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Leung seems to suggest the committee wants to take over the MBTA maintenance facility parcel: "For the signature stadium, I am told, the committee is looking at cobbling together parcels in South Boston, including a city tow lot and an adjacent MBTA maintenance facility. " That would give them...

Rites of Way is quite good. IIRC, it was published in the aftermath of the anti-highway and anti-airport expansion movements so it is a little dated and not perhaps not the best source for historical perspective of these projects, but still a great contemporary account of the politics of the time.

Re: Somerville Soccer Stadium This could explain an offhand remark from Mike Ross's Globe column about Boston 2024 lately: "This we could use. To thrive well after the Olympic Games have left, we require a massive expansion of housing, transit, and general infrastructure. A new soccer stadium...

There seems to be a lot of development in the old KFC/Taco Bell property at Prospect and Hampshire Streets, across from the 7/11 and Hess station. I didn't get any photos but looks like a three or four story building will be going up there. Anybody know anything about the project?

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Thanks to all for the interesting commentary and information. I live near Porter Square and think that a Green Line Extension would be transformative for the neighborhood, especially considering all the development that will add hundreds of housing...