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    Reserved Channel Development | 300 West First Street | South Boston

    Page 36 from the project update presentation (posted here last week) says this. https://bpda.app.box.com/s/dg6g43ygsoidqr2zq2217ceukxwozdu0 https://bpda.app.box.com/s/dg6g43ygsoidqr2zq2217ceukxwozdu0
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    Quincy Infill and Small Developments

    > "Built to Last" > Stick-built 4 over 1
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    Nubian Sq. Parcel P-3 (nee Tremont Crossing) | Roxbury

    Absolute insanity here. Thank god they didn't build that.
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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    So like... demolish the entire addition that wraps the center structure and probably accounts for the majority of the building's SF? The original was pretty, I just don't see how they would ever go about "restoring" something so heavily added onto. It's pretty nice as is imo
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    Harvard Enterprise Research Campus | 100 Western Avenue | Allston

    "Outside look like inside, except inside more complex."
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    Suffolk Downs Redevelopment | East Boston/Revere

    I realize they're still super early in construction and the comparison isn't truly fair, but that instagram post comparing the lush, sunlit renderings to the overcast, glorified retention pond is sort of hilarious It's giving 2024 Willy Wonka Experience:
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    Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

    Maybe AI? Zoom into the cars and some details and it starts to look funky.
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    Metropolitan Storage Warehouse Redevelopment/Renovation (MIT) | 134 Mass. Ave | Cambridge

    Absolutely no way this would be housing without chopping it up significantly. Super thick masonry walls with tiny windows.
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    New-build classical architecture (evoking old styles)

    I find it sort of funny that they oriented the Lincoln memorial the wrong way in this mock-up, as if it has some perfect axial alignment with this useless new arch (probably just a staffer carelessly putting the model on the paper map). Some joke about the willful ignorance/incompetence of this...
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    Harvard Square Infill and Small Developments

    Harvard can do better. Snohetta did a nice job on the Center for Green Buildings just a half mile away a few years ago. https://www.snohetta.com/projects/harvard-housezero
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    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    Likely at least two, going here and here:
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    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    So glad this is finally done/wrapping up. Curious to see how the new fare gates impact that arched concourse space. This project had a really complex challenge of stitching between the existing head house, tracks, and bus terminal and it did...okay. I don't particularly like how the 2nd floor...
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    Brookline Infill and Small Developments

    Really great presentation by Speck. It's sad to see scheme 1 with just a revamped parking lot get as much support as it did. A 90 minute, dead simple explanation of how good urbanism works and how it can happen on the site - the audience still gave a parking lot 2-3 stars. Meanwhile option 5...
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    Vega (MXD Residential ) | 121 Broadway | Kendall Square

    "Vega" is less inspired than just the literal address?
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    Massachusetts State Flag (we need a better state flag)

    Some best ofs imo: I don't know if the fish's mouth is helping? Looks cartoon-ish. Wish the pine tree was green. Seal on bed sheet problem, but clean. Star inside the flower is nice. A little boring. Best of the whale tails. Still sort of awkward - tail profile is slightly...
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    Massachusetts State Flag (we need a better state flag)

    Surprised this hasn't been posted already. The commission uploaded all submissions here: https://www.mass.gov/doc/massachusetts-seal-flag-motto-submissions/download And a second round of 48 flags here: https://www.mass.gov/doc/seal-flag-motto-submissions-2nd-round-commissioner-selections/download
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    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    That's a temporary sign. Pretty sure they're gunna hang one here on the other side: Re: comment about food - they're opening up a renovated Regina opposite the McDonald's soon. SS is ugly but I appreciate some shitty cheap food. Moynihan is beautiful but bougie (somehow the bar there actually...
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    The Allston | 393 Cambridge Street, Allston | 7 Stories, 96 Room Hotel

    Looks like 5 different window studies on 1 building because they couldn't decide.
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    Somerville Infill and Small Developments

    Weird to split it up into two distinct material halves. Just make it one. I know people hate "super blocks" but this isn't that large to begin with. The massing is self-similar anyways.

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