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    Is parking too cheap?

    What I don't get is this: If the "secretaries and back office workers" are the ones that Van Voorhis thinks are going to drive and park in the garage, then how are executives and professionals getting into the city? Helicopter?
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    By the way, that scale model is in the lobby of the building and open to the public if anyone else wants to see it up close.
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    Street Grid vs Higgledy Piggledy

    How about just reconnecting streets that have been severed over time by mega-developments and urban renewal?
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    Here are some photos of the inside of the building. http://www.flickr.com/photos/48019895@N00/sets/72157623681838262/
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    Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail (South Coast Rail)

    Re: Fall River/New Bedford Commuter Rail At least a train would bring people in one city to jobs in the other, and vice-versa.
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    I think this sentence succinctly captures the respect and appreciation we here in Boston have for everything located outside of route 128!
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    Best Ten Projects of the Decade: 2000-2009

    One Lincoln/State Street Financial Center
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    The Condo Project Death pool: Who is next on the Auction Block?

    Two condo buildings, "Sierra" and "Tango," have already been built.
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    Washington DC

    DC was a pioneer in building metro stations in low-density areas to stimulate development. It didn't work everywhere, but it did work in a huge way in Arlington, Alexandria, and Montgomery County.
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    New "Anti-Shadow" Laws Proposed for Boston

    I would contact my Representative & Senator to say I am opposed to the bill...except I am represented by Walz and Petrucelli!
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    Special Senate Election

    I voted in Cambridgeport and there was nobody outside with signs and nobody inside voting. Part of the reason I think there was low turnout, at least on the Democratic side, is that all of the candidates are very good and so most people probably did not have a strong preference. I voted for...
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    Seaport Square (Formerly McCourt Seaport Parcels)

    As Sicilian hinted at, when new luxury developments are built, supply goes up and previous generations of luxury housing eventually go down in price to affordable levels.
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    Short, wide buildings hog a lot of the streetscape -- often, too much of it.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos "A private sector firm faced with this mountain of red ink would likely fold or seek bankruptcy."
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    Ode to Brutalism

    If by "skyscrapers like the Ryugyong Hotel" you mean "excessively ambitious projects that began in earnest but may never be completed," we have plenty of those here in Boston.
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    Weird google maps

    Shepard, the N- roads might be something akin to Connecticut's "secret routes": http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct-secrets.html
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    Weird google maps

    S. Huntington Ave. in JP is labeled "Mbta Green Line Trolley Suspended."...
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=985AC924D5CA1CC084D5F067E9525437 "The global law firm signed a 124,000-square-foot deal, taking the second floor, half of the 15th floor and floors 16-18. Fish & Richardson plans to relocate from its 95,000-square-foot space at 225 Franklin St. in...
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/09/21/daily12.html "'This is great news for Boston,' said Menino in prepared written statement. 'This lease signing illustrates the private sector?s confidence in Fan Pier and Boston.'"

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