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Why the heck isn’t Brian Shortsleeve the CEO of Brightline? The gig seems right up his alley.

I am amused that there appear to be desks inside 7 Hartwell.

I think it’s just the remaining foundations from the prior buildings. The site hasn’t been active the past two weeks, except for removing the excavator used for demolition.

Cambridge Friends has been having some serious issues with enrollment and staffing. I’m not surprised that they are monetizing their property. The rest of the property may become available before too long.

The bags of soil they had been excavating were for a trichloroethylene plume. It was probably leftover from one of the industrial uses along the former canal.

I really want the curbs there to keep drivers from taking the right from Broadway westbound onto Warner. Nevermind the mopeds that YOLO their way through the circle.

They removed the crosswalks when they added the flex posts and bike lanes.

…and they’re gone.

The driveway from the on-ramp to Route 2 is there beyond the garage. It also has a bike path to the Russell Field head house plaza. I think the Hi-Rail access will be on the far side of the garage, crossing that bike path to the driveway.

The corner of Mass Ave and Milton.

Progress on the reconstruction of the Minuteman near Alewife.

They erected the parking garage over the winter. The middle has the pilings and foundations for another building. It will be weird if they open the parking and force tenants to navigate the stalled construction.

You are right… I was trying to remember how old I was when I got to tour the partially built IMAX and climb the scaffold supporting the screen.

The IMAX and associated wing were built in the 1990s.

I have found that understanding the editorial choices of the Globe today can be helped by asking “What would John Henry gain or lose from this?”

The OKS landlord has been very reticent about filling the retail spaces. They have kept it clean and generally covered the vacant windows, but it’s a dead zone.

That looks like it might be 1971ish by the scaffolding visible on the Harbor Towers.