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From the City of Boston's presentation to the Metropolitan Planning Agency, several points: Concept design (25 percent) is finished next month. Construction ($200 million) starts in 2027. The City has made the point with Encore that additional parking for the planned Encore expansion will be...

Note taken.

First reported in the NY Times, and today in the Globe. Backed by five billionaires. Image from NY Times is better. Image from Globe was taken at night. The name is derived from Teddy Roosevelt's speech in 1910 at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, titled, "Citizenship in a Republic"...

For the Salem Harbor generating plant (coal and oil were used as duel) the cost of remediation and demolition were estimated prior to the construction a natural gas powered generating plant. https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2016/08/uy/full-task-force-report.pdf My recollection is that the...

This is the project description. Apparently, no award was made for this project in calendar year 2023. (The Federal government is now in fiscal year 2024, which began October 1 2023.). Applications for the next round of awards were due this past October. I do not know whether Chelsea /...

Another Globe article. Basically, everyone is singing the same tune: 'there needs to be a public process'. But the mayor of Everett would make the public process contingent on the legislature first de-designating the site as a DPA...

From Google maps, there is an elevated, covered walkway between the big condo building on Comm Ave., and the parking garage.

The answer to why they are only three stories may be life safety. Between 384 Comm Ave (condos) and the new town houses is a narrow alley, which will be accessible only from Newbury St. once the townhouses are built. It may be that the only way to get an aerial ladder to reach a fire in the...

From StubHub, I think that level of pricing pretty much defines the demographic who can afford to attend a Celtics game. Similarly for baseball @ Lansdowne St. Ice hockey is a sport for White folks.

Ragon is jointly run by HARVARD, MIT, and Mass General.

FWIW, the Spanish Steps were built in 1726, over 200 years after the RC church at the top of the steps was built. The church, Trinita dei Monti, is a French church, because the church and the land under and surrounding the church are owned by the government of France. Construction history...

Based on my reading of the language quoted below from a press release from Conservation Law Foundation yesterday, the site was still operational, but not currently being used for storage. That is, the tank farm was mothballed.

I don't believe this development had its own thread previously. If it did, mods please merge. ^^^ image courtesy of the Globe. https://archboston.com/community/forums/development-projects.20/post-thread

The Massachusetts House passed a $3 billion spending bill today. No indication the stadium in Everett provisions were restored to the bill before passage.

Everett is looking down the barrel of a big reduction in property tax revenue because the generating station is being shut down. $300 million was already chopped off the assessment in 2023. Even more interesting is that Encore pays no property taxes, but pays the city $30 million in lieu of...

IMO, any analogy to the Spanish Steps is misplaced. At the top of the Spanish Steps is an obelisk dating to the early years of the Roman empire, and a church dating to 1502. https://maps.app.goo.gl/qbWBGrBTEbUUoXSn6 A Google street-view of the obelisk and church from near the top of the...

The CLF is responsible for Boston Harbor becoming as clean as it is. The CLG filed a lawsuit back in 1983. Back then, Boston Harbor was characterized as the 'Dirtiest Harbor in the United States.' Rather than let the CLF tout its successful effort, I'll let the Boston Foundation do it...

Maybe its by design to reduce bird strikes. https://pa.audubon.org/news/seven-ways-bird-collisions-buildings-can-be-prevented

From Joan's column, Photo courtesy of the Globe. From the photo which looks to have been taken at high tide,, talk about a site that is vulnerable to sea level rise, and higher storm surges...

The MoA does not reference any of these studies. Perhaps it should, but it doesn't The city could also be instructing Kraft to design pedestrian access that does not rely on one or more of these studies ever being implemented. The worst-case scenario. I will note that the city is allowing...