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The style fits in with the rest of Boylston + Brookline, so I don't feel super negative about the design. That said, the amount of parking seems too high, even by the city's own standards. Also, I'm not sure this park adds much value. There's already a ton of green space in the area. This new...

There have been periodic nighttime shutdowns of 95-Winter St ramps in Waltham. It looks like they're adjusting the curves a little bit, and possibly widening. This particular shutdown was posted on orange configurable signs for a few weeks in advance, but I can't find any information online...

Why do we want Pike ramps so badly here?

I appreciate that you're trying to keep things in perspective, but it's not that the market is afraid of growth, it's the local government. It's still beholden to city zoning, no? Also, this thread seems to be veering off-topic. This tangent might be better off in Design A Better Boston.

Absolutely not happening under this administration.

You could regulate that housing prices be low, but you can't regulate those homes into existence. In fact, the former discourages the latter. It's only getting built if the costs can be recouped, which means you either need a lot of it, or you need to pull in high-spending clients.

Totally agree with the last two comments. This is exactly the sort of new housing development that should be ordinary. It's totally appropriate for the area.

Thanks, I hate it.

I honestly would not have noticed that the design changed if a side-by-side hadn't been posted here.

It really only looks good from high angles from which nobody will ever see it.

I'd love nothing more than to live in the middle of 17 parallel lanes of high speed traffic!

This is the most generic 90s suburban apartment complex I've ever seen.

Dawg, the official MassDOT tweet in this thread literally brags about the project including a Diversity And Inclusion Program. You need to chill.

As someone who's in the area frequently, I can tell you that the gates have not been closed any time in the past four years. They're not stopping anybody from driving through. Furthermore, Bear Hill/2nd Ave already serves the purpose as a more-direct 128 alternative.

This 40B cube is ending up even more cube-like than promised: Also LOL at the number of pedestrians in that old rendering. This area is just a passthrough for freight and suburban commuters that use 117.

A bit off-topic, but this photo really shows how ridiculously huge GCG is/was.

I don't want to get addicted to hopium here, but there's a nice parking lot at 286 Commercial Street and another at Cross/Fulton. I think that the one-way road idea is more realistic in the short-term, but if we want this to be a God Mode thread, we can put a lot of mental energy into dreaming...

I'm going to divert away from the topic of public meetings to ask a question related to the original topic. People on this board like to ask why Hanover St in the North End can't be pedestrianized. The usual answer is that there's a fire station on that street. I figure that fire trucks really...

I have to say I'm not a fan of the thick white border around the shorter wing of the tower. It looks super cheap. The fact that the fins don't go all the way to the top probably contributes as well.

So much for building a “megacampus”...