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    Cambria Hotel | 6 West Broadway | South Boston

    Related, the condo sales next door at 12-16 W Broadway seems to be slow with only ~14 of 42 units closing according to the Suffolk Deeds site. There was a gap of a couple of months before the three or so that closed this week so perhaps they're just not done with all the interiors but .. would...
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    Tracking affordable housing

    Cities, or states/federal government? When you say "cities" funded them, you are contrasting that to today where private developers are called upon to fill the gap of public funding? PS. Related Beal built 100 Beverly 100% "affordable", of course, but only b/c the land was given away (being...
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    Cambria Hotel | 6 West Broadway | South Boston

    Their website is showing a start-date of June 30, 2019 availability but I'll re-up my prediction that this will never open.
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    The Smith | 660 Harrison Avenue | South End

    I read that a Leggett McCall rep was the only person to show up in opposition to the proposal to put a recreational marijuana shop at 591 Albany St, arguing the location was in a "transitional" neighborhood. Probably just lip service; I can't see how that location would hurt anyone. Proposal...
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    NEMA Boston | 399 Congress St. | Seaport

    Coming along but the top floor build out has seemed slower than usual to me (I can see it from my apt window). I did see a welder out there on a recent weeknight at 11 pm so .. something's happening lol.
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    NYC Architecture and Development

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/03/10/new-yorks-chrysler-building-selling-150-million/3123340002/
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    The archBoston Meetup Thread

    I live in Boston so prefer it but would make the effort to get out to Assembly Sq to check it all out.
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    Boston & Cambridge - 1950's

    I'm having a hard time figuring this out in my brain so if anyone has some information .. please! Here's an image from Flickr circa mid-1950s. This is the elevated going in front of North Station (and in front of whatever that building was called on the right, not Manger, right?) facing...
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    Proposed But Never Built

    From the City of Boston Archives Flickr page. Proposed but not built, waterfront edition. Several (mid-rise) towers that never got built, among other things. I couldn't see these anywhere on the forum so hopefully not dupes. Architectural model of waterfront district looking southwest by...
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    Flickr Finds & Social Media Pics

    Perhaps shutting down Storrow Drive inbound but leaving outbound would be an alternative? Outbound can be used by commuters at rush hour. Having a green line extension seems somewhat logical and could benefit our transit system in multiple ways. Could it be used as a way to get from Kenmore...
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    🔷 Open Thread

    Surely someone in Hollywood has proposed Meryl Streep as Jane Jacobs in an anti-Robert Moses movie, no? (Yes, she's 20+ years older than Jane Jacobs was in her prime, but they still look enough alike, no?)
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium Great to see Bob Kraft in the news - here comes that new stadium proposal, for sure!
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    New U.S. masterplanned city.

    Re: New us masterplanned city. Didn't we have a master-planned "city" - the Seaport?
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    SBWTC /South Boston Waterfront Transportation Center | Seaport

    Good news is, I've yet to see this garage 1/3 full.
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    [CANCELED] 1000 Boylston Street | MassDOT Parcel 15 | Back Bay

    Re: 1000 Boylston Street | MassDot Pike Parcel 15 Yes, can confirm! (image to follow) https://twitter.com/JohnAKeith/status/1091508664245108737
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    🔷 Open Thread

    Sorry, too obscure for most. "Her?" is from Arrested Develoment. https://vimeo.com/66596535
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    L Street Station Redevelopment (née Old Edison Plant)| 776 Summer Street | South Boston

    This is one of the primary problems with the new tax proposal by the District 1 city councilor. She says that "owner-occupants" will be exempt from paying 6% on any sale. How do you track that in any way shape or form that is easy and accurate, on a new building? And, what if the seller...
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    Platform screen doors.

    The issue for me isn't raw cost but believing there is an actual need, so I guess cost-benefit. No one wants anyone to fall into the pit, but it seems to me it happens once or twice a year, in Boston, or perhaps it's more often but doesn't make Twitter or Universal Hub. It seems overkill...
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    🔷 Open Thread

    HER?
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    L Street Station Redevelopment (née Old Edison Plant)| 776 Summer Street | South Boston

    True, but not true. True, they are "investment" pieces in that they are second (or, third) homes, but there are a lot fewer (lol) "shell companies" and insidious foreign investors in these buildings that those scary people would have you otherwise believe. The public record for 50 Liberty and...

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