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I can't find the link, but there was a story recently about the YMCA receiving some grant money, a bunch of which will be spent on restoring the cornice on the Huntington Ave. building.

There is also an "Avenue De Lafayette" off of Washington St in Downtown Crossing, which at one point in the 90s got a horrible street sign that said "De Lafayette Ave" (now fixed). Seems strange that there are two streets with nearly the same name so close together. Must be an interesting story...

Meanwhile, an RFP just went out to redevelop the old community center at 46 Bradford St as 11-15 year-round affordable units: Request for Proposals Year-round Community Rental Housing Development http://www.provincetown-ma.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=452 This is the existing building: And the...

From the Provincetown Banner: 350 Bradford redesign panned in Provincetown http://provincetown.wickedlocal.com/article/20150706/NEWS/150708222 The town's Housing Specialist is certainly on board: “We know that we need 200 to 400 new units in the next nine years in accordance with our [Housing]...

And on the development front, here's a 40B application that's causing lots of controversy in town: 350 Bradford Street It's a 24-condo development that includes 6 affordable units. ^ The left side of this image is the original proposal, the right side is a sketch of an alternative exterior...

There's a wonderful new community organization working on lots of issues that the casual tourist doesn't see: Provincetown 365 The group was formed as the result of a charette held in town last fall by the American Institute of Architect's Design and Resiliency Team (DART). It's a great...

I have wondered why there isn't more wind generation here in Provincetown, since it is easily the windiest place I have ever lived! I don't think you'll be seeing turbine built in the shipping channels or the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary, though. And I'm sure the property owners on Cape...

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) The article makes it sound like they're against anything being built there - the construction process is what they're mainly opposing (noise and vibration), and height (though how do shadows impact the operations of an indoor facility?). I really...

I've always felt a big part of the problem with the plaza is that there are too many events. The events do nothing to "enliven" the plaza. It's easy to do a big event in a parking lot, but then the rest of the time it's just a parking lot. When there's no event at the plaza, it's a barren...

I used to navigate Shea Circle all the time on my bike when I lived in JP (back in the '90s when the only bike lane in the city was along Perkins St near Jamaica Pond). I'd bike down South St and turn left on New Washington, deal with that bizarre intersection to cross under the overpass, and go...

So what are the developers planning to do with the rest of the building? More luxury condos?

Re: Boston to Cape rail That's definitely the case. The ferry is the best way to get to Provincetown in the summer, and the twice-a-day bus is the only option in the off season (the bus takes 4 hours to Boston vs 1 1/2 hours on the ferry or about 2 1/2 hours by car). The Plymouth ferry...

You gotta love the hyperbole of "Why is Boston so ugly" when it's actually one of the most beautiful cities in this country.

Welcome back, Boston 400. From a Boston Globe article back in 2008... Menino told area business leaders in 1997 that Boston 400, as the planning process was called, would be the "boldest thing to happen in this city in a long, long time," asserting that it would "not become a document...

Your question is probably better asked in the Etsy Forums: https://www.etsy.com/forums There are lots of discussions there about how to market your store.

My favorite upgrade on the new station is automatic sliding doors at the entrance. After years of struggling with awkward entry doors and those awful revolving doors at Back Bay, it will be nice to have some automatic sliding doors at a T station. Maybe it's the wave of the future? :)

Re: Boston to Cape rail There's a planning process underway on the Outer Cape to figure this out. I went to a meeting in Wellfleet last week to see what's going on. It's a collaboration between the Cape Cod National Seashore, the Cape Cod Commission, and the towns of Wellfleet, Truro, and...

The E line could easily be extended a far as Hyde Square in JP. There's plenty of space on South Huntington to fit the trains. It's just the complete lack of desire on the part of the city that keeps it from moving forward. Remember, Mayor Menino didn't want streetcars, and that's what killed...

I'm a huge fan of Toole Design Group. Boston picked the right design consultants for this job!

Re: Boylston West @ Fenway Triangle (Goodyear Tire) | 1325 Boylston Street | Fenway I walked by today and they are filling the sidewalk with soil - presumably these are tree pits for future street trees. In your photo you can see the brown section at the left of the sidewalk where the soil is...