into the project?!?! That's just crazy talk! ;)

Is the site over the Pike?