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Re: 691 Mass Ave Not so terrible.

Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside) Are people doing Quentin Tarantino knock-offs? Shame on them; they'll never get it right. Like trying to do a knock-off of Mahler. Impossible. You can't do a knock-off of something that's already so eclectic. The genius is in the assembly.

I'd be in favor of allowing signs, provided they weren't regulated. I like my townscape raw.

^ Those signs had romance. They weren't handcuffed by regulations intended to promote corporate good taste. I also liked the Shell sign.

I believe it's not really a river at all; more a linear-shaped lake, an Olmstedian conceit.

Some contrasting juxtapositions just don't work.

^ So ... are you against whales? ;) Children, perhaps?

Re: South Boston Seaport Whatever it is, Kairos Shen agrees.

^ All true. I thought I was the only one to remember that far back. Yep, all true. The stupidest public works program in Boston's long and disgraceful history. It counts with the West End, the Government Center, the Seaport and the Greenway.

^ Yeah, and if you miss your train, the wait can be ... what? an hour?

The goal was never crowds of people.

Re: Nashua Street Residences (North Station) And the reason is that folks think salvation comes from this: Good luck with those ingredients alone; you can get them all at a suburban mall. The questions to ask are: "can you make a great dish out of just spices?" --and: ?where?s the beef?? And...

Re: Landmark Center Expansion ^ Yes. And his Spirit continues to drool.

Re: Landmark Center Expansion Isn't that a description of Columbus Center?

Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but what's Leif Ericson's connection to Commonwealth Avenue? Or George Washington's connection to the Public Garden?

It was a railroad viaduct and access was forbidden. Passionate designers transformed it into a brilliant park, and from the day it opened it was mobbed. What's your point? Standard Hotel. It's called the Standard Hotel. I doubt that as an explanation for the crowds. Hope it wasn't the main...

You could say the World Trade Center Memorial will be a monument to genocide. I'm pretty sure it'll be appropriate if not recreational. Perhaps not all parkland needs to be recreational. This may be the first Greenway parcel that has a point of view; that is, it's not mindless doodling without...

So now we know what they mean when they say "homeless shelter."

^ Enter the Atlantic Avenue Greenway Waterfront Aqua Line (a streetcar).

Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside) What's happening with the NoName? Does anyone remember when it was just a diner with nary a tourist in sight?