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    Transit history/trivia quiz

    I'll guess Back Bay and Charles MGH.
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    Postmodernism deserves a little love too!

    I wanted to pull stick n move's post about "garbage suburban office space" over here to this thread, because I have a confession to make: I love the '80s/'90s light PoMo office park aesthetic. Absolutely adore it. When I was growing up, these were the places I kind of aspired to work in...
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    Porter Square Infill and Small Developments

    Decades ago, my dad went to the old appliance store in Perkins Square looking for a part only to be politely informed that the store was a front. Same vibes here. (Although I don't think the TVs are necessarily a sign of that - most hotel chains now have a "Welcome Guest" slideshow running when...
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    Patriot Place | Foxboro

    Gillette Stadium is back to FieldTurf, which means the monster trucks could finally invade last night. Thursday night shows are very uncommon, but BTS is playing the stadium next week and they requested a few extra days to setup. Didn't seem to hurt the attendance at all! It's weird to me how...
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    AI Redraws Boston

    That's ok, we don't need a connection to Summer St. there anyway. That one is scary in how perilously close it gets while still getting obvious stuff wrong - the Encore over in Cambridge, that weirdly canted building just behind 100 Federal, etc. There's a particularly bad AI Boston skyline...
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    Connecticut Trolley Museum - East Windsor, CT

    Don't know if this is the right part of the forum for this but figured folks would like shots of the Dino Trolley ride the family and I took yesterday. Very low key but good fun, our baby girl enjoyed it. Not the biggest museum in the world but what was there was cool, and there's a small fire...
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    Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part XX (2026)

    Wife had an appointment in town this morning so we headed over to Fanueil Hall for the Malibu Barbie Cafe. Which, frankly, was disappointing - she had a headache, and it was too crowded and noisy and we had to leave before even ordering. Which wouldn't have been a big deal except that you had to...
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    Copley Square Revamp | Back Bay

    I feel like people generally "Keep off the grass" as a default now, and only venture on to it either in scenarios where it's known that you're OK to be on the grass, or where there is some activity or thing that prompts you to go on it. The design here, with so much more hardscape, definitely...
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    General Boston Discussion

    I think it's relevant to post the 2025-2026 attendance stats: These are, by and large, just above AHL numbers. Which is fine, and I think a reasonable expectation for the league at this point. Both Montreal and Toronto's arenas' primary tenants are the AHL. I think it's better both for...
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    The New Residential Conversion Thread

    I was involved with trying to move a VA clinic up to the 16th floor of the McCormack (replacing the 250 Causeway clinic - gov't leasing rules require the GSA to offer space first), and it was ultimately scrapped later on after the renovation costs for healthcare were found to be too high...
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    Midtown Manhattan tower evacuated due to structural failures during renovation

    You don't. I think they're waiting to see if it stabilizes and then try to come up with a demo plan. The video from inside is pretty shocking, those guys should have spent more time getting out of there and less time getting photos. Lucky this hasn't yet turned into a Hard Rock New Orleans...
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    NYC Architecture and Development

    Well, this is not great! https://www.nbcnewyork.com/manhattan/fdny-responds-to-report-of-buckling-building-in-manhattan/6522605/
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    Cars

    Fast cars go vroom... Local homies Turner Motorsport, they used to be based in Amesbury but are now just over the border in Newton, NH:
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    Stadiums across the world

    And now for something completely different - the beautiful Watkins Glen International. 3.45 miles of a rollercoaster set on a hill above its namesake town and Seneca Lake. You can actually spot the track from the hills across the lake coming from the east. The main grandstand was originally at...
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    Kenmore Square North (WHOOP) | 533-541 Commonwealth Ave | Fenway

    We need a cringe emoji for this one. Yeesh. I still can't get over how cheap and plasticly The Whoop still looks to me. The windows look like saran wrap.
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    Bedford Developments

    I believe that lot was the VA's at one point in time but MCC has operated it for years now. All the time I worked at the hospital I never saw it used, so it's great to see this happening.
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    Canton Developments

    We pay $600/month for our fee out in Grafton. Stuff's expensive now.
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    Northeastern University Multipurpose Athletic Facility | 262 St. Botolph Street | Fenway

    That seems to be a new trend with the newer Hockey East rinks specifically. UConn's new rink has a nearly identical ice level lounge. The idea looks to be borrowed from some AHL and lower tier teams that play in larger arenas - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton has been doing it for a while (you can even...
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    South Boston Infill and Small Developments

    The existing building is the current Dorgan's, so this would be a huge win: https://maps.app.goo.gl/CruHDdVLEFd7gA667 As East Broadway gets taller, I'm starting to wonder if the clock is ticking on the current library getting a re-do.
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    Cars

    Framingham had a lovely little car show this morning for Father's Day. One of the highlights were turn-of-the-century cars built in MA, the first 2 in Waltham and the 4th one in Framingham. It's rare I go to a car show anymore and see something that totally baffles me. I thought this was a...

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