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Yep, there were local variations due to (1) material availability, (2) weather differences, and (3) exposure to primarily other local designs. We don't have something called a "Cape Cod house" because they were a hegemonic worldwide phenomenon. Today, we have (1) mostly uniform access to...

Info on meeting that was on Monday night http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/news/20171011/in-wake-of-arson-residents-concerned-over-cooper-street-rebuild

The Barriers Stopping Poor People From Moving to Better Jobs

what architectural elements of this say "Boston" to you?

Completely agree. I keep having hopes for the private developments, but this is really something where a broader overall planning is needed. I was hopeful when Martignetti's sold that would start something, but that being an auto dealership is nothing. For this section, the building where...

Continuing the swing in proposed projects in the area to condos. The project stepping down from the street to the park is a twist to the typical stepping down as you approach the street.

yes...

Re: 61-83 Braintree st | Brighton According to Bldup, this was 100% leased on opening with those rents and is now on the market for sale by the developers. This is the new reality of Allston.

pffffttt... millennials are hardly the only people talking about affordability of housing. And the majority of legislation in Massachusetts for helping people with housing affordability has been explicitly designed to help seniors. Sure, a greater percentage of young people now live at home...

or almost $5000 for the penthouse... but yeah, this is a luxury 7 figure building.

Former HUD secretary appointed as Harvard's Senior Strategist for Allston. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/09/shaun-donovan-named-senior-strategist-for-allston/ And Trader Joe's expected opening October 12 https://twitter.com/EthanM_Long/status/908326753843773441

investment income? as in, they still pay massachusetts taxes on their salary, but not on investment income. that is at least one of the classic explanations.

Amazon pays a lot more than that for people just out of school. 6 figure is routine for Amazon hiring straight out of school. 60-70k is more typical at less prestigious companies.

In Massachusetts, we are seeing small bits of progress with 40B. That said, places like Brookline have gotten some leniency from the state due to the rate of 40B projects being proposed, which is slowing down the development that we actually need. I also wonder whether there continues to be a...

I don't understand why people are acting like MIT at Volpe wouldn't want to be a landlord. How would it be any different than their arrangement with Pfizer? And for Harvard at Beacon Yards, they've stated Beacon Yards is part of their 1,000 year plan. Having Amazon as a tenant for 50 years very...

But they still had this post 7 extra floors: Those cabanas seem awfully close to the mechanicals. I think people paid 6 figures to have a place to listen to the A/C when the weather is nice.

my opinion of that article is that the author viewed anything less than 100% rented out on day 1 as "slow". Basic business analysis would tell you that for apartment rentals, it is best to start your listings at a high price. Unlike other businesses, you cannot have a sale at a low price and...

1505 Commonwealth as it went to the BRA: Design they later got approval to change to: While those designs aren't great, clearly something horrible happened with the color of the panels here. Someone ordered panels that said "Brick Red" without seeing if they actually matched the brick.

Packard Crossing, I'm amazed its that far along! http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/packard-crossing https://www.google.com/maps/@42.353508,-71.1262429,3a,75y,205.64h,85.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saP9lhQOsUtlWFjr2gBDWFw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Nothing has changed about the station since it opened in late May. There is still fence blocking half of each entrance. I tried to use the elevator on the Everett Street entrance the other week when I had luggage and could not figure out at all how to get it to operate or if it worked at all...