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Re: Driven By.... Uhh... Hello? Anybody? This. I mistakenly introduced the stealing analogy which bigeman312 was right to call me on, but the logic that people cannot be blamed for profiting from self-serving policies that clearly disadvantage others (taxpayers and transit users) absolves them...

Are these genuinely relevant variables? See Green Line Extension thread.

Re: Driven By.... Uhh... Hello? Anybody? Why wouldn't you blame the employees?? Yes, there are structural facilitators of corruption, but do you not expect that people have an internal moral compass? Just because my boss isn't around to watch me steal doesn't mean I can't be blamed for stealing.

Re: Whiskey Priest/Atlantic Beer Garden Redevelopment | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport Nice to see this rendering getting some love! After reading page after page about how amazing MT is turning out, I was beginning to think I was living in a parallel universe in which anything that wasn't a box...

Re: 111 Federal St. | Formerly Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 After the Gardner addition, it's hard to think of Piano's abandonment of Boston as a bad thing.

I don't think the building is bad as infill--pretty solid. My biggest disappointment is the greyness of the paneling. From my roof I have a great view of the cluster of buildings on this end of the Prudential and if the paneling would have been in a bright white, it would have really injected...

I agree on both counts: a winter garden is a great idea, but this just looks so awkward.

Sounds about right.

Re: Congress Street Garage Development | West End I think it's just Dubai-ish enough. Nothing outrageous, but with that rarest of Boston tall architectural commodities: grace.

:D +1 Also, I think the points being made are not that "our filler is worse than other cities' filler" so much as (at least from my perspective) our "best" is less impressive than many cities'* (I really dislike Atlanta--lived there 17 years--but it has some very classy/engaging buildings...

this would be such a great spot for a little sidewalk-café action...

As a layperson as well (but one who travels a lot, loves architecture, and has the opportunity to see what is going up in several cities in the US, Mexico, Brazil, W. Europe, SE Asia and W, S and E Africa) I have to say the hype surrounding most major projects in Boston is laughable. For...

I think it's quite nice. Not amazing but more interesting than most of the boxes going up.

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos A 10% T increase would drive people to Bridj or Uber? Not sure I see the logic there.

Such a shame as this side is the most publically visible and will certainly be in every shot of the CSC complex.

As usual, something is better than nothing (especially on a tough parcel like this where the structural challenges suck the air out of the room). Just a shame that the "something" is always so unimaginative and dull. I think the shape could work if the materials were more lively/light and less...

I think some higher end retail in DTX wouldn't be a bad thing. Primark and now Forever 21 (along with H&M, DSW, Walgreens and Marshalls) definitely serve the budget-minded market--I don't think all the retail needs to be like what you find in malls. Fenway seems to be going in this direction as...

I think it would have been worthwhile to come up with a livery that worked across trains and trolleys to impose some visual cohesion. Lacking that, at least the T logo could be identical.

It can look like Bill's Taco Barn for all I care--it's gonna have an Eataly!!! (and it actually looks much nicer than a Bill's Taco Barn, but that's just a bonus...)

I think it was supposed to be 26 floors, and I count 26.