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To add one data point: I live above a slightly upscale 2,500 SF bodega in Brooklyn. I'm not a big cook, but that bodega almost exclusively provided me my groceries throughout the pandemic. It has all of the produce, meats, and dry goods needed for the simpler 80% of home cooked meals. I presume...

And I know they're afraid of lawsuits, but the walkway could afford interesting views of Fenway if they hadn't opted for "Southern Border Wall".

Wow the Brookline Ave facade just keeps getting cheaper. Previous iterations: Current:

Apologies, I was responding to F-Line being ridiculous, but you and ErnieAdams were too quick.

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The buildings added to the righthand side of this image, are those based on any actual projects? I don't know of any proposals that large over there.

I echo @George_Apley's concerns and doubt anyone in Cambridge City Hall could stomach cutting off Prospect, Western, and River. But perhaps a more modest proposal like this, where a portion of Green and Magazine are given over to form a sizable plaza, could produce similar benefits while...

I don’t think anyone’s ever credibly argued that the Back Bay’s nightlife is so wild that the neighborhood is unfit for residential.

The updated Oxford Office building proposal http://archboston.com/community/threads/oxford-office-bldg-125-lincoln-st-leather-district.5794/post-388132

I wish the city had strong armed a facadectomy of the whole block here, but excited for this one regardless. I wonder if this development precludes redevelopment of the 250 Huntington parcel directly north. It would be fun to see a super skinny residential project snake up the side of this...

Respectfully, there's nothing about the first proposal that is suburban. Understated design =/= suburban. From an urbanism standpoint, there's a streetwall, no excessive setbacks, and the separate buildings are densely clustered. From a solely aesthetic standpoint, the design wasn't even that...

Well in the case of One Kenmore Sq, it already took home 2nd place last year https://archboston.com/community/threads/2019-archboston-award-winners.6154/#post-378553

I should’ve included this in my original post: While I’m quite happy with the current design, I too would have preferred a slimmer tower here. However, the zoning of the site meant the developer was always going to be maximizing square footage on the 50% of the parcel they’re allowed to build...

Feel free to file this as too tangential, as it's bureaucratic and software infrastructure as opposed to steel and concrete infrastructure, but indirectly it has a profound effect on the urban environment: Massachusetts' vaccine rollout. In 2020, states like New York built out clunky but mostly...

150 Cross St Parking Lot Parcels 25/26 on Kneeland St that no one wants As an aside, perhaps in the future this award could be widened to include most underutilized lots, in order to avoid the same highly visible empty lots being proposed year after year? I can think of a lot of spots that...

DOT's 2020 BUILD Grants. Unsurprisingly, the Trump admin's grants heavily favored rural and suburban highway projects over public transit. In the Boston area, that meant selecting an I-495/I-95 interchange project in Hopkinton over Blue Hill Ave BRT in Dorchester...

While Don Chiafaro's plans to redevelop the harbor garage have been cooking for awhile (the original harbor garage thread was started in 2006), we were not blessed with a name or designs for the Pinnacle at Central Wharf until Jan 2020. In my opinion, the obvious winner.

I'm saddened to realize that the new King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School was completed in the fall of 2019 (and didn't receive any nominations last year!), and I assume is therefore ineligible for this year's nominations. The first school in MA to produce net zero carbon emissions and the...

The first two proposals :love:. The Urbanica proposal rebuilds the pier, which the Charlestown Bridge article says would be expensive, and is also all affordable. Seems difficult to believe that that pencils.

Stephanie Pollack appointed to deputy administrator of FHWA, and acting administrator until one is confirmed by the Senate. At MassDOT, Jamey Tesler, who is currently the head of the RMV, will serve as acting transportation secretary. New England pols are a hot commodity in this admin...