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I've always wanted to bring up stadiums and arenas on here but thought it was too niche of a topic. I have a specific fondness for them as a monster truck fan, since unlike other motorsports most monster truck shows are in these types of venues. That's one of my big knocks against the TD Garden...

The two smaller buildings behind the Garden - what were those, and were they there right up until they started building the new arena? I never realized they were there.

Cool article on A Sanctuary Cafe on Charles Street. The wife and I spent some time with the cats a couple of weeks back and it was a great experience. Also, they have a tea mixed with cider that is simply phenomenal...

I went to SX at Gillette a couple of years ago and had a good time, despite not being a motorcycle guy. Feld promotes both SX and my beloved Monster Jam so it was interesting to see the similarities and differences in presentation. That frontstretch infield grass is way, way bigger than you'd...

I made the trek back down to Daytona for the Rolex 24 again this year to do it the right way, and while I was down there I decided to take some shots of One Daytona, the new-ish complex across the street from the track. The centerpiece is the Daytona Hotel, a very tony place that probably...

That gives me "old signage in the New England Aquarium" vibes. Looks more retro, somehow.

From the Common garage on Sunday.

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This afternoon before the snow rolled in.

That Sphere thing freaks me the hell out. There's something unsettling about being surrounded by a screen that big. I don't really get vertigo, but something about the Omni Theater at the Museum of Science is already vaguely unsettling to me, so seeing a similar thing at such an inhuman scale is...

The full proposal: https://www.emeraldnecklace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Report-A-Public-Park-Concept-for-White-Stadium.pdf From said proposal: [citation needed] I find it interesting that even their renders show the existing main grandstand being about half full even after renovation...

Arborway upgrade plans! Looks like these would benefit drivers as well as pedestrians and cyclists - I would much rather have to sit at a light than deal with Murray Circle. https://www.universalhub.com/2025/dcr-unwraps-latest-plans-arborway-would-turn

Between this and the West End Library, the BPL could use some actual branding.

Those Paneras are brutal even during the week midday. Not helped by the every-other-one reconstruction of each rest stop on 90 in NY. Hopefully when they all get finished it lessens the crowding at all of them.

So forgive me for now being a suburbanite who has no idea about this - but how does the high school system in the city work now? Excel was still just Southie High when I was that age, and as I went to BLS I never really thought about the place. But when they closed it down to turn it into Excel...

How long had that aquarium been closed?

Because I always approached getting on the highway there from Southie and never Dorchester, I never noticed that you can't take a left from Columbia eastbound to get on 93N. I agree, that would be a major reduction in cars going to the rotary if they could pull it off.

Looks like they might still have a couple of rows of seats to install in that section.

My parents were mourning the loss of the IHOP when I saw them earlier this week. Pancakes aside, this is a huge win for that area. Don't know why it needs such a honker of a garage, but it's much needed infill. That entire section of Quincy is going to be unrecognizable in a few years.

My wife and I wanted to not be home for our first Christmas without our son, so we headed down to Key West for the week. Duval Street is where most of the action is, and while it's full of people the entire mile it's also home to a whole truckload of schlock. There are a few nice places along it...