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Its easier than that! He should invoke the IMAX rule where apparently showing aquatic films for a fee allows you to block waterfront access and just show Flipper, Finding Nemo and When Sharks Attack on a continuous loop in the building's lobby. The sky's the limit! ;)

So you're saying that despite a few inconveniences they've managed to stave off cannibalism? Huh. Maybe its possible here too then. ;)

Help me out here transit gurus. Springfield's about 100 miles away from Boston. From reading one of the articles the trains can top out between 60-75 mph along the route. That means at worse the train should get to SPG in an hour and a half. What's up with the extra 45-60 minutes? Is it...

They couldn't round up enough NIMBY's? Regarding shadows I agree with the comments here. No we don't want open space completely covered in shade but I agree with the notion that the length of time and time of year matters. Saner heads prevailed on the Winthrop Square development and...

More like he should put up a 5 foot tall sculpture of a middle finger pointed towards the Harbor Towers. :D

Its actually baseless NIMBY'ism. If people truly opposed these projects they wouldn't get built and Mahtty Walsh would have gotten turfed for some anti development loon. NIMBY's always claim near universal support from everyone who's not a developer or construction worker but recent elections...

Agreed, that height limit is stupid. Half way down New Chardon isn't near Beacon Hill. I'd be real curious just what kind of shadows a 600-800 foot building (or whatever the exact FAA limit is) truly casts on the residences on the other side of Cambridge St and for the most part its businesses...

Can't the state simply pass a law saying the height on this parcel is up to FAA limits? As in state trumps city, but feds (FAA in this case) trumps state? Zoning variance problem goes away and state maximizes its value. Whether nor not winning bidder chooses to build up to FAA levels is of...

Why is the max zoning 400 feet? Is it FAA related or something else? There's no parks around there that I can think of.

No not at all, and I wasn't implying that he was. In fact I think we should cut Chiofaro some slack given the restraints and complexities of the site, plus the additional fact that he's making money on the garage as is and could just sit on it until its no longer structurally sound which may...

When I think if the public good the most notable detriment to that idea is tax subsidies. That's come up recently with both the Worcester ballpark as well as the convention center expansion. While in those cases the first criteria is met as its empty space being built on, one can disagree as...

State can solve that problem real quick. Instead of marketing the property and then leave the development up to navigating a thicket of well funding Back Bay NIMBY's, the state should pass a law governing the sale of the property in which the terra firma part is zoned to reach as high as FAA...

My understanding is that the neighborhood was vehemently opposed to this. I recall some state politician making the same point, and then the next day immediately backtracking after apparently getting a talking to from his colleagues who represented the area.

I see our role as outsiders a little differently than some posters. Its akin to a quote I read about a dozen years or so ago from a Senator who supported a Supreme Court pick from a President in the opposite party. Something like "its not my job to only vote for someone who I would have picked...

I agree except for expanding transit east since that's the Atlantic Ocean which I'm going to need to see more details on. ;) One thing I will say is that places like Brockton, Plymouth, Taunton, Worcester and Attleboro aren't that expensive relative to Boston and are for the most part on...

I think you left something out which is most important. Boston population 1980: 563K. Boston population 2020: >700K A full 150 thousand more people live in the city vs 40 years ago, a whopping 26% increase. A bubble would be price increases with nothing to justify the increase. As Boston...

So what you're saying is the old Yogi Bera-ism: "nobody goes there anymore. its too crowded" :D Isn't your premise based on the notion that there's not enough people of means to afford the higher housing prices? As Boston's population growth seems to indicate, there's plenty of residents who...

I also think this deal is a little pricey but from Worcester's standpoint its more favorable than at first glance. The way I see it, the city is ponying up 92M (park construction + site acquisition + interest + operating costs - $45M from team) in order to receive $52M in infrastructure spending...

Maine is a beautiful state that I've been vacationing in all my life, as a kid with my parents, then with my wife when we were dating and now with my own kids. I would expect coastal tourism to remain strong from Kittery to Bar Harbor. But I don't think that's enough to sustain the state...

What do you suggest? Given the constraints?