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The smaller of the Ritz towers, though I don't know it's the latest. What makes builders choose between concrete and steel? justin

Is the orange brick or stone?

Why not a chip implant containing your T pass and your genome?

Re: Silverline Whose bed?

... and the two are separated by a garage ramp moat. You may as well put crocodiles in it; no park user would notice. I hope the western half, next to WTC, will eventually get built up. justin

The E is a much better option than A for getting to Manhattan.

You must then be quite relieved that the planners of Government Center have learned from the mistakes of the planners of Louisbourg Sq., and left plenty of open space for present and future generations to enjoy. So you obviously take it as axiomatic that open space is always good and density is...

Here are a few pictures of another city that tried to prove it's world-class by building a 1,000-footer: nm88, the obvious needed stating here and thank you for doing it: if Tommy's Tower gets built, Boston will be forever stuck with a bad design. The greenery is all well and good, but...

I hate to nitpick, but it does in fact make perfect sense. It targets the (large) pool of suburbanites who find it more convenient to commute by T but prefer to haul their shopping bags back in a car. justin

I had the bad luck (or perhaps it was Princeton's) of visiting Princeton for the first time shortly after a trip to Oxford. Even though much of Oxford gothic is fake as well, the Americans have only ever managed a pale immitation. American gothic campuses are gray and cramped by comparison --...

^Translated from Pravda?

A couple of years ago they opened a passageway under Canal St. and a headhouse next to the Garden. You still have to walk a bit to get to the Garden, so that may be what you're refering to. In 100 years when the old Garden parcel gets built up, this passageway will get you inside it. justin

There are some just upstream: the new Harvard buildings are just a shortened version of Charles Hotel condos. justin

Just curious: since I can't think of a single of our regulars who I know is a woman, I'm putting up a poll to see what our gender breakdown is. If the forum is as male-dominated as I think it is, I'd be interested to figure out why, given that the subject seems gender-neutral. justin

All three seem to have a long feature on the ground, What is it?

Why are Putnams' findings interesting, other than for going against the currently dominant civic religion? It seems plausible, not to say obvious, that people are more likely to interact with their perceived herd-mates. That much is hard-wired. I wonder too how much of Putnam's observation is...

I agree, that's always true.

This last page of posts just reminded me that the 'progressive' tilt of most people here has a baffling component of prudish paternalism. As per atlantaden's dictionary definition, entertainment is purely subjective; it's 'real' exclusively in the eye of the person being entertained (or not)...

Speaking of Nazis, it's that Mussolini-esque collonade which will keep any shop window out of sight, justin

$20 million for the T projects? That's great news -- now the T can buy the necessary paperclips. justin