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Re: Madison Seaport Hotel Filing and renderings now available for residences at 399 Congress. Date of filing is 2011 because that is when original project was proposed and nixed (BRA wanted a hotel on this site). Fortunately, IMO, residential proposal is now back on track...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Thanks Mike, reposting.

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Filing and renderings now available for residences at 399 Congress. Date of filing is 2011 because that is when original project was proposed and nixed (BRA wanted a hotel on this site). Fortunately, IMO, residential proposal is now back on track...

McMorrow is speaking to a larger point. He is not suggesting Meade be a retail czar. He is suggesting the BRA could have done more to stimulate interest at this location. To take it a step further, the BRA could have done more over the past decade to stimlulate interest and activity in dozens...

Maybe it's been mentioned... A really decent looking Vietnamese pho and bánh mì restaurant is opening at the corner of Kingston and Bedford, across from The Good Life. Formerly a pizzeria/sandwich shop.

Don't think so, Stellar. The slope is far greater than for drainage. It's actually not easy to run across the field. At 50 feet, the drop looks like 3 feet.

Garage ground floor, 4 sides, including side abutting park: Zero active uses. Tower ground floor, frontage on 3.5 sides including Channel Center Street side: Zero active uses. Tower corner facing park: 1 retail space (cafe) approx 4,000 sf.

Curious if anyone knows why Q Park at Seaport Square is a fairly large, grassy lawn that is sloped at a few degrees, rendering it useless for a picnic and impossible for throwing a ball or frisbee. What is the purpose of this slope? Just to keep the lawn attractive while warding off active...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport EXACTLY. As proven by the BRA 15 years ago here. As for Seaport Square, I see nothing built, just Hynes' parking lots being flipped, enriched from years of public investment in the Seaport and years of BRA approvals for new development rights. These...

On another note, the villain in Diamonds are Forever was Mr. Wynn.

Re: 319 A Street Rear I remain a critic of the privatized ground floor of this building and above grade parking, but those aspects were inherited by the developer. I also remain a critic of the BRA process by which the former historic building was demolished, again an aspect of the project...

Re: Waterside Place Not sure, but... Imagine if the Seaport had a finer grained street pattern. It might make sense to align buildings with the narrow sides toward the water, maximizing view corridors, with all inland buildings on any street having a front face and rear face with some...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport I don't think you get my point. Startups, coworking cos and accelerators in Fort Point are occupying significant amounts of floor space that will be far too valuable within 10 years. You don't just point to 500 tenants and declare a District...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport ^ The entire BRA Innovation District Master Plan.

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Is the future bright on Fan Pier for accelerators occupying entire floors, leasing annually, or startups paying $0 for office space with panoramic waterfront views?

Re: 319 A Street Rear Not that anyone cares, but a correction in my account above... After 49, 51 and 63 Melcher were approved as one project, 63 and 51 were flipped. 63 Melcher contains at least some of the "affordable" units required wirh construction of 319 A St Rear. 49 wasn't flipped, it...

Re: 319 A Street Rear I actually like Blue Dragon signage. The history of Fort Point dating back to early 20th century is rife with wacky advertising. Even Landmark District guidelines are fairly relaxed on this issue. BTW, the Blue Dragon building was built in mid 20th century so not really...

Re: 319 A Street Rear New owner of 51 Melcher proposed mounting a vinyl banner on the overpass with the words "M Block" as some kind of branding thing to activate the street (even though the first floor was approved for office space, not retail). The Landmark Commission was reasonably...

Re: 319 A Street Rear Correct. Post-approval 63 Melcher and 319 A Rear were flipped to current owner/developer cited as "a breath of fresh air." To clarify my earlier comment, as part of the interminable games, 49, 51 and 63 were bundled as one project for approval, then unbundled and 319...

Re: 319 A Street Rear The 100 Acre Plan encompasses a the area between Summer St and Channel Center, and between the Channel and Bypass Road. Within that area, as I remember, new construction was proposed at 100-150 feet (State Street tower is 150'). Your memory is on target. A few special...