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The sign says open, but the Bates Motel looks more inviting. I couldn’t see a single human through the windows.

That’s not too far from the crayon ideas I had years ago. I think I settled on a roundabout for surface streets only. One idea had no access to or from 2. The other had westbound 2 accessible from 2A by the DPW and eastbound 2 accessible from Comm Ave by the prison lot.

The real test is which REM album you anchor to.

It’s a cheap place to store aircraft overnight.

I wish they would remove the drop ceiling, which I suspect is concealing some interior detailing, and reopen the windows on Summer Street.

That crossing has been closed for decades. I suspect most traffic diverts through the rotary or Piper Rd.

35 Cherry. This is a 100% affordable 10 unit project by Just A Start. The lot was the long vacant one owned by MIT.

I think there might need to be a technical/regulatory solution to the gig app traffic problem, but that’s another thread.

That will be a non-starter for the stretch between Crosby’s Corner and the rotary. It has been litigated and relitigated multiple times. The superhighway plan of the 60s went down in flames when folks realized how much of the battle road would get impacted. The Walden Woods Project catalyzed...

I suspect this project will lead to pressure to close the various intersections between the rotary and the 111 exit. At the very least, the Taylor Rd light might get replaced with a bridge over the local street. It’s been a magnet for collisions for decades. Local traffic would shift to the...

32 Webster is up for ZBA approval with a variant on the Bold and Sharp design.

The article also includes an image of work on the Baker Ave/Elm St intersection. Question: what about the induced demand, if the natural bottleneck of the rotary is removed? Is MassDOT contemplating that?

The Church Court Condominiums on Beacon St are the gold standard of church reuse in Boston.

I’ll allow Hoodsie Way, but all the others are deep cuts.

Supertest St… Someone needs to get fired for proposing or retaining that name.

The juxtaposition of a failed vision of urban renewal and the ongoing attempt to correct that.

There’s a lingering distaste for handing MA feddy bucks after the Big Dig.

They are staging components for the second tower crane. Also, the steel core is giving off strong panic room vibes.

The neo-mansard is becoming a design cliche for hiding the third floor. At least this one is pretty well done.

Possibly due to weight restrictions at the maximum boom reach.