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nice pics -- thanks. there ought to be a petition for ablarc's trolley line.

I completely disagree with anyone who fundamentally doubts the capacity and regenerative power of the Greater Boston and Massachusetts economies. As I've said before, Massachusetts doesn't have much to do with old school slow moving F500 type companies. Who needs them? It doesn't matter...

k-12 schools are exactly supposed to be a political social engineering project. the only thing you missed was to add 'economic' to the list. schools are all about socialization, the construction of civil society and the reinforcement of the political status quo. (anyone not recite the pledge...

interesting choice of words: "save". one person's save is another person's involuntary contribution... not intending to imply anything about specific cases, of course. interesting -- learn something new. still looks like a motel... here are a couple more things you could throw into the...

Is the Stata worth keeping forever? It is not the first, nor the best example of the master... nor even a punctuation mark at a turning point in his career. shouldn't the motel dorms go IF: - it isn't first, best, a turning point, or in some other way exemplary in the annals of...

i just noticed that half of Pound Hall is to go missing. what's up with that? (not sad to see it go, but there are buildings more deserving...) the lack of coherence in HUSL is pretty remarkable -- especially in the strip mall motel style dorms (?) behind Pound, and in the meandering walk on...

kz, your karma is already quite impressive... i'm counting on a loan at some point... :-)

Hauser Hall: I'm not a big fan of this building, but I can't easily say why -- especially not when I'm thinking of the other post-50s HU buildings. Probably has something to do with the way it hunkers down like it's hiding behind its arch. (you have to take that comment in the context of the...

that's not fair, BD. some of that area is very nice, especially towards southie and along the water. and the Bay view out towards the islands is great. The particular parcel isn't nice today, but there's better stuff on both sides, and no reason it couldn't itself be a lot better. the...

don't you mean 'gigs'? i'm pretty sure 'rock concerts' involve seats and/or picnic blankets... ;-)

There is already a shopping area including a grocery store (stop&shop?) at the Jfk/Umass stop. don't think the new convention hall did in the Bayside all by itself. my sense is that the Bayside was flailing at least as far back as the late 80s. among other things, the Bayside scrolling sign...

nice. my congrats to the vodka. :-) won't be there (work hours, etc.). i can pitch in on the computer where that would be helpful. david, dk107dk at hotmail ----- edit ----- what is on the agenda?

your allusions doth top mine own. and the sentiment is nobler. :-)

I used to belong to PMI (project management institute) -- the US ISO rep that owns the ANSI project management standard PMBOK (project management body of knowledge). interesting group, good place to belong to, probably pay full freight to join for the third time someday. the boston chapter...

would that be reeducation through labor? i say let a thousand flowers bloom...

so, say you decide to take the plunge and become a public advocacy group promoting commercial development in Boston -- what is your first step?

don't get me started....

you don't need pull, you need initiative, time and a little ingenuity about how you get your word out. you'd be surprised how much the Mayor of Boston will pay attention to a group that is persistent enough to make a little noise. i ran one such group at 23. what it took was two committed...

also, which one -- they sit on both sides of the "driveway". 10 stories shouldn't be much taller than the ambulatory building, if at all. will increase the canyon effect, though -- a good thing, imho, given the already dense surroundings.

why tax the working class?