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really great question, i've also ended late nights in east williamsburg/bushwick thinking why this wasn't happening back home in Boston. The nice thing about those areas is that they're really accessible by both subway/bus/now bikes, and all the bordering neighborhoods have a lot of interest in...

Rivian is a weird case because it isn't the most welcoming. I went to the Brooklyn location and they wouldn't let past the door without giving my email/phone number for contact. That alone makes it seem almost hostile for a store front. In a walkable neighborhood I shouldn't have to give up...

40 seats is so few, if this ever got momentum i feel like you'd have to watch some boats come and go before you even go on. It is stupid that Boston doesn't have more ferry/water-focused options. I've used the ferry in NYC a couple times to get around and it was surprisingly fast and well...

I'd rather take some snarky Billboards on the state border and public transit over foil weed packages littered on the street, street signs in the sidewalk advertising illegal deals, etc. It definitely is jarring after it being illegal for so long, but Mass has done it more tastefully than other...

At least it's better than NYC... most Mass dispensaries I've seen are clean and respectful of their surroundings. In NYC much less so

So if I was to put in a request for a new dock installation, I would direct it at the town/city and not towards BlueBikes?

And there are so many things to do away from downtown/the water! The best Portuguese/Cape Verdean food you'll ever have, some of the kindest and most genuine Bay Staters, a lot of hidden gems. I just can't recommend people to walk there in good faith.

don't forget Real Estate Office!

I really think Jon Mitchell would be stupid not to start some tourism advertising in Boston once the SCR service begins. Images of the Whaling Museum, Cisco/the Black Whale, hiking on trails in the area, that fancy hotel downtown. Obviously it'll be a stretch to a lot of people, but I could see...

it's kind of sad seeing all these Taco Bell Cantinas come into the region. I felt like for a long time you wouldn't see any YUM! Brand stores, and now every 3rd liquor license is for a Taco Bell Cantina. I wish we could see these licenses go to new bars or new restaurants, instead of a place...

I mean this would be demolishing an existing overpass and dropping a traffic light in the middle of it. This will turn two Routes that currently do not have to come to a complete halt and making them wait for each other. All the other Route 9 lights pretty much give priority to Route 9 (which...

Just saw this diagram on twitter detailing pre-approved plans that South Bend offers for developers: thought this was also a really interesting idea (especially for infill). Do you think this would be feasible for Boston and surrounding localities? I found mention of pre-approved plans as...

I have spent years of my life at signaled intersections along route 9. i'm always okay without adding another.

Interesting that the location was warehouse -> offices -> residential. One would think the warehouse bones of the building easier to convert to residential than a lot of more purpose-built office buildings that are more commonly discussed when it comes to residential conversion.

At this point a lot of senior housing is like college life. I remember reading that STDs were rampant in some because it's a lot of people with nothing to do hanging out in their bedrooms. And the drug culture discussion is avoided since it's all prescribed.

yeah that's true, but in 6-8 months it'll just be a dead part of a new building. I remember the Tesla stores going into the Natick Mall or the Pru, but eventual it becomes wasted space for commercial usage. You're not going to have returning customers, and it'll have less foot traffic than even...

There's a Rivian going in? Something about dealerships feels weird for downtown. I understand Tesla and Rivian are popular tech car companies, but people aren't really walking in every day to make a purchase, and once you've taken a look you get all you need. I also know (at least at NYC...

I assume many will fold over in the coming years, but I doubt that'll impact the buying up of campuses. Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, Emerson, and a bunch of others have enough in their endowment to stay open, have a bunch of prestige that will continue to attract students. I doubt the major Boston...

who knew brookline snootiness was actually walkability minded (/s). Photo from here. definitely believe that a dead end street with bike/walk measures is a great way to go here, but is much more effective with development around it. Just dropping a deadend in a lowly lit suburb might make...

congrats, you've found one one of the very few cases where JFK's location is actually convenient