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I hate to raise the alarm, but the bar situation in central Boston is in such crises that the city is now at least at the Defcon 2 level. I blame the cost of liquor licenses in Boston; the whole city center drinking scene has become some sort of vaguely corporate swanky utopia. For a city of...

I can't see the pic from stevebikes either

"BCDC gave it's approval" I say BCDC needs to grow a pair...

^ Your referring to the beer garden. Someone took pics and posted on one of the threads.

Taking away at what significantly makes the streetwall interesting, overall I'm happy to see the rehab of the buildings in this project, but the loss of the ornamentation is such a shame.

It's a lot of driving, but may be a good fit for those with limited mobility: Take a very scenic drive around Marblehead neck, Marblehead, then up the coast through Beverly Farms, Manchester by the Sea, Gloucester, go over to the Eastern point part of gloucester, the Rudder restaurant is a...

Over the years, I've observed that a group of people act differently depending on the atmosphere they are put into. By way of example, I'd go to happy hour with the work crew to an upscale place and I've noticed it kind of permeates the conversation, people act more professional and corporate...

Boston has taken baby steps to change the situation, but so much needs to be done to help local entrepreneurs without a large amount of capital backing. Increasing the availability of geographically restricted liquor licenses in outlying Boston neighborhoods doesn't help the situation/economic...

The problem is that they are too aggressively structuring the dynamic pricing model. I understand the rationale for raising rates at garages that are at 100% capacity. However the problem is on the other end with the lots that are below full capacity, they are not lowering the cost of parking...

My 2 cents - in theory I like the idea of dynamic pricing but intuition tells me the mbta adjusted the thresholds so they could hide the reality that this is a fairly large cost increase for commuters overall. The net result is that the mbta project millions of dollars of extra revenue to be...

I agree and also think it's a missed opportunity mostly because a larger building could have somewhat visually hemmed in the greenway in this neck of the woods. In this part of Boston the greenway can often seem like a yawning chasm. It is a reminder that the promise to knit the city back...

Van or KZ or anyone, Sorry to go off topic for the thread, but I have a question after viewing the streetview link? Is there a reason many new mid-block high rises in Manhattan have setbacks from the curb. Zoning incentives? neighborhood pressure? I noticed a quite a few similar high rises...

Straight talk express - to the point and direct. I like it.

I love this building too - It looks like a "real building" as opposed to the glass boxes so en vogue these days

29 storefronts is the operative word here. 29 storefronts in a one block stretch (or two block stretch depending on how you view bromfield). They ain't making new streets downtown, like Bromfield, which are ideal for small local retail/commercial use these days. Boston should be doing...

Thank you for taking the time to update us on Ablarc, his contributions to archBoston were exceptional and he will be missed.

Causeway St and the area leading into City sq Charlestown has changed in feel perhaps more than any other corner of Boston in the last 25 years. It certainly feels brighter and maybe more prosperous, but yet less urban than in the early 90s. I would have preferred restoration or rebuilding of...

I think it may actually be relocating to 100 High St. but not 100% sure

Red Barn in Faneuil Hall was my go to spot too, unfortunately I found out last Friday from a city worker behind the construction fence that Red Barn isn't reopening in that location. The first floor of Faneuil Hall reopened yesterday. I did not want to believe the bad news so I went inside to...

Count me in for saving the corner building, it's an important visual anchor and even more important these days given the other side of Kenmore Square was almost entirely remade by the Hotel Commonwealth