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See, you can beat NIMBYs. You just have to wait for them to die. The stated reason was traffic. Arlington didn't want the Red Line to end in the town, meaning that more people would be driving through. If the RL was extended to Lexington and Rt 128, less traffic. Also, the station in Arlington...

That fun little conversation about DZ's pictures has been moved here. I suggest that if you don't appreciate someone's posts, feel free to ignore them.

I mean, I think it's a great building for sure. But that is still one of the worst public spaces in the city.

If we still did the archBoston awards I'd nominate this for Best New Development.

You can literally make the same argument about land preserves, forests, and large parks. It's a strawman argument that just ends up sounding classist. Fight against capped FAR limits next to transit stations, not this.

I see this all the time. Just an owner who isn't taking care of his property.

Going after golf courses is one of the most eye rolling "hills to die on" for Twitter YIMBYs. If they sell the land, redevelop it. But we have these things called stairs and elevators to solve our housing crisis.

WOW.

That headline is terrible.

Do we actually know this is about contamination? Or is it simply the perceived backlash from environmental groups?

Odd, for some reason the search didn't work for me.

45 Province. Yes, Condos. There used to be a thread about this, but I guess it didn't make the jump to the new forums.

Well, that's objectively better. But it's still lipstick on a pig.

Well, this is shit.

Not everything has to be housing.

Architect 1: What if we came up with a design which could create a harmony between the MFA and original WIT building? Architect 2: What if we did the complete opposite? Architect 1: Brilliant!

Why are all the ends of the lines cut off?

Holy shit. It's really happening!

HAHAHA wow. No amount of shine can make that look like it ain't gonna be a massive turd.

Just cancel it. Or do what Baker did and send it back to the drawing boards. Too bad all the responsible parties are virtually worthless. I'm willing to be there is already $1-2 billion in sunk costs already, so cutting a couple billion is probably out of the question.