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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Back again for more Boston Globe ? July 4, 2008 ? by Globe Columnist Adrian Walker ? http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/07/04/back_again_for_more/ Real estate developers are a persistent lot. Especially when it comes to public money. The...
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center No news on Columbus Center South End News ? Thursday, June 26, 2008 ? by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? http://www.mysouthend.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=76457 While the official word is that there is no news on the beleaguered Columbus Center...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center No news on Columbus Center South End News ? Thursday, June 26, 2008 ? by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? http://www.mysouthend.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=76457 While the official word is that there is no news on the beleaguered Columbus Center...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center The rendering in the newspaper article is from the 2003 proposal. It is of Cortes Street, looking West toward Berkeley Street. Columbus Center over parcel 18 is on the left.
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center Source of concern http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/pub/5_342/teller/
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Source of concern http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/pub/5_342/teller/
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus builders seek delay Boston Sunday Globe ? June 8, 2008 ? by Globe Correspondent Christina Pazzanese ? http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/08/columbus_builders_seek_delay/ Residents of Cortes Street say they have lost trees, parking, and use...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus builders seek delay Boston Sunday Globe ? June 8, 2008 ? by Globe Correspondent Christina Pazzanese ? http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/06/08/columbus_builders_seek_delay/ Residents of Cortes Street say they have lost trees, parking, and use...
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center Another delay for Columbus Center? South End News ? Thursday, June 5, 2008 ? by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? www.mysouthend.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=75467 Even as the site of the massive Columbus Center remains a local eyesore, there?s another...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Another delay for Columbus Center? South End News ? Thursday, June 5, 2008 ? by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? www.mysouthend.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=75467 Even as the site of the massive Columbus Center remains a local eyesore, there?s another...
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    Columbus Center Drama Dept.

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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center From The South End News: Columbus Center developers meet with BRA by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? Thursday May 8, 2008 The developers of the now-stalled Columbus Center project met with officials from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on May 1 to discuss the...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center From The South End News: Columbus Center developers meet with BRA by Managing Editor Linda Rodriguez ? Thursday May 8, 2008 The developers of the now-stalled Columbus Center project met with officials from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on May 1 to discuss the...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center The facts, pelhamhall, are that the developers, in the public meetings and in the proposal itself, repeatedly promised that no public subsidies would be needed and that the project would be 100% privately financed. These same developers were then quoted in the newspapers...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center No uglier than the Hancock Garage directly across the street. Those who argue that like buildings should be close to each other should be happy with this arrangement.
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center But if Bay Village wouldn't support it if the skyscraper was in their own back yard, how is that not NIMBYism? Parcel 18 is much larger than Parcel 16. There is much more room there for a skyscraper, and it there is room to have it set back from the sidewalk (like the...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center If the answer is "probably not" then isn't THAT an example of NIMBYism?
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center I wonder if Bay Village would be as supportive of this project if the design was flip-flopped and the skyscraper was on the Bay Village side (Parcel 18) and the smaller buildings were on Clarendon Street (Parcel 16)?
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center I disagree completely. The Columbus Center developers controlled every aspect of the "public" process. They had no competitors; they did not have to disclose their financials; they controlled the meetings; they picked their own advisory committe members; they were allowed...

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