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Can you build a real neighborhood on a highway interchange?

I'm the opposite of a Nimby here. I'd be perfectly happy if this were built in Central Square (though not so much in Inman) - no different than Market Central. PLEASE put this in my backyard, rather than putting it in Davis. Put it at Riverside where I grew up. There are so many places in Boston...

If this were Fenway or Assembly, sure, but that's wildly out of scale with Davis. I'm all for housing on top of transit, but this will absolutely dominate everything there. That looks like a superblock, and it's replacing a varied single-story set of storefronts. I mean... That picture isn't...

Until climate change makes Florida and Texas uninhabitable. Then they'll all want to come back.

Interestingly, the newest ballpark to host one of the relatively few teams that had increasing attendance opened in 2008...

I think it's both. The problem for the neighborhood now is that West-East Rail puts them up against powerful political interests in Western Mass who have a huge amount of influence with Governors. MassDOT just can't let go of the fact that the land is there right next to the line, is close to...

If I recall F-Line's many responses on this topic, the grade is too steep on the straightaway.

And of course they'll get this bus garage done before the MBTA even goes vertical on a single one...

From new planning documents for the Center Park - 290 Binney is leased to AstraZeneca, partly as a new HQ for subsidiary Alexion Pharmaceuticals (this has actually been known since 2022). Since 250 Binney isn't coming anytime soon, recommend changing this thread title to "AstraZeneca/Alexion |...

New design documents for center plaza with some other highlights: https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp315/sp315_plaza_design1_20241115.pdf

This design seems relatively well-developed as of a couple of years ago. Has something changed? Basically just current school vernacular - a little disappointing from Sasaki. I do give them credit for incorporating the historic building, though the interior of the addition looks like quite the...

Just use the airplane icon you have at the airport itself, or "airport transfer" icon?

In terms of passenger rail, yes. In terms of freight rail, no, which is part of why we're so backward on passenger rail. There's a reason there's such a market for "Euro Truck Simulator" :) But that's not an excuse in the Boston Area, where freight rail is basically dead.

Well, Caltrain spent those seven years building catenary, among other things, and didn't tie their project to the inefficient wunderweapon of battery-electric trains. Put up the damn wires, MBTA. Join the mid-late 20th century.

https://archboston.com/community/threads/bras-kairos-shens-under-pressure-to-resign.5031/

Well, they rehired Kairos Shen, so their "Design Vision" should just be 100 blank pages. Don't want any of those pages to "make a statement".

Needham Street is actually a MassDOT project and was done entirely with this project (in its larger form with offices) in mind. This has been my soapbox for almost a decade now: Newton should have required Northland to build (or provision and escrow money for) Green Line platforms at Upper...

This is what separates the MBTA Communities Law from, say, 40B. The point is supposed to be upzoning areas near transit so smaller developments can happen naturally through by-right development rather than encouraging master-planned mega developments on greenfield or brownfield sites. This...

Sure they can - they can see the potential to keep making money on the shopping center with a minimum of investment. They have a few properties that aren't strip malls, but retail really seems to be their competency.

Taking it upmarket: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2024-11/McGrathHwy22_ZP24-000061_Plans_20241015.pdf