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I bet there's more buildings like that around the area. Maybe time for a new thread...

Really scary as that's the primary garage for the Hanover Theatre. I bet that's not the only garage in the city with those issues - parked in the old Outlets garage across from St. Vincent's for a DCU Center event, and that stairwell was s-k-e-t-c-h-y.

The services they're going to offer there are driving the bunker-like looks, especially if they're focusing on surgery. The environmental requirements for operatory spaces are intense, and windows are simply a liability in trying to keep rooms in the mandated temperature and humidity ranges...

https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/2025/03/12/ecotarium-worcester-anthony-putnam/82273751007/

I think, like UConn, Providence, and Merrimack, there's not much of an appetite for this arena to hold many events outside of Northeastern sports. Agganis is bigger but it also holds concerts and other shows. In that sense, this building is right-sized.

I'm still not thrilled with the exterior look, but I really like the design of the rink. It's very cool that they kept the balconies, even if they're smaller than what Matthews has. It's the sort of little touch that make the arena, and thus the Huskies, feel like a big deal, and it will still...

For Christmas a couple of years ago I had my parents' photo albums scanned in by EverPresent in Newton. I finally went through the drive tonight and there were some photos of the city, mainly Southie and mainly at night because my mom used them for paintings. Most of these are around 2000-2003...

Well, there's your answer - the list is gone now: https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/real-estate-services/real-property-disposition/noncore-property-list . Supposedly, the HQs for FBI, DOJ, etc. were on the list, which I think says the most.

Looks straight out of 1993 and I love it.

Just got back from the IndyCar season opener in St. Petersburg over the weekend. The race takes advantage of Albert Whitted Airport's position along the eastern edge of downtown to create a circuit using one of it's runways, up 1st St., around Pioneer Park, and back down Bayshore. I got in a day...

What's with the insistence on the different cladding up top? It looks unsettling, like a parasite is emerging from the masonry section.

I always wonder how these "sell x% of total as electric" laws are enforced. Is that actual sales to the public or is it just that dealers offer that many vehicles? Just because a product is on the shelves doesn't mean the consumer is going to buy it. You can't legislate demand - you have to make...

Those photos exude a weird form of impatient nostalgia to me - the Big Dig had just wrapped up and the new projects that would define Boston going forward were just getting started, but to that point everything still felt "the same". They're from a couple of years after I graduated BLS ('03) but...

The DCU Center today. Still the basically the Centrum, but a little nicer. I wish they had kept the bigger lobby in the renovations a while back so you weren't forced to wait outside in the cold for the doors to open. I also miss the old school message boards (and the warmer color scheme) on the...

There's a bit of Fenway to that place. In fact, baseball is probably closer overall to the vibe that a lot of those old soccer stadium have. There's more parallels to Anfield in Wrigley than there would be in, say, Lambeau.

I think the differences in stadia speak more to the structure and history of soccer in Europe vs the structure and history of football in the US. Many of the teams over there are decades older than any NFL team, and the promotion and relegation system puts different stresses on teams than the...

Some of the college basketball arenas have some wild balcony setups - Vanderbilt's Memorial Gymnasium is almost like a theater, with the balconies right on top of each other (image from https://vucommodores.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/memorialgymrecoated83111.jpg):

Holding my opinions on that until they get the whole thing up. Sometimes they caulk those gaps and if they do so and choose a lighter color it won't be as visible.

Some of the cooler arena/stadium wide shots I've gotten over the years at various monster truck shows. Dad actually took this first one, the Centrum in Worcester (current DCU Center) in 1993, where it forever stays in my mind. It isn't terribly different now but I do miss the old...