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You folks thing street level retail on one of the busiest commuter hub intersections in the city is going to be removed in favor of a return to a blank stone wall, metal air vent panel, and uncomfortable cantilever... because it's "interesting" architecture? Sometimes I think you're trolling...

It's an improvement. This thing is offensive to pedestrians as-is. Re-cladding would be better, tearing it down and starting new better yet. An improvement to the podium is a win nevertheless.

The quality of play is actually pretty good, and there are a fair number of players on AAA rosters who aren't washed up and at least had a cup of coffee in the majors at some point. Prospects usually come through when they're close to promotion too, or when they're in the phase of bouncing on...

I did some lunchtime googling! Open air MLB stadiums built over the last decade seem to all clock in between $500-700M for the stadium itself. The New Yankee Stadium cost something like $1.5B but that's probably the Yankees being the Yankees so let's assume they spent as much as possible just...

I'm not sure there's enough close proximity parking for the market. The apartments have dedicated gated parking that ate most of the giant open parking lot behind Crompton Place, and while there's street parking on Green and Harding the area is getting busier and busier. Otoh, this thing should...

Might need a crazy short porch in right field to start the first season? It's the minors, it could be fun!

Spoodles is just a sub shop. It's fine for lunch but it's every sub shop everywhere. Not great, not bad, it's just fine. Was it something different years ago? Armsby Abbey is a legitimate destination. It punches in at a "regionally notable" level in terms of beer selection/rotation. Deadhorse...

It looks like it was inspired by a tooth.

So the state is looking at either receiving $200M+ for the site, or paying $200M+ to rehab the building. And pretty much everyone hates the building. The building is gone, baby, gone.

Best news ever. How soon can they rip it down?

I called them a week ago. There are only 5 market rate units and all were taken in June. Guy on the phone sounded like he wished he could have put more market rate units out there.

You don't want elected judges. You really don't. The Mass. courts are for the most part, very good, and injecting politicians of questionable legal background into the system as superior court judges simply would not make it better. I agree re: the CLF though. Any shade you want to throw their...

Yup, having finally seen it in person, it's great. It's unobtrusive, looks fine from street level, and IMO a high quality result for a tough parcel. It's a huge win.

Cleaning it and putting in larger windows would help. It looks like 20 stories of portholes.

Absolutely on point. Worcester likes to say that it's the second biggest city because it happens to have the largest population in the city limits but the metro areas for both Providence and Hartford are several hundreds of thousands of people more and denser, and it's very apparent when you're...

I dunno folks, it's a nice brick facade but you've got to pick and choose your battles or else lose the room. This isn't worth fighting.

I don't hate it... I guess. It still just looks like a glass box that someone randomly cut some pieces out of for no good reason. At least those new renders aren't set in heroic lighting like the ones from March.

I kind of like the JFK tower(s). The lowrise is horrible both visually and in terms of ground level interaction.

Seeing that giant brick monstrosity down is joyful.

Right, those aren’t the kind of people who are going to want to fight it on the front page of the Globe. They’ll hit harder and behind the scenes.