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Yep, I did. Hardly anyone at the Cambridge polls this morning.

I'm mainly interested in the sociological impact of buildings/design/planning/urban spaces and the psychology of city populations.

Yeah, when I didn't have a car and found myself walking through that intersection occassionally, it seemed to me that it would be a great spot for an additional square (or circle, or something) in Somerville, if only the McGrath/O'Brien were not there.

I was at a talk a little while back at the Carpenter Center about poster art in NYC during the AIDS crisis years (or whatever you'd like to call those years in the 80s and 90s), and they talked about how gentrification in the Village happened at a much faster rate than it otherwise would have...

Bringing down the curtain on a symbol of blight By MANNY FERNANDEZ Published: December 2, 2009 in the New York Times

I just requested to join - my initials are C.W. (if you're wondering if the request is legit!)

The color scheme reminds me of the old PA license plates

Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos I was at Maverick recently and saw the new screen there - in the same spot as the old analog one, and similar looking. Not yet operational, though.

True, but the drivers are godawful. After a couple of visits there, one thing that stood out in my mind is that it's the only city where I've been afraid for my safety as a pedestrian. I don't think it's necessarily that the car drivers are out to get pedestrians, it's more that they're...

One of the best photos of the harbor I've seen!

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) But even in this frame, the Federal Reserve Building is iconic.

The Power Broker - Robert Caro Delirious New York - Rem Koolhaas I'm in the middle of 100 Mile City by Deyan Sudjic, which is really good so far.

Call it The Channel and build it in the parking lot where the old club once stood.

I was at the BPL when they were filming it - the reference desk between the two staircases was removed, and some sort of glass thing on a large wooden pedestal was put in its place. Doesn't take place in Boston though...it's supposed to be a library in Virginia. It was pretty cool to see the...

Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) From Universal Hub:

It was obliterated to make way for NASA's Electronics Research Center (the canal was filled between 1966-68), which was closed in 1970 (now it's the Volpe Center).

Sometimes, that's due to the non-circulating water problem: Link

I'm a little more than halfway through it. She makes good points, but tends towards rambling, going off on tangents, and being overall sort of scatterbrained. I haven't read any of her other stuff, though - Death and Life...is next on my list (I'd been looking for that, and found Dark Age...

Re: 45 Province St Most definitely! I saw 45 Province from afar yesterday as I walked across the Longfellow. Maybe it was only because I was looking for it, but the starkness of that wall does not contrast well at all with the surrounding buildings. It's going to take some getting used to...

Re: 45 Province St That ugly side is unbelievable. Hopefully there's something about it we don't know...something along the lines of those sci-fi technicolor benches on the greenway. At least it would be better than a flat black wall.