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Eh, you have a point, and there is more development happening soon like C-Mart and the corner of East Berkeley and Washington - but the nearby AC Hotel didn't go as high as zoning permitted, there's still a lot of parking lots all down Washington, and the Tufts garage on Herald is crumbling...

Regarding the likelihood of Parcel 21 becoming a tower if not a park, as I opined in the Air Rights thread: As of a year ago there were basically empty lots on solid ground right on the other side of Marginal from these parcels, and they are actively under development into something that seems...

I know I've been pretty consistently negative about City Hall/the plaza for a long time, but this update does nothing to change my feelings about it and I totally agree with the other posters that this completely sucks. How many thousands of people would WANT to "activate" this horrible, barren...

Relocate the HVAC units from the center area of the roof, remove the entire roof above the vendor area, replace with a slightly domed or pitched glass ceiling that drains water towards gutters on the edges. People entering the main hall immediate get a gorgeous view of the new tower extending...

Some tangential contextual things for this new development: Prime yourself with the old "A Civic Vision for Turnpike Air Rights in Boston" for a 2000-era Menino perspective on the air rights situation. See specifically page 49 for their studies on alternate routing for Marginal/Herald (they...

There are also a few that may be confusing to visitors or casual users: Fenway - not the best stop for Fenway Park (which is Kenmore), or even much of the neighborhood itself. Perhaps rename Kenmore "Fenway/Kenmore" per the common neighborhood name, but I'm not sure about Fenway station itself...

I understand this argument but find it to be unpersuasive. It is currently a vacant department store and maybe a future sporting goods store. How many affordable apartments or condos are there in THOSE previous or future site conditions? Even if you don't happen to agree with the above...

Looking at OpenStreetMap and OpenRailwayMap, not much looks to be under it - unlike some of the Prudential Center complex, it's a comfortable distance from the Green Line tunnels on Boylston and Exeter, as well as the Pike and train tunnels a block south. This makes perfect sense, since...

Hmm, somewhat addressing my traffic concern, they seem to show the uphill part of Albany getting a road diet to 2 lanes, which may help. Their rendered sidewalk and streetlights are kind of overlayed on a traffic lane, at least. The intersection to the north of Kneeland really should have a...

The Parcel 25 thread devolved into chaos and was locked so I'll post this here - I noticed Google Maps has a marker on this site called "Moody Nolan Tower" With a URL to this portfolio: http://moodynolan.com/portfolio/106148/ In addition to the front and back photos posted above, they have a...

Hot tip: this is going to be quite a sight to see rise from the Independence Wharf observation deck:

He also was very likely assassinated by the US government itself.

I've seen it in person. It's a tad too large for what it is (something of equal mass but with torsos and heads would seem more proportional) and the disembodied arms look David Cronenberg-esque. The color of the statue, a dull matte brown instead of the reflective bronze of the renders, is muddy...

Damn, so in a week we get stuck with a crappy (pun intended) statue forever AND nobody will think or talk about it?

It's pretty dire when The Babylon Bee, a satire page similar to The Onion but with a conservative Christian bent, gets some good shots in:

Of course they realized the statue looked simultaneously like Coretta Scott King's hands displaying a phallus or a turd, or a person performing fellatio (depending on the angle). They clearly went ahead with this design on purpose, because good public art gets people talking about it and freely...

A very valid position echoed by one of the top comments on the major subreddit r/pics, where the picture of the statue recently received "not safe for work" censoring:

I think you're right about this part - a lot of people in the replies to this tweet believe it looks like someone performing oral sex. Facebook and Twitter (and people I've spoken to in real life) are of similar opinions... one person who saw it for the first time with me thought it was...

If you figure out how to submit feedback, Google also still draws the Orange line to run underneath the Devonshire St. entrance to State St. Station, rather than following Washington to the Court/State intersection and then between the buildings on City Hall Plaza. And there is a similar...