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Lyft sells off its autonomous driving division. https://investor.lyft.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2021/Woven-Planet-a-subsidiary-of-Toyota-to-acquire-Lyfts-self-driving-car-division/default.aspx

Yea, even though I've been following this one since the first renders, it didn't really sink in how big it is until seeing these pics where its core dwarfs Warren.

And now the headline is: "You may not know the name of this hotel yet, but soon it will be a standout in the Boston skyline". From NIMBY to YIMBY all in the course of one morning. Maybe the editor lurks archBoston. As an aside, there was a really good in-depth blog post last month that...

And they'll be rightly mad. No one should be happy about living in a society where important progress is made impossible by sprawling bureaucracy.

Woah, awesome, I had no idea this River Street redesign was in the works. Fun to discover that something resembling your Google Maps sketches is in fact just months away from reality. Great to see that the entirety of River Street is getting a bus lane and protected bike lane. Kudos to the team...

If you wanted to sustain yourself with just neighborhood spots it would have to be Mike & Patty’s three times a day (not necessarily a bad thing).

My bar for what constitutes justified eminent domain is pretty high. But man, the more this area gets built up, the more 34 Hichborn looks ripe for removal to complete this street grid.

To add one data point: I live above a slightly upscale 2,500 SF bodega in Brooklyn. I'm not a big cook, but that bodega almost exclusively provided me my groceries throughout the pandemic. It has all of the produce, meats, and dry goods needed for the simpler 80% of home cooked meals. I presume...

And I know they're afraid of lawsuits, but the walkway could afford interesting views of Fenway if they hadn't opted for "Southern Border Wall".

Wow the Brookline Ave facade just keeps getting cheaper. Previous iterations: Current:

Apologies, I was responding to F-Line being ridiculous, but you and ErnieAdams were too quick.

Or you like to visit the site on mobile and have never had to install an adblocker on your phone because it wasn’t necessary to (like the vast majority of mobile web users). Currently, any newcomer to the site that visits without an adblocker isn’t coming back. I don’t want to miss out on new...

The buildings added to the righthand side of this image, are those based on any actual projects? I don't know of any proposals that large over there.

I echo @George_Apley's concerns and doubt anyone in Cambridge City Hall could stomach cutting off Prospect, Western, and River. But perhaps a more modest proposal like this, where a portion of Green and Magazine are given over to form a sizable plaza, could produce similar benefits while...

I don’t think anyone’s ever credibly argued that the Back Bay’s nightlife is so wild that the neighborhood is unfit for residential.

The updated Oxford Office building proposal http://archboston.com/community/threads/oxford-office-bldg-125-lincoln-st-leather-district.5794/post-388132

I wish the city had strong armed a facadectomy of the whole block here, but excited for this one regardless. I wonder if this development precludes redevelopment of the 250 Huntington parcel directly north. It would be fun to see a super skinny residential project snake up the side of this...

Respectfully, there's nothing about the first proposal that is suburban. Understated design =/= suburban. From an urbanism standpoint, there's a streetwall, no excessive setbacks, and the separate buildings are densely clustered. From a solely aesthetic standpoint, the design wasn't even that...

Well in the case of One Kenmore Sq, it already took home 2nd place last year https://archboston.com/community/threads/2019-archboston-award-winners.6154/#post-378553

I should’ve included this in my original post: While I’m quite happy with the current design, I too would have preferred a slimmer tower here. However, the zoning of the site meant the developer was always going to be maximizing square footage on the 50% of the parcel they’re allowed to build...