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Absolutely too lenient. Moving violations are within a 12 month window, so should these violations. I have heard of multiple people in the city not paying for parking because they have done the math in that the parking tickets they receive for illegally parking do not approach what it would cost...

Utterly ridiculous! Massive waste of money and land. 100%!! I said the same thing when this was made public almost exactly 1 year ago. Rather than this colossal waste of resources and land, we could open up government owned parcels for housing or additional commercial.

Redeveloping this parking lot will be great for the overall campus at WIT. Facade seems to be a bit bland, but its possible that the finish is intended to be in the background to some of the other buildings such as Wentworth Hall and such. Interesting the city website says 18 stories when the...

Walking in this morning I watched this truck give zero regard to the cycle track on Milk Street. Just turned into the lane and presumably drove right over the flex posts to leave. Nothing quite like disregard for the cycle track when there is a parking/loading space not even a block east...

All good. I looked on the previous page and found an image that shows the red outlined lot as a public plaza that would connect Switchpoint to Hancock. Presumably if it is being rendered in such a way, it is somehow included in the scope of the project, leaving who is doing the actual work (city...

Is the cleared lot adjacent to this building truly going to be public open space? Is this by this developer or is that a city project? Apologies for the uninformed question.

I saw this on Reddit as well and thought it could either be a base for a smaller crane such as this... Or maybe due to the extents of the renovation it will be the base for a buckhoist, construction elevator.

Would it not just be easier to discuss a better way of naming threads? I know things can change through the process, but presumably moderators have the ability to rename threads after creation. This is how another thread that I am active on titles threads... Personally I am a fan of more...

I think utilizing the arguement that long temporary measures will make this a highway expansion is a very silly argument. No matter how long those temporary measures have been in place. Technically the road is designed as four lanes between Newton Corner and Pru so the roadway is a 4-lane road...

While complex, the building should absolutely be adaptively reused. The right team is definitely needed to pursue such a goal, but I agree completely with the notion that we should work with the existing building to create something new. I started looking at this site before moving back and I am...

Really like that internal, piazza-like space for the building. I don't think I have ever walked the internal street of this block, but this is at least strives to pull folks into them.

This would be a great improvement. Similar to the Blue Hill Ave conversation, bike lanes would be a great plus (I want them as much as possible) but the bus lanes are the shining gem of that proposal. I get a kick out of the folks who talk about not seeing bikes as a reason for not have the...

I feel like many of the large, national developers tend to have more stringent standards for their parking ratios no matter their location. 1.13 spots per unit feels high, but is pretty comparable to other parts of the nation for them. These national developers are kinda similar to grocery...

So the publicly accessible pass-through... Is that intended to connect to this small parcel on the otherside of the Pike? Do we think this is purely a pedestrian bridge or do we think there is larger, air-rights projects that will be associated to that parcel??

Well attended public meeting last night at Gillette headquarters (Presentation Link). Lots of concern about height (most wanting shorter, some wanting taller) and lots of questions regarding the open space coupled with a future civic space. Development team mentioned that Municipal Harbor Plans...

Looking at the architect's website, this option was at least explored. No way of knowing why it wasn't integrated into the project. Unfortunate. The rendering utilized does look like a Mass Timber type structure (could be steel dressed up though) which could be very exciting. Source: Oudens...

It's actually only providing 5 parking spots according to the SPRA and Planning department's description. Solid infill. not the prettiest looking thing, but providing units nonetheless.

I like the wide variation between buildings. Each building is going to have its own brand and identity. The ground floor is where the vast majority of people will experience and that is vast improvement on what is currently there and throughout the city. This development is creating its own node...

I get what you are saying by wanting something of more substance backing up the decision making process. I think what others are pointing out, is that substance may be hard to find on CHA specifically. It appears that my image snip did not come through my last post, but for the specific project...

While I understand where you're coming from, in regards to transportation - or more importantly Right-of-Way Equity - the data will almost always be skewed. Many social programs in general will end up with skewed data. I would be interested in seeing the walkers/cyclists/drivers data, but I'd be...