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    Housing (Supply Crisis & Public Policy)

    Not sure we need to fundamentally alter the urban landscape for a small percentage of snowflakes who refuse to live with a roommate or two while starting their careers. Boston has always been a comparatively expensive city and people from all economic backgrounds have at some point had to share...
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    Riverside Development | 333 Grove Street | Newton

    Ironically the only golf courses around there that could have a chance of being redeveloped are the public courses in Newton and Weston which cater to more middle/working class clienteles. The deep pocketed private clubs like Brae Burn, Charles River, Woodland, Weston and of course The Country...
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    The St Regis Residences (former Whiskey Priest site) | 150 Seaport Blvd | Seaport

    The master deed and floor plans have been filed with the registry of deeds. Would assume closings should begin soon. The larger of the two “grand penthouses” at 10k sq ft could set a record if they get similar prices to One Dalton.
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Minor correction but Logan has been getting the 744 for the last few years. I think we only got the 748 for one or two summers around 2018-2019.
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    New-build classical architecture (evoking old styles)

    It does look ridiculous in the example above but it’s a common design element in the Rosario Candela-designed apartment buildings RAMSA is ripping off. See 740 and 778 Park Ave for example.
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    Four Seasons Tower @ CSC | 1 Dalton Street | Back Bay

    Seems a tad unrealistic. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/07/business/condo-near-top-one-dalton-list-38-million-take-look-inside/
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    Conley Terminal cranes arriving

    Looks like we’re due for another record sized ship with the arrival of the COSCO Rose next Saturday. 13500 TEU, 1200’ in length, 156’ beam(previous largest is the Evergreen F-series 11850 TEU, 1080’ x 156’). https://www.massport.com/conley-terminal/vessel-schedule/
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    The Problems with Bike Shares

    Being well acquainted with the curmudgeonly and predictable attitudes of right wingers toward bicyclists my assumption is that his beef is with the very presence of bicyclists and bike infrastructure “encroaching” on the roads he pays “taxes” for and that bike share users’ lack of helmets is...
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    Industrial National Trust (Superman Building) | Downtown | Providence

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjExWOigzuS/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
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    409 Huntington Ave | The Fenway

    Until they begin construction and identify “structural deficiencies” that forces(allows) them to continue the institutional schlock to ground level.
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    The New Retail Thread

    Brooks Brothers’ quality and breadth of offerings have diminished considerably over the years leading up to their bankruptcy and since the acquisition by Authentic Brands. A mall is exactly where they belong.
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    409 Huntington Ave | The Fenway

    Seems like the standards around here hit rock bottom whenever there’s the possibility of something having an impact on the sKyLiNe. This design is pitifully lazy, unabashedly cheap looking and institutional in appearance. It'd be passable for a dorm tucked away out of sight of the general...
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    Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

    So flyover country and cartoonishly tacky SE Asia. What great company for Boston to have been in.
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Delta was rumored to be interested. That would probably take care of AF and the rest of Sky Team. I can’t think of any other airlines that could justify their own space but Amex would be a nice addition.
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    Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

    I’m fairly certain there’s not a Four Seasons on the planet that has the logo lit up on the roofline of the building like that. To the people who live and stay there, as well as the vast majority of people who see the building on a daily basis, that kind of thing does look cheap and of course...
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    Hurley Building Redevelopment | 19 Staniford St | West End

    As it should be. In virtually every real world situation the opinions that matter the most and are taken the most seriously come from those with skin in the game - in the case of a business, their shareholders and in the case of cities, their residents. Everybody’s free to have an opinion but...
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    Hurley Building Redevelopment | 19 Staniford St | West End

    Not sure about that one but I was thinking of the Charlestown housing project redevelopment they’re doing.
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    Hurley Building Redevelopment | 19 Staniford St | West End

    I can’t help but assume it was the only submission or at least the only one that has a track record of public-private partnerships. Now that the state has announced the partnership is there any basis to submit a FOIA request to obtain information on the other submissions?
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    Name this US city and related urban trivia!

    Can I answer if I guessed the state correctly then found a city with 16,000 people and confirmed it on Google street view?

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