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Re: 319 A Street Rear :EYEROLL: I've followed the process since 2005 and know every player including the architect. Height was determined through a somewhat bogus BRA Master Plan (100 Acres) at 180' above Summer St. Extra height above 180' was available but would require additional...

^ Yes, 49 Melcher for Bastille, thx.

Blue Dragon and Tavern Road are terrific additions to the neighborhood. Bees Knees provisions on Farnsworth looks like another gem. On deck: Pastoral on Congress. In planning: Battali restaurant at 311 Summer (entrance on A St), Bastille Kitchen at 49 A St. (building vacant for 5 years...

Re: 319 A Street Rear Maybe this has already been said, but... Given the FAA cap on Seaport height, the scale and proportions of this project would have been perfect for the entire waterfront, not only in defining building footprint/height but also laying out a finer grained street pattern.

An Innovation Center for startups was negotiated and will exist in Waterside Place (luxe residential tower). In Innovation Center for startups was negotiated and will exist in Pier 4 (luxe residential tower). An Innovation Center for startups was negotiated and exists in One Marina Park Dr...

Re: South Boston Development Some think I'm wrong on every page. :)

Re: South Boston Development The Summer Street bridge was built in 1899 and has ironwork marking that date above the street. Congress Street bridge was built many years later.

UPDATE: I heard today that the eminent domain taking at Seaport Square (ITEM #18 here) is a sliver of land, not the Innovation Center. I hear you SeamusMcFly. My frustration was misdirected and I enjoy reading your comments. I do wish crane-counters on this forum would understand that Boston...

IMO, cheerleaders counting cranes, supporting the existing system rife with backslapping and cronyism, are part of the problem and impede healthy development, competition and exciting contemporary expression. Counterintuitive as it seems, Boston would be booming if there had been more criticism...

As the crow flies, the distance from Fan Pier to State Street tower at Channel Center is as far as a line from the North End to Boston Common. As the crow flies, Waterside Place to 319 A St Rear isn't much different than the distance from Beacon Hill to the Greenway or Financial District. In...

As far as I understand, the BRA negotiated a 5-year lease and 5-year option for the folks from Cambridge Innovation Center to operate a 9,000 square foot Boston Innovation Center. I don't think a restaurant has yet been identified to occupy the adjoining 3,000 sf cafe. So, at least for 5-10...

The BRA is moving to take the Boston Innovation Center by eminent domain. If past is prologue, I'd guess it will be a "friendly" taking.

Re: Waterside Place Height aside, the Seaport would have benefitted from towers with smaller footprints, no plazas, narrower main streets. Period. What's more, the BRA trumpeted that it was going to be requiring civic and cultural spaces at water's edge, making use of "facilities of public...

Re: Lovejoy Wharf Like I said, per capita -- and per square foot of space, I believe I'm doing better than Converse. Tax breaks are terrific for drawing investment to blighted areas. The waterfront isn't blighted, and certainly the North End isn't a blight. To ensure we're operating in a...

Re: Lovejoy Wharf So much for the crackdown on aggressive panhandling. Can I reduce my property taxes by $1,000 per year if I promise to demonstrate a higher net plus per capita than Converse? Didn't think so. Give me a shout out if a developer builds a private project on private property...

Re: Lovejoy Wharf As expected. Lovejoy Wharf to get public funds from Boston

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport LAST WEEK: Clear-eyed Globe opinion writer shines a light on Seaport as an office destination for established corporations. http://imgur.com/hJQpo LAST WEEK: Mayor's Office rebuts Globe writer, citing Zipcar among other firms as "saplings" arriving...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport What's been squandered over the past decade? The potential of D Street to be a grand boulevard between South Boston and water's edge. The potential of D Street to contribute to the 24/7 livelihood of the waterfront. Here's D Street today...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Minus the cost of buying land... Zero. The developer is being gifted with the land. Remember, the Seaport is a blighted district in desperate need of reinvestment. During master planning, an exercise that took the BRA two years and Massport 1+...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport The BRA will keep us quite busy with demolitions 25 years from now. Below-grade and above ground parking garage construction is besting nearly every other land use in total density but office tower construction in the Seaport / Innovation District...