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not to be a pedant but shouldn't it be the other way around? Skylines are for staring, street life is for "eating" (ie engaging with the city).

Pretty sure he's referring to the massive lab building across the street from where the residential tower will be build, you get a pretty clear idea where it's located from the "Kendall Center" aerial photo. That park sucks, it's always empty. That whole intersection is horrid considering how...

Of course it's not right, but that isn't the point. If we were to de-stigmatize mental illness and give those suffering the resources to get help, we'd have less problems to worry about when getting around in traffic. Of course in my personal opinion almost everybody in this society is harboring...

This seems like a mental health issue more than anything. When your life is spiraling out of control, being stuck in traffic can amplify a lot of the negative feelings associated with that. It's easy for us to tell people to just "chill out" but reality is something different, and it's hard to...

That's fine if it works for you (and avoids tickets) but as a whole it's not doing cyclists any favors. Treating them as road vehicles is not accurate - it makes them into inferior cars. In reality they are a cross between vehicles and pedestrians, we need laws, rules and expectations that...

While I couldn't agree more with the lights and bell, this other stuff I can't quite get on board with, as somebody who both drives and bikes. I don't see why it matters whether you are on or off the bike. Speed matters though. If you are acting as a pedestrian, either by crossing as one or...

I agree with the rest of your post but as somebody drives a lot I can't say that I've ever had one situation where waiting behind a cyclist has caused me to not get somewhere in a timely manner. It's never even caused me to miss a green light. It's no different than waiting behind a tractor in...

Based on Sherman's latest post on fb regarding the closing, I think you guys are right; copypasta'd at this url in case the fb shuts down; http://davis-square.livejournal.com/3448168.html#comments It's too bad because the cafe was a real asset to the area and what replaces it will probably...

http://boston.eater.com/archives/2014/09/09/sherman-cafe-closing-somerville.php Sherman's Cafe is done. The sterilization, er, gentrification of Boston continues unabated.

I'd be in though this month is a bit crazy for me so October is probably the earliest I could make one.

This is true in rural areas for driving but I believe fatality rates are lower in the city, because outside of highways traffic moves much more slowly. Plus when it comes to highways in urban areas it's mostly divided interstates which are safer than two lane winding country roads. As for...

This is the main reason I do not consider it safe to use cycling as a primary means of transportation in the city, and why I'd have serious problems if somebody I was emotionally close to was doing such. This is a massive black hole though, of which there are many. Plenty of other smaller death...

While in general for a dense city like Somerville I agree I don't think it's all bad. Davis Square, for example, would feel completely different if some of the one story businesses had 3 floors of residential on top. I'm not a "zomg shadows!" person but I do think it's important to have dense...

If nothing else it fills a significant skyline gap from a few places.

It's not unprecedented for the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to push for greater heights than 250', up to 300'. Whether or not builders could get beyond the zoning is another question. This article is from a couple years ago though, I'm unsure on the current status of this project...

any body catch this image? That's a lot of high rise commercial, which I guess is what Somerville really wants to help with their tax base. The one large residential building kjdonovan posted renderings of is fairly prominent as well. Found on the Boston subreddit here...

eh, 5 or 6 floors is hardly sprawl, it's what most of the Back Bay consists of. I've been to Assembly Row a few times, it's surprisingly urban for being just a couple blocks (so far). You don't even notice you are right next to a giant big box strip mall. I think a lot of this is due to the...