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Yeah, I've designed a weld that wasn't actually possible to manufacture as well. In my case, the shop just substituted a thinner piece of metal without telling me because the thickness I specified wouldn't weld. It actually failed in the field and broke a very nice piece of test equipment owned...

I remember being taken into one such space in the building that now houses Greentown Labs near Union Sq in Somerville years ago (I was never musical, but I was helping a coworker who was move some equipment) and being really taken aback by the ancient building with crufted layers of cultural...

Won't be a problem once the Mystic Riviera ferry route opens ;)

Didn't Wistia (social media company, previous HQ'ed around the block on Tudor St) move in there? Not sure if they moved or expanded, actually. Wistia's website lists that as their address.

Having a few big box stores around is useful - I got a window AC unit from this best buy last year for example. You can get em on Amazon but shipping and returns are annoying for something so bulky. We won't really be in trouble until the Home Depots in Assembly and Gateway Center go. At that...

Fuel storage at least is just going to substantially go away. It has too, we can't keep running our society on burning stuff. Moreover I don't like this underlying assumption that "modern industry isn't real industry". A lab is an industrial building by any reasonable standard. I mean, the...

I'm sorry, it's just... all the color choices used, and those support legs down the sides and... it just REALLY looks like two dogs humping. Which, from what I've overheard in the building, is what the current tenants are calling the design.

The uHub article notes that these buildings were already considered non-marine, so there is no loss of space available for marine use. Also that maintaining access for the drydock remains a requirement.

It looks a "research center" or "tech lab" or something from a late 90's RTS game. This is mild praise in case it wasn't clear.

I think in a dense environment, a suspended monorail and a normal elevated rail line (mono or not) are really about the same. The only big difference is the suspended monorail can't come down to grade to save cost on the outskirts of the line. Which is why you do see a few of them in super dense...

Even calling it that is generous. It was a mowed field that saw occasional use before the pandemic, now it's basically where a pokemon trainer starting in Assembly would catch their first pidgey.

Not fighting about graffiti only works if both sides agree to the ceasefire. You can't expect one side of the argument to sit it out and the other side to use that as an excuse to make snippy comments without pushback.

They really shouldn't have used three shades of blue-grey and then put transparent overlays on top. I know that's the courthouse on the top left, why is it "proposed building" colored instead of "existing building" colored? Why is the new building in the courthouse parking lot (that doesn't...

I think it's fine and good that it "doesn't feel like Somerville" - it's positive when a city gets large enough to develop unique neighborhoods that feel different. What isn't good is how cut off the neighborhood is to it's neighbors. The path along the river to Sullivan is going to really help...

Why would you not keep orange going down the commuter rail ROW so that orange and green meet at Needham Junction? Since the track already exists, it should be cheap to do, right?

Posts #26, 27, and 28 are in the wrong thread, right? I got so confused when the thread suddenly warped to Revere.

Been a few months, not much new to update on: 1) The parking lot in the front of the site is still a parking lot (the hotel) 2) Concrete casting for the 1st floor is still slowly proceeding (the residence) 3) The parking garage has railings and fire suppression in now, I guess they are finishing...

I had a whole reply about the graffiti but I think it's actually best if we not re-open that discussion and clutter up the thread again.

Are the tank farms owned by the same entity? (Chelsea Creek and Mystic River) I'd assume the operating company would be best positioned to know if it's time to consolidate those facilities down to 1 and cash out on the land. It does seem farfetched to me that both facilities could close. Seems...

I think it's just because it was the new/optimistic/futuristic style when I was a kid growing up, but 90's pomo has a special place in my heart as well. Walking into the Galleria for the first time back in the late 90s was actually pretty impressive for a kid from the sticks. Oh well, onward and...