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LR, Not to condone what appear to be abuses "of the system" and violations of company policy (written or otherwise) . . . But as a frequent traveler (250+ flights per year, about 120 nights per year away from home . . .), I'd only ask that you consider the following points (I am assuming you...

Re: The Boston Garden (TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End Palindrome, that is my understanding as well--though I am not 100% sure. The parent company of both doubtless realizes it can run a more profitable operation if said operation is not unionized. Supermarkets...

Another reason folks might flight fly a legacy carrier vice a low cost carrier to a destination is, trivial and petty as it may sound, the presence of a first class cabin. I know some airline's regional jets are not equipped with 1st class cabins and on a shorter domestic flight, it is not...

Re: TD Garden Towers coleslaw, unless these corporations are ripping you off at gun point (like the government does), you determine what you buy and when/where you'll buy it. if you don't like something that someone is selling don't buy it . . . if enough folks do so, the company selling it...

Re: NorthPoint Cambridge (The one that was train yards, the big plan.) Indeed. First rule of surviving a Zombie apocalypse (according to Zombieland, anyway) comes to mind.

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Seriously! How many moons are there on the planet of that rendering--it is not earth. It would be comical to see public hot tubs in an urban environment though, watching the cat and mouse game of homeless folks delighting in the opportunity for a...

Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown thank you, Timsox, for the picture :-). layered flatness is marginally better than flat flatness :-).

Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown Is what we see what we are going to get as far as the top of this buidling goes? T'would be nice to see something [other than the flat top] there.

To further Rifleman's point, the earth, throughout it's history, has had multiple periods of relatively warm and cold overall conditions--all without ANY influence from ANYTHING manmade. Madre Nature does her thing, has been for BILLIONS of years and will continue to do so long after humans have...

Ladies and gentlemen, An interesting topic to discuss for sure, but as other members have stated (and to paraphrase Anthrax) the threat is not real--despite what all the enviro-freaks would lead you to believe (they should all be, at a minimum, ashamed of themselves). The massive cost and size...

Re: T construction news I agree about the tower-less rendering being a disappointment. I disagree about the billboard enduring.

DOJ's filing suit to block the aa/us merger . . . yet another example of government inappropriately sticking it's nose into private business. These clowns are out of control. The resultant merger would yield a company only slightly larger than the recently-merged united/continental, the...

Yup. Next stop, Athens. Great model to be following.

Fattony, Your point is well made/taken about the political (amongst other) hurdle(s) developments must overcome in Boston. That said, I'd be careful not to understate the doozy on the horizon that will be the other shoe dropping on the present funny money economy . . . hold on to your hats...

Re: Congress Street Garage Development While that cited census data might say that 1 in 3 residents is 20-35 and does not have a car, that means that the other 2/3rds of the residents are outside that demograph and most of them (especially those 36+) probably do. That demograph is also more...

Re: Millennium Tower - Filene's Produce.

Re: South Station Tower And rest assured, there will be substantial cost overruns and completion delays if (when) unions are involved with any aspect of the construction. Lots of union hacks got nice houses on the cape and up in the mountains after getting rich off taxpayer dollars during the...

One last off topic comment: Companies view outsourcing as a viable option BECAUSE the cost of doing business in the US, due largely to factors that include: ridiculous unions, and burdensome taxes and insurance regulations is, by comparison, simply not a financially-wise decision. Back on topic...

Statler, I can appreciate the notion of it being easier to just cut a check and have a neutral 3rd party handling the details. However, should that neutral 3rd party have the authority to penalize/tax those property owners that are not cutting a check for their extra services in the first...

If the property owners in the area (in any area, for that matter), wish to improve things--services, etc.--above and beyond what the city is providing for them to, ostensibly, help make their area as a whole more appealing, what is stopping them? Why is any governmental presence/action...