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An older NU News article, including discussion of competing proposals. It's long, so I'm only including the beginning and choice quotes from the middle. link

This NU News article's describing something a little different than the Globe & Herald: link

NU News has articles galore on this. link

^ By "community", I meant everyone in the area, not just those whose window looks out on a development. I guess you could think of community as being just those immediate neighbors and use some other word for the broader metro area population. Either way, this is still a classic collective...

I think I tossed the article already, but my impression from it was that the same developers proposing the new apartment own the Gloucester, so clearly there will be no protests there. Also, I couldn't find a single mention of this project on Google News, so it might not be going far. And...

^ That makes sense. So, there are so many people in the market for high-end housing that some are squeezed out of the South End, and this is who the Ashmont development is catering to. Without the luxury features, they wouldn't consider moving in, and even though the features drive up...

How much does this add to the cost of construction? Mainly the kitchens & floors, since underground parking seems pretty standard with these places. I get this sense that all construction in town includes expensive luxury features, and then we complain about how expensive housing is here. I...

Good to know. Makes this announcement a little less exciting. But, it's encouraging that they're still interesting in building this. Maybe they'll actually pull it off this time. Right, it would be strictly residential. Those views are downtown views: Exeter is the inbound end of the Pru...

What is this, Christmas in July? First a tower at Copley Place, now this. From the Boston Courant, which is not online, so I'll just paraphrase: The building's to be on the Exeter Street side of the Prudential Center, near the garage entrance and the Shaw's supermarket. It would be 40 feet...

Some old photos of the site: From down the street. [/img] From the sidewalk. Sorry, I think my finger got in the way... [/img] Is this the "North Lot" they're talking about? The rendering looks like the lot stays, but it would be great if it goes. This is my top "surface lot in Boston I...

I'm really surprised this hasn't all happened already. For as hard as it is to build in or near downtown Boston, here are a bunch of potentially nice buildings already built. No nimby complaints about creating shadows! I went to a loft party around there- seemed like a perfect space for the...

Re: Copley Place plan calls for condo tower The Boston Courant ran an article on this with the headline "Back Bay May Get 50-Story Tower". I think the Courant has its facts wrong, because they go on to say that it "would be the fourth tallest building in the Back Bay", but the third tallest...

^ I'm not too thrilled about $21M in public money for the Columbus Center, but if it's giving $42M in public amenities and will generate millions in tax revenue, well that's something that the YMCA, etc isn't doing. That's not to say that the public wouldn't get more bang for the buck funding...

From the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (link)

I don't understand the dynamics of this situation. Are commercial spaces more proffitable for the city than residential? Doesn't Somerville already function at least somewhat as a bedroom community for Boston workers? Doesn't it make sense for Somerville to respond to high housing prices and...

I think us Boston people have an overly negative opinion of BRT due to how poorly the Silver Line functions. True, BRT has very real limitations- the vehicles don't run on tracks, so they must traverse narrow paths (read: tunnels) much more slowly than rail, and the busses generally have lower...

These signs that Columbus Center might actually be moving forward are very relieving. For a while I wondered if it might never be built. This is a great project and will make that part of town a whole lot nicer, even though it got shrunk so much. (Originally, there were supposed to be two...

I generally use "Waterfront" for the Seaport area, and even though there are many, many waterfronts around town, people seem to know which one I'm referring to. I use "by North Station" for that area, because I don't know of a regular name and everyone knows where NS is. NS is near Bullfinch...

From the Bikes on the T email list, the contact for which is Joseph Cosgrove <JCosgrove@mbta.com>: The first link is faulty; it should be http://www.mbta.com/insidethet/press_releases_details.asp?ID=1244

In general, and as would be expected, rent prices swing faster than housing prices do. If this jump in rents is due to fewer people buying, then eventually, house/condo prices should go down, more people will buy, and rents will go back down. I'd believe all of this. There has been a lot of...