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My take on things: the Brown win could cause the Dems in Washington to be less divided amongst themselves. Healthcare may not be over -- depends if they want to just go the reconciliation route and get a major piece of legislation on the boards. If they cave on healthcare now, they will have...

Love it. Especially because the flight path to and from Logal can probably go right through the center. ;)

$340 is a good deal, but that end of the strip is not my thing. I've stayed at Venetian a couple of times and prefer that section of the strip (Venetian/Palazzo/Wynn/Mirage). A lot of Vegas revolves around the resorts (spa, shopping, casinos, shows). I'd highly recommend "O" at the Bellagio...

Harvard (science building... don't know the name)?

I think the coverage area of both Boston's and Paris' systems may be similar -- in other words, if you did an overlay, they'd have roughly the same dimension, but Paris' system is much more extensive and concentrated. Boston's system has huge bare patches. As we all know, it's impossible to...

Wow, so much negativity. I, for one, am glad LA is doing something to add to its public transport infrastructure -- it is much needed -- and its growth should be encouraged. It's a smaller system right now, but it will grow. I wish more cities (Boston included) were as interested in adding...

Re: South Boston Seaport Or catch them. I have family in Baw'mer (my mom's from there) and I seriously doubt the tourist numbers comparing Boston and Baltimore are being counted equally. I suspect that Baltimore's numbers are being heavily inflated by BWI, which acts as Washington's second...

Could a system be developed whereby a train boosts its batteries when it pulls over over a recharge dock at each stop? There could be a sensor built into the recharge dock so that it will not power up unless a train pulls over it (thereby avoiding electrocutions when the inevitable drunk...

I think Boston does a lot of things right but what we've done poorly and what we've omitted to do get more attention. I think Boston does small projects well and I know it sounds like a cliche by now, but Boston manages scale very well. Some larger projects (Seaport, Surface Artery, Silver...

In town: Back Bay Summer (beach) home: West End, Provincetown Winter (country) home: Hanover, NH

The problem with retrofitting an existing standard American football stadium for Olympic use is that its design would leave almost no room for a standard 400m track. So if Kraft had built a standard football stadium in the city, it would not be very useful as an Olympic stadium. Of course, if...

I don't think any North American city will get the 2020 games. The IOC considers No and So America to be one continent. That belief is reinforced by the IOC's main source of revenue: television broadcast rights. Holding two successive summer games in roughly the same time zone (or at least in...

The cure for this fountain's woes is to enlist a corporate sponsor who will overtake its repair and upkeep, similar to Wollman Rink in NYC. The city is utterly feckless when it comes to keeping it up and operating it and its future will always be subject to budgetary shortfalls and city...

The Seaport is very limited in terms of height, anyhow, so other than a very small number of taller residential towers, any considerable % of residential space would be somewhat spread out. A vertical mall... what's the one in Toronto...? Maybe that one's not even much bigger than Cambridge...

Sydney's Opera House is not solely a venue for opera, it is a large theatre complex comprised of various-sized performance spaces. I think Boston could benefit from something like this and the area near the ICA would be about the only real opportunity for a project of its size, but it isn't a...

I am surprised Philadelphia ranks higher than Boston. Maybe I'm ignorant, but I don't think Philadelphia's economy is as strong as Boston's. But maybe this calculation considers data from within the cities' limits only and not metro areas?

Why only buildings on or near the waterfront? Why not the Boston Public Library, Trinity Church, the Park Plaza Castle, Old South Meeting House, Old City Hall, (New) City Hall, Park Street Church, the Hatch Shell, the Longfellow Bridge, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the new mosque in Roxbury...

I agree. I didn't grow up around Boston so I don't have an emotional attachment to the Boston of the 70's. Does that make me ignorant or more objective? Based on photos, I think Boston is so much better now. I am sure there are plenty of small architectural gems that have been lost or...

"Libelous"? No. Libel is the act of making a false declaration about someone. I think what you mean is that copying and pasting copyrighted content could open someone to liability. I would contend that doing so here would not have that result. If my law school memory serves me, copyrighted...

Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center A couple of years ago, there was a rumor than L&T would leave Back Bay and that Bloomingdales would occupy that space. L&T ended up signing a long-term lease to remain in its current location and the streetfront was rehabbed a bit. I'd suspect...