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What losses is he cutting? He's making millions of dollars each year in profits on the garage and despite stellar's insinuation I've seen nothing reported about the structure needing major repairs anytime soon. Basically he has a financial incentive to keep the garage exactly as is unless he's...

Pure speculation on my part but I think as an out of Towner the CLF probably got to her first when she arrived to run the NEAQ and told her that their billionaire benefactor was really into blocking the garage development, and if she helped out he might become the aquarium's benefactor as well...

Why is this project asking for a $100M handout? Either there's a market for this building or there's not. No need for public money beyond infrastructure.

The whole problem with this development is the total misconception from NIMBY's that they have Chiofaro over a barrel. The oft disproven theory that he paid too much for the garage and is losing money. As we proved out here using actual math he and his partners are in fact making millions, and...

I'll take the Aquarium seriously on this subject the minute they tear down the waterfront blocking IMAX theater and not a moment sooner.

Where the CLF grifters screwed up is getting a ruling that affected all development up and down the coast going back decades instead of something narrow regarding the garage. Now in an effort to head of frivolous lawsuits that you know are coming over already built projects, the entire state...

That "settlement" was a "here assholes now get lost" payment that the CLF should have been too embarrassed to take! 13M over 35 years? That's a little over 350K a year which is a drop in the bucket for a project like this.

Wasn't this project still being sued by the Continuous Lawsuits Frivolous grifters two years ago?

When I was at BU the school brochures and other literature would state that the school was in Back Bay with Packards corner I presume as the border for crossing into Allston.

Tell us how you really feel.

I remember getting a steady diet of 1) the Braves, 2) the Mets (wwor or something out of Secaucus) and 3) the Yankees believe it or not (channel 26?). You can't ever forget Phil Rizzuto (sp?) calling a game. :oops:

A few thoughts: 1) agree about the team owners trashing Fenway 20 years ago, but that was during the utterly corrupt and inept era where a trust owned the team and was governed by a CEO (Harrington) who didn't have any of his own money in the team but was looking for a big payday if the trust...

I think blasting the Aquarium for their opposition and their motivations is a legit discussion. Maybe a discussion about the odors that penguins generate in a closed space belong somewhere else. Also johnny I'm a bit surprised you haven't advocated for turning the NEAQ into affordable housing...

Even though I'll be ponying up for the new high school, the old one needed to go. We took a tour of it and it's a mish mash of 100 year old buildings connected not very well to a subsequent half dozen add ons over the next 60 years of its life. I don't believe any updates have happened since...

So, you're saying it ended up being a moot point?

Nothing personal but I think many of us saw all the predictions made with certainty that Winthrop Square, South Station Tower, Whiskey Priest site etc were all dead and buried last year. I chalk up the glut of office space prediction with those earlier ones. The problem with shared...

That's what I was thinking as well. Any legal beagles out here who can add some clarity? The ruling seems to be that a different agency needs to sign off. So, get them to sign off and call it a day.

https://turnto10.com/news/local/construction-ramps-up-for-south-coast-rail-project Another update.

But it's not the developer's job to build a bridge. It's the city's. This is why we get boring architecture. By the time everybody gets paid off the offsetting savings come out of the building design.

I'm still not sure why building desperately needed housing near transit is generating so much angst. Cambridge unlike almost every other municipality is really stepping up and constructing new apartments quickly. Regarding traffic, it was a problem before and will remain one until flying cars...