Search results

Actually, there is more demand for concert hall space than you'd think. Jordan Hall is both very expensive to rent and so frequently in use that it's surprisingly difficult to get. It's also too big for many types of events that are held there. Vocal recitals, for example, almost never sell...

Just to keep the record complete, here's a link to yesterday's editorial in the Globe about preserving City Hall: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/04/16/saving_a_modern_masterpiece/

Sorry, I should have said "nearly the whole block." Three small buildings at the corner of 2nd and Otis are not part of the project.

Yes, as well as some adjacent buildings and new construction. The development takes up the whole block defined by 1st, Cambridge, 2nd, and Otis Streets.

It's actually the same development. If you look at the renderings posted at the site, the new buildings extend all the way to 2nd St. They just are building it in two phases. This corner of the site had a late-60s or (more probably) early 70s bank-building-turned-sheriffs-office on it that they...

Very early stages have started, but at this point I think it's still prep for tearing down 38 Memorial Drive---the Dibner Building. Sort of sad, actually. It's not a great building, but I used to work there. MIT has already transplanted the trees and bushes that used to be out front.

I have no camera, so can't provide pictures, but demolition of the MFA's old east wing is now seriously under way. There's a fully open passage into the courtyard for construction equipment and the interior walls of galleries in the north arm are now exposed. The crews are moving quickly, so...