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More detail from that article from a different source. Interestingly at least in the current year some suburbs are adding multifamily housing at much higher levels than Boston on a per capita basis...

Loved this post!

I hope your right and that Suffolk keeps a bit of vitality on the street. Contrast Emerson College which seems to have taken over and sanitized much of the Alley and Boylston St. There used to be a handful of bars/nightclubs there that have all but evaporated.

Silvertone's 600k liquor license going to the Seaport. The article paints a bleak outlook for nightlife in downtown crossing/financial district...

I had a good breakfast at Ann Sather in Lake View, lots of Scandinavian options on the menu. For lunch in the Loop, I enjoyed the atmosphere and german food at the Berghoff.

well with that exquisite attention to detail I can understand why:ROFLMAO:

Not as soon as you might think unfortunately. I thought I read somewhere that it would be substantially reopened by the end of 2024.

Just feet outside of the back bay landmark district and this building was a goner, the city of Boston doesn't seem to have a particularly robust or effective historic preservation strategy in place for new developments outside of designated landmark districts.

Maybe the city should drop the policy in the high interest rate environment to jump start developments? Then in a couple of years if development is booming with lower interest rates and plenty of housing is coming on line then the city can afford to be a bit more demanding with policy goals...

yes, you're correct liquor licenses are controlled by the state, but the focus for Wu and other Boston pols is requesting state permission/home rule petitions to increase geographically restricted licenses in the outlying neighborhoods. This is a important goal in itself, but there seems to be...

Wu could also try to prioritize nightlife downtown, some cities have created nightlife zones with success. We often hear that given the scarcity of liquor licenses, many licenses have been siphoned from outlying neighborhoods to the seaport, back bay etc. The response of the city has been to...

Article regarding why housing is so expensive in Boston: https://www.boston.com/real-estate/local-news/2024/07/22/why-is-housing-in-boston-so-expensive/ edit: I see that Charlie MTA already posted this same article in the "Idea for fixing the housing shortage" thread in the "Design a Better...

I don't know how you do it with your camera, but you even make power lines look alluring!!

that's kansas city I believe

Anecdotally, relative to other major cities, it does seem to me that Mayor Wu and the city leadership have been very complacent in regard to trying to spark economic activity. The talking points are very often about equity and climate goals and while these are often worthwhile efforts, it...

I too wonder what the long term holds, it's obvious that the extra 4% tax will generate income in the near term. This year even more than expected, perhaps because the stock market has been on a tear so capital gain taxes are up and home values are up as well. We know there has been and...

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/03/28/boston-empty-offices-property-tax-shortfall-plan Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to file legislation that would allow the city to increase property tax rates on businesses beyond the limit set by the state, city officials told reporters Thursday. The move...

Ironic that a gut job of what was a homely and sick building turns out better than the vast majority of new construction in Boston

My 2 cents.... downtown crossing had issues even before the pandemic, but now post covid the area is less active. Fortunately, at this point, it appears Boston has avoided major problems that other downtown area have faced such as San Francisco, Portland etc, but my feeling is that area is...

Like Java King, I also moved here from Nebraska. I arrived in 1993 for law school and stayed thereafter. Lived in Beacon Hill, North End, Charlestown and Roslindale, had three kids and eventually moved to the suburbs. Like others echoed, nightlife options for younger people seemed to have...