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Steel reinforcement in concrete is used to carry tension loads (pulling apart) which concrete does poorly, shear loads, to literally reinforce the concrete for compression (vertical loads), and also for ductility (strength under cyclic loading). Tension forces typically arise in beams, columns...

Christian Science Center This fountain is seriously well used in the summer. And largely by local kids which I think is great. There's something about this plaza, the modern brutalist design, like the Barbican. Something that makes you hold back at first from liking it. But after some...

Shifting across the river. Fens - Emerald Necklace This area could be great. Obviously, Olmstead design etc. It clearly needs some attention, tlc, and security. That path behind the Victory Gardens is seriously scketchy even on Sunday at noon. We've got a weed problem here. This is a hybrid...

North Point and Paul Revere I wish they could make the locks a little more interesting for visitors and maybe a little easier to travel through. But I gather security theatre and priorities for a non-public facing department makes that unlikely. Even better would be one of the proposed bridges...

Puopolo Park (North End) An empty baseball field and an absolutely packed swimming pool with a view. Sorry for the quality of the shot, it was hard to get a good place to take it.

Central, Long and Commercial Wharf The whole Aquarium area was obviously very busy. I don't think it particularly lacks anything. Maybe some improvements in the winter when it's a tough place to be. Obviously it would be great to improve the Harbour Towers Garage area. Long Wharf seems to...

Oliver to High (Greenway) And now a ramps parcel which has nice views and the ramps aren't particularly felt at all. And then this space at the end, which somehow feels to be missing something. No doubt the benches are well used during lunch, and I am sure it's an issue of cost, but it just...

Pearl to Oliver (Greenway) So on the right there's a lawn space, and the left you enter a different space with benches. And then looking back (southwest) on the same block there are two separate spaces, a different lawn space, and another path to the right (not seen here) with a different...

Congress to Pearl (Greenway) Overall in this and the next couple of sections, I really like the designers use of berms, vertical plantings, multiple paths and varied styles to create multiple spaces that have multiple uses and feel relatively screened from the roads. This one is looking...

Dewey Square As expected for Sunday at 11:30am, very little action on Dewey Square.

I decided to post the rest of my Greenway pictures from last weekend after all of the Big Dig 'what is it good for' discussion. So starting with Chinatown. Probably one of the best used parks in the City on a daily basis. These guys are always here playing presumably mahjong(?) or something...

Boston MPO's 2012 study to improve I-93 Southeast Expressway. It more or less does what F-line suggests. It fixes the capacity constraints at Savin Hill by tunneling the Red and Old Colony lines (now double-tracked) below the Expressway and uses the remaining right of way to add a single...

I think this is the point we should be examining. Shepard brought up a good point. And Matthew is right that we can not re-decide the CA/T decision but that we should be stretching our thinking about the type of infrastructure for Boston and how to organize its growth. London is an economy...

London does have the layout you describe, with very few limited access highways running through the city. However, I think you have simplified the view a little. Consider the following: Compared to Boston, London has (a) far worse intracity traffic - from 8am to 8pm (b) arguably similar to...

Agreed Davem. Well put.

Re: New Brighton Landing | New Balance Complex This is correct. There is very little space outside of the link to put a residential component. Clearly they had only completed DD, and the design can change, but it doesn't look like residential makes much sense here, nor does it fit in with...

Looking North from Traveler St Driving precast piles From Harrison Ave Bridge looking south

SoWa Market Nice and busy part of town on summer Sundays. The galleries are nice to visit the rest of the year too, the mill buildings were very well developed. Nothing fantastic, but solid. FWIW I also recommend Gaslight. Food [Truck] Market - sorry, but how American. The food's not bad. It's...

And thanks for the meeting report. Judging just from the sequential development just from the presentations it's hard to see how any real planning is happening. It feels about like the process on this board. Unless of course they internally believe that the basic infrastructure shouldn't...

Matthew, I am sure I won't convince you. And I am sure I wouldn't be 100% supportive of DCR either. But it does seem fair to recognize that their operations budget (2014) is at least 33% lower than 6 years ago (info adj). And that their capital budget is on the order of 50% lower (this part...