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You could give the locals a wee bit of credit for building the place and stop blaming them for bad 20th Century politicians which was pretty universal

I saw what they did there:

It got worse before it got better. In the 80's it was a concrete pit that kids would party in on weekends because it was essentially in the middle of nowhere

The problem has always been that it is up against the ocean and not where many people live like at Ashmont or in Fields Corner. However that might change; the area has a huge amount of buildable land

Hooray! The quirky little trolley line on the edge of the city survives. And BTW the title of the thread doesn't make sense, the Red Line already goes to Mattapan you are just forced to take a really cool vintage trolley to get there.

It's not like they are moving the Boston Ballet to Methuen

This building's only real sin is that it is too typical for where it was built

It would be pretty sad to see a lab built on that prominent site considering all the effort spent rehabbing this formerly shabby area and the $$ daylighting the river

This project is as dead as Columbus Center but there is action being taken. https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/preparing-climate-change

https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/30/boston-harbor-barrier-flooding-umass-study

I meant that in general we can't compare the level of maintenance given to the contemporary Esplanade to that of the Common 40 or 50 years ago. It's not the same.

The Esplanade was not in the shape you see today in the 70's and 80's. Comparing the contemporary to the past is not apples to apples.

I am really happy with all of this but the first thing I would have done is plan to remove the brick pavers in favor of something more pedestrian friendly

https://rockinst.org/issue-areas/fiscal-analysis/balance-of-payments-portal/

"Boston and environs are some of the most tribal and provincial places in the country" Is that a fact? Well I disagree. I say its a global city and its residents deserve the credit

The only reason I would consider it is because we export money and get very little say in how it is spent. However Brattleloop's post explains that that it not so easy and may not work

I think the YMCA was the biggest loss. It would have created an L Street bathhouse like facility in Town

I don't quite remember it happening that way do you?

The murals are nice but during construction many people thought this vent was actually going to be the Garden Under Glass and they were very disappointed

My son got us tickets to see Idles at Roadrunner in September