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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    It's a post-High-Line set of choices.
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    Fenway Infill and Small Developments

    What a mess. Temporary. A bidonville.
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    City Hall Discussion - Redevelopment - Preservation - Relocation

    Re: Menino Proposes Selling City Hall So, you don't go for the heavenly length aspect, huh? Nielsen had many of the same problems as Mahler.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Re: Driven By Customer 'Service' Parte Dos The Green Line drivers don't want their supervisors to know where they are. If they did, the terminus card games would have to be cut short, and there'd be no more three-train clumps.
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    City Hall Discussion - Redevelopment - Preservation - Relocation

    Re: Menino Proposes Selling City Hall Apt description. Mind if I remember that? I bet most folks don't like Le Sacre du printemps after, lo, these hundred years. Some things ask for effort in the eye of the beholder. My local classical music station doesn't play Mahler for that reason...
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    Boston Skyline Photos

    Oh for goodness sake put up something new and tall. Same old, same old.
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    City Hall Discussion - Redevelopment - Preservation - Relocation

    Re: Menino Proposes Selling City Hall Still modern after all these years.
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    Boston Skyline Photos

    Oh, fix it up and it's no more crappy than any other South End building. In fact, it is a South End building.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Yale's or Princeton's: yes.
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    How 'bout they GIVE it to Druker to develop for profit ANY WAY HE CHOOSES, provided he leaves Shreve, Crump and Low alone --just cleans it up a bit.
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    Boston College Master Plan

    Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Incomprehensible drawing, because technically inept. Building is just in elevation, entourage is in poorly-drawn "perspective." For what it's worth, I kind-of like the facade.
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    315 on A | 315 A Street | Fort Point

    Re: 319 A Street Rear Should be legally mandated --and would be if zoning did the job it was set up for.
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    ... and most people aren't complaining now, either ... right? Most people seem like chumps.
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    315 on A | 315 A Street | Fort Point

    Re: South Boston Seaport Will this area of five-story warehouses gradually erode? I always liked its consistency and the miracle of its sheer survival.
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    The New Retail Thread

    Ron, sometimes you seem too earnest for your own good. Have you considered folding a dollop of skepticism into your routine?
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    Constellation Center | 43 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

    Though I agree Spangler is a much more tasteful building, I'm not sure you've captured the essence of the difference, BetonBrut. Spangler has the same industrial-waste suspended ceilings and the same cheapish detailing as many upmarket corporate buildings on Route 128. I give it a C, maybe a C+...
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    Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part III

    Look on Bing Maps 3-D aerial view. You'll find it about halfway along the right side. That way, each floor can be divided into 2 units, and no views out are blocked.
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    Constellation Center | 43 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

    A tasty bone indeed --and not just for NIMBYs.
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    Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part III

    ^ That's right, Comm. Ave. Tweak the rules and you'll eventually get some more. Developers build within the rules they're issued. In some places, the rules limit their height, in others they force a setback or prevent a certain use category. They bitch, but they conform. Or they apply for a...
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    Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part III

    ^ Need more of these. A decent amount of detail compatible with surroundings. An in-scale way for the city to grow. Now imagine the same building clad in sheer mirror glass. Still in scale?

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