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Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Might as well add a few points. Feel free to correct. 1) No plan has been filed by Chiofaro Co. for approval at the BRA. 2) No plan is likely to be filed in 2014 by Chiofaro Co. for approval at the BRA. 3) The only decision currently being made is...

Two decades of growth without adequate attention to housing has resulted in midprice housing crises which impacts economic growth, a crisis that should have been addressed through planning and zoning. Other cities, including Cambridge and Somerville have already recognized and addressed this...

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Chiofaro Co. has a new website for Harbor Garage Project.

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Harbor Garage proposal gets my thumbs up after: 1. Tower is as high as FAA will allow. 2. Iconic architecture, and don't wait until 11th hour of approvals to reveal architecture as with every other 21st century waterfront project. Personally, I...

Isn't the existing chapel on either Seaport Square Parcel B or C? If the chapel needs to be demolished and it won't be demolished until the new chapel is complete (2016 according to this) how does B and C break ground in June? I was under the impression the proposed project shares parcels B...

Re: 101 Seaport Blvd (PwC)/parcel L1@Seaport Sq./Seaport Can't vouch for the accuracy of PwC tower seen in this rendering, the object shown may be an improperly scaled AC condenser. Source: bit.ly/1hR0MFT

Not sure it's been mentioned, but as I understand rehabilitation of Old Northern for vehicular use requires rendering mechanism inoperable and raising center of span, with ramps added on either end. Raising of center of span is required in this scenario (e.g. providing vehicular access) to...

Re: Goodwin Procter HQ (Parcel I) @ Fan Pier | 90 - 110 Northern Ave | Seaport Pretty sure Parcel H is the lot on Seaport Square next to the innovation center. In the Seaport Square plan, this lot was designated as a continuation of greenspace already at Fan Pier next to One Marina Park Drive...

Re: Goodwin Procter HQ (Parcel I) @ Fan Pier | 90 - 110 Northern Ave | Seaport New rendering on BBJ site includes HOK logo. Possible explanation for BBG-BBGM on project filing here.

Re: Goodwin Procter HQ (Parcel I) @ Fan Pier | 90 - 110 Northern Ave | Seaport My posted rendering was taken from yesterday's groundbreaking PR published in either Boston Business Journal or Banker and Tradesman (can't remember which). It looks like both publications are revising their own...

Re: Goodwin Procter HQ (Parcel I) @ Fan Pier | 90 - 110 Northern Ave | Seaport

Re: Waterside Place | 505 Congress Street | Seaport For the record John Hynes isn't a developer at Seaport Square (aside from Innovation Center). He and partners own/owned Seaport Square lots and associated development rights for the 23-acre tract. Seaport and Fort Point developers have less...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Sometimes I think the majority of posters on this board are so connected to the development community there isn't an understanding of what's possible, it always boils down to what is in the best interest of the market (e.g. economics of the given...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport In my defense, let me start out by stating that Boston's universities, hospitals and elite tech workforce are unparalleled, not only nationwide, but worldwide. Yet Boston's waterfront is not leading -->waterfronts<-- nationwide or worldwide to meet...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport The notion that Boston's waterfront will evolve as Kendall did, with a 20-year trajectory of affordability, is ludicrous. The "Innovation District" propaganda is contradicted by data (my own) showing that a declining number of small startups (2-10...

Re: Twenty Two Liberty @ Fan Pier | 22 Liberty Drive | Seaport A major supermarket has been floated as the "next" big thing in the Seaport for 10 years, on a number of occasions to spice up press releases accompanying bland office tower groundbreakings. But, as I understand, a major...

Colossal order, maybe. Pinning this on a way of "avoiding NIMBY wrath," no. Having attending every meeting on this project since 2006 (dragged on and on by the former owner, not the community), I can tell you "NIMBY wrath" wasn't part of the discussion. BTW, I look forward to voting for this...

Re: Waterside Place | 505 Congress Street | Seaport Side by side:

Your concerns about the building and its tenants are well-founded. The building is constructed of reinforced concrete, a material quite unusual given its age. It was built in 1918 by the Boston Wharf Company for use as a wool warehouse.

NOT AN EXPERT but I would argue that D Street presents an opportunity for pedestrian activation at street level, viable for at least two seasons. D Street is (or at least was) envisioned by urban planners looking holistically at the Seaport as the main pedistrian thoroughfare from South Boston...