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The last thing Boston needs is one of the pencil towers from NYC. They are just places for rich people to park their money and do absolutly nothing for the city.

One of the first concrete steps towards the Second Ave. Subway phase 2 just commenced. https://www.crainsnewyork.com/commercial-real-estate/mta-seize-nine-east-harlem-sites-second-avenue-subway-extension

The feds say phase 2 of the second avenue subway will now cost 7.7 billion dollars. Just keeps going up. https://gothamist.com/news/cost-of-second-ave-subway-extension-to-east-harlem-balloons-to-77b

Oof.

ok curved brick. I'm here for it. I think this building will really come down to what goes into the ground floor retail. With a big grocery store next door what other amenities will the building bring to this rapidly densifying neighborhood?

Yas! Burrito Me! I lived in Laconia for a handful of years and ate there on it's opening day! The people that run it are fabulous and I will claim they make the best burrito in New Hampshire. Sue me.

And we made it onto the Daily Show: Starts at 5:00.

And another..... https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/1149491284/martin-luther-king-mlk-statue-boston-consternation-laughs-reaction-coretta

It's not just reddit trolls. "Seneca Scott, a community organizer in Oakland, California, and cousin of Scott King, told CNN the statue was insulting to his family." https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/16/us/mlk-coretta-embrace-memorial-boston-mocked-reaj/index.html

New IBX study just dropped. https://new.mta.info/document/103686 Light rail has become the preferred alternative. I'm happy they didn't go with the bus concept but I have 3 major worries: 1)This seems to be a completely different system not within the current subway or regional rail fair...

While the Davis proposal is probably the least exciting it also seems to be the most reasonable. Gives the MBTA what it wants, doesn't try any engineering tricks, and squeezes in what appears to be three easily constructed buildings for more housing which everywhere needs.

If we still did the archboston awards I'd be nominating this picture. Love it!

Ya'll, I called this last year. It is not going to end well. See posts 156 -160.

there will be an outdoor "drop" style ride on the mid section part, the top is an observatory (images from another un-named other architecture board):

you all need to see this monstrosity coming our way at 740 8th ave (near Times Square): https://newyorkyimby.com/2022/10/rendering-revealed-excavation-begins-for-1067-foot-tower-at-740-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html other renderings from another unnamed architecture board....:

Holy cow. When scrolling I thought that "Webster Auto Sales" sign was on the building. I thought Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi were back with their decorated sheds writ large.

They mayor's screws up yet another thing. What even is he doing? https://queenseagle.com/all/2022/9/16/mayor-picks-queensway-over-new-subway-for-abandoned-rail-line-in-queens

I did a huge rant earlier about the interior design of the stage. I am so so so happy to see a detailed proscenium instead of the flat shapes they had in the renderings. It realy gives the room a reason for being there and a way for the audience to be enthralled before the show begins.

I mean, as I noted in the post you quoted, the board that hands out the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, disagrees with all of this but you do you boo.

I'm worry of feeding the troll but I think it is worth noting that the Pritzker Prize last year went to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, architects known for their reuse and refurbishment of existing buildings. Bringing an existing building back to life is more sustainable and more...