Re: 75 Ames St. (Broad Institute Expansion) Kendall Sq.
I hope the top of this building "looks nice", because walking around, you can see it from everywhere.
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Re: Novartis Expansion
they were working on the 2nd crane last Saturday when I walked by. No one working there this morning :) And worse, Flour was (not unexpectedly) closed.
Ron Newman,
the 1930 maps include webster ave as you would expect. This PDF includes some information about that area that you might be interested in.
http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/L85_430Windsor_final.pdf
the proposal for the 15-units at the taco bell site was withdrawn. I believe it was scaled back to 11 or 12 units which required no planning board approval
Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
They were tearing more down on Monday night (13Aug)
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IMG_0249 by geep9, on Flickr