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Boston rejected the idea of a full flood barrier across navigable waterways in favor of waterfront improvements, raising, seawalls, etc. I don't see how any of that interferes with a navigable waterway.

I'd also point out that the Federal Government isn't the only entity that can spend a billion dollars on something. Cities and states are spending billions on sports stadiums for billionaire owners. The question is whether we get a functioning Legislature that can actually address the funding...

So are the red bars on some doors meant to represent that those will be light bars that blink red when the door opens?

The only change I see from the render that opens the thread is that they aren't pretending they'll have trees on the roof...

Ok, so I get what you mean, but your caption and the photos are at first glance really funny together :)

I was worried about landscapers when they made it shorter. There needs to be more differentiation or more discrete buildings. I get that this is rough massing, but notes for next version.

That would require people working in offices, which they no longer do.

So you're saying that this will be a bunch of new buildings that by dint of being new will be expensive. Yeah. So was the Back Bay. So was the South End. New stuff is more expensive unless you're building public housing. Also, you can fit more housing in mid-rises than triple-deckers.

Or just "Allston". Boston has a "West Station" that serves a similar purpose to North Station and South Station. It's called Back Bay.

The two buildings they've detailed so far strayed massively from the placeholders. I wouldn't take R1 too seriously until they actually propose the design.

They did mention commonality. It's possible other systems with the Urbos don't have large heavy rail fleets. North American deployments were in Calgary, Cincinnati, KC, and Seattle, none of which have metro-style vehicles. What a pleasure it is to look up an MBTA vehicle model and see a long...

Heck, just sell the design to BXP and build it across the street...

Is there a statement that that's where they'd be used first? I'd assume it would be on D since E doesn't have long enough platforms to start.

Call it a throwback to the yellow doors on the initial PCC livery... Also, of all the destinations you could have chosen for the render, you chose "Reservoir Yard"? This is displayed as a D Branch train, which means the T is implying a suspension of service beyond Reservoir for track repairs...

Not sure if it's this one, but yeah, Newton has cleared the threshold now. https://www.newtonbeacon.org/mayor-says-newton-on-track-for-safe-harbor-status-in-2024/ Dunstan East probably did it, since there are cores rising there now.

Wouldn't that be just as bad? Plenty of delays there too. In any case, this one's a fait accompli. I'd rather be naming infrastructure after non-political figures (though certainly after activists) and David Ortiz got screwed - his bridge will hopefully one day cease to be a bridge. At least he...

Remember that HYM is also trying to keep Suffolk Downs going... I wouldn't be surprised if they're just trying to hold out for lower interest rates.

At least he'll be in place for the downswing portion of the development cycle. I think the iconic buildings are kind of petering out regardless. Nonetheless, this is like forming the New Galactic Republic and electing Palpatine Chancellor...

This might actually be a good application for a gerbil tube, either free-standing or landing in the cinema, Container Store, or some other building in The Street. It will never happen since the two sides are owned by different people, but it would remove the only friction from this site to the...

That's... substantially better. When was the last time that happened to a project in VE?