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  1. BACsop

    South End Infill and Small Developments

    Just want to say I love the way you organize your posts. All the detail and organization is much appreciated!
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    Commuters Ditched Public Transit for Work From Home. Now There’s a Crisis.

    The Conservatives in Canada are often supportive of mass transit, or at the very least there's no knee-jerk anti-urban bias against it. Doug Ford is famously pro-subway and even Pierre Poilievre, before his disastrous election defeat this spring, had campaigned on a platform of rewarding cities...
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    Boston Skyline Photos

    July 26, 2025:
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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    https://www.universalhub.com/2025/elevated-sunset Orange Line El in July, 1979:
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    Other People's Rail: Amtrak, commuter rail, rapid transit news & views outside New England

    Just read this today. Very moving piece with some great data visualizations--worth a read.
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    Roads and Highways General Development Thread

    https://mass.streetsblog.org/2025/07/22/healey-administration-offers-state-land-for-housing-but-bloated-road-right-of-way-remains-off-limits
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    Healthpeak Cambridge Point | Alewife Quadrangle | West Cambridge

    UHub's coverage: https://www.universalhub.com/2025/developer-proposes-46-acre-project-cambridge-would-include-2076 Not thrilled about bringing 4,000+ parking spaces to the area, but I imagine they probably envision a fairly high drive modeshare for the office/lab given that the regional transit...
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    Salem MA Developments

    Does Does the rail trail running by that development go all the way to Marblehead? It looks like it based on Google Maps but I've never ridden it!
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    Wind Turbines in Mass

    https://commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/could-canadian-offshore-wind-help-mass-meet-climate-goals/
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    New Red and Orange Line Cars

    https://commonwealthbeacon.org/transportation/us-customs-detains-8-red-line-subway-cars-in-philadelphia/
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    Moderna Science Center | 325 Binney Street | Kendall Square

    I didn't realize until recently that there's a publicly-accessible (at least dawn to dusk) green space behind this building, which contains a number of the geothermal wells that were drilled for this project. There also appears to be a beehive? Nice little space but it's not permeable at all...
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    General Boston Discussion

    https://baystatebanner.com/2025/07/16/chinatown-residents-express-concerns-about-rezoning-by-the-city/
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    The New Residential Conversion Thread

    https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/07/18/boston-office-residential-housing-conversion-michelle-wu-seaport
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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    https://www.universalhub.com/2025/when-sears-and-car-were-king
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    General Portland Discussion

    The Downeaster doesn't stop in Lowell.
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    Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

    I believe Weston has the highest household income of any community in the Commonwealth, except maybe Dover (which has a "built" form a lot like Weston). Pretty much explains it--it is designed to be exclusionary.

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