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Re: The Boston Garden (TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End Sorry--without understanding or siding with the reasoning of BCDC, I have to say this does look thoroughly unimpressive. Reminds me of Bangkok malls in the 80s and abandoned downtown malls throughout the Rust Belt (just...

I'm sure Roche has anticipated a slow start in anticipation of having several hundred high-income households as a captive market (not to mention the hundreds of new HIHs that are not quite as captive). Personally, I think the current Roche is overpriced for what they are offering, but I think...

My silly question is why "E" can't be reassigned as "D." It's not keeping me up at night but it just seems unnecessarily strange. It can't cost that much to adjust...:confused:

Yes, a comparison is apples and oranges as you say; I did not intend to create equivalency, but I can see where you would think I was. Of course, whether renovation is inherently more time-intensive... umm...maybe. Are they digging/redirecting tunnels, creating new infrastructural systems, and...

Moderators--please move this to Crazy Transit Pitches.

I agree--I like it too, but its charms are definitely the somewhat retro curves.

For a city that can't renovate a subway station in less than two years or repair a bridge in less than four, this went up remarkably fast.

Yeah, I've just sat back in disbelief reading all the posts talking about the Taj Mahal stations that are unnecessarily high-end. I'm not sure what renderings people are referring to, but everything I've seen seems nicer-than-basic but not by much. Maybe MBTA has succeeded in making us think...

That is really surprising, though the connection through PTY to Belo Horizonte isn't all that great.

Checked out Primark today. As expected, it's pretty down-market and somewhat drab (to my eye...maybe it's an aesthetic for younger folk). It didn't seem trendy to me--too Portland-hipster-on-the-cheap. A bit as if Walmart marketing was run by IKEA... Not entirely bad: easy to stock up on...

The one time I went to Primark in the UK (and I only went there when I heard it was opening here to check it out) I was surprised by the down-marketness of it all. It really seemed slightly "dollar shop-y" with lots of bins of cheap crap people were sifting through. Maybe they will be better...

I don't equate bigger with better, but I also wouldn't equate smaller with better either. As you say, this small format store in Boston (and I would say the States generally) has more in common with a convenience store than it does a full-service supermarket. Small format stores here tend to...

Thanks--I didn't know about this. I may try to trek up there; quality food at a good price remain the only thing about Atlanta that I pine for...

As Lrfox reports, it's super-busy (actually, even the over-priced wooden wares were doing okay on the 3 occasions I was there :)). In terms of the vibe, it seems like it is more of a touristy novelty (rather than genuine shopping and noshing) destination for the moment (understandably). I went...

Thank God there will be no pressure to use the headhouse for another 9 months.* Very prescient of the MBTA to ensure that this remodel was typically slow and painstaking. Gotta hand it to them. *though I'm anticipating an apocalyptic escalator-related delay that pushes it to 2018.

Yes, it's overpriced, but it's nice to have something bearing the standard for quality on the Boston food products scene.

And for those of you who thought we could pull off the Olympics... :D

Surprised no one has commented on the opening of the Target yet (hard to compete with no Olympics and the chance to take another picture of the 43rd floor of the MT :)). Pretty decent--well lit, nice open spaces and good views from several of the windows. The food section is a bit disappointing...

I don't know if this could have ever aspired to be a "plateau breaker" based on height; a more distinctive crown might have helped, however. To me the building is just another completely blah glass slab--the real value of MT will be the street activation (two years back I might have said it was...

interesting...