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Never mind the BB groups, imagine opposition from the abutters: BPX, St. Cecilia and the archdiocese, the BAC, the Berklee School, the new owner of 855 Boylston Street, the Sheraton (or whoever owns them nowadays), Northeastern University (Sheraton south tower), Druker (Colonnade), 4 Seasons...

What's the east-bound, subterranean-esque ditch thing from the West Front of LMC to the north-side, near where the D-Line goes surface?

I saw Steve Samuels after the ribbon cutting last week: LEGO has officially started moving into the building. Edit to add: I overlooked that themissinglink had already posted the LEGO move update. Sorry, and credit to them for getting there before my post. It was just so random to see Steve...

If 2 CGW ever actually happens, I'll eat my, er, iPhone? Scape can't even do daily trash disposal properly on the property (red violation tickets from ISD apear every day or so). How could they get it together to redevelop the site in the next 10 years, given the NIMBY's, Bowker rebuild...

Yeah, after Peebles let his son "take lead" on this project, I suspected it was going nowhere. 10 years later, and it's crickets from their home office. The state should cancel the Parcel 13 approval and put this (and, Parcel 15) back out for bid.

It felt oddly light in substance, and oddly heavily in self-congratulatory platitudes that didn't even bother to try and describe goals for the future other than "we must do gooder." Of course, I'm one of the forums famously grumpy curmudgeons, so take me with a grain of salt.

I chuckled at this McSweeney's comedy post from the other day on what events would've been held, had Boston hosted the 2024 Olympics. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sports-that-would-have-been-introduced-if-boston-hosted-the-2024-olympics

Just stumbled across this link tonight. Fascinating site with some deep research/info-vetting. Thanks for sharing!

Jaysus. In 2007, I lived for a hot second in a Brookline studio almost exactly this size and configuration (but with more storage), three buildings away from the old Holiday Inn on St. Paul Street. Rent? $750 a month.

Yeah, it wasn't so clear in the pics from the filing (and I missed that table in my quick scan of the PNF), but it was very evident in tonight's taskforce presentation that they propose a brick veneer cladding.

Holy cow, this one is moving fast. Task Force meeting ... tonight!

Samuels is supposed to be on the hook for regrading the entire intersection and making the four corners ADA-compliant, as part of mitigation. Veolia (or whatever they're called now), also has a steam pipe expansion project going from Mass Ave/Boylston west out through Ipswich for Fenway Corners...

All along the east side of Hemenway from Westland to Haviland, there is a double wide sort of pedestrian service alley. Popular for trash/recycling containers and drug use.

This is part of the Prudential PDA. Not sure height is allowed due to the agreement with the owners of the Lenox. I think BPX finally maxed out all the height they could under the PDA when they built that lump next to the Hynes.

The stream line reference made me smile. Apropos of nothing, I was reminded of those classic Sorkin-authored West Wing episodes when the Ainsley Hayes character was assigned an office in the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue. (Sorry, I'm punchy and free-associating. Been a long day.)

They're commonly used to protect the base of the tree from the errant hit by a bobcat or workers moving bulk material onto sites.

It was a full gut job and they ripped out the roof to go up a few feet in the back. You can see that from the plaza at the Star Market.

Anyone know why the Old Hancock spire has been dark recently? Feels like it's been out about two weeks now, not even the FAA beacon is lit. (Mods, please move if this is the wrong thread to query.)

I kind of agree. I don't have so much a problem with the **number** of joints, but that they're so inconsistent across the facets of David's projects. Some gaps are an inch, others (in the same plane or rise) are 7/8" or even 1.5". I've grumbled often to his design staff, but they keep doing it...

lol, taketern, that's a hilarious snap. I believe the technical term in the design world is "monumental signage," and wow. That is very much not monumental. Is Car Guru's trying preemptively sabotage themselves here, so as to enter into Chapter 9 and reorganize themselves?