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Oooooof……… https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/28/business/simmons-university-sees-credit-rating-slashed-junk-by-moodys/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

I dunno about the folks here claiming it’s a 25 minute walk. Google Maps says it is 0.8 miles - - 18 minutes by foot, 6 minutes by bike.

Damn, that last balcony view of the skyline pic may be worth the emphysema!

Wasn’t that Gertrude Stein’s take on Oakland?

It’s too garish for Disney.

I agree - - and you're so right about 100 Centre Street (the gray bunker to the left). My folks lived there a few years - - very sweet staff work there, but wow, it must have been built by the Bulgarian Government in 1970.

from the article: ".....The Salem City Council approved the amendments to the city's zoning code in a 10-1 vote at its meeting last Thursday (with the lone opposition vote coming from Ward 1 City Councilor Cynthia Jerzylo) following a unanimous recommendation from the city's Planning Board....."...

This is from 3 weeks ago, and I'm sure more progress has been made, but it's the most thorough video experience I've seen so far (I sure hope they do more on the platforms to make it look less "Mogadishu"):

To be sure, but along with those very valid reasons, alot of the "slower" is because of Ballantyne. The new Mayor - whether Wilson or Burnley will be a big change - - I see both (for different reasons) being more of a wider spigot for dense residential construction going forward. Pro-developer...

Yeah, I did a double-take also when the previous poster said that about Everett, while praising Somerville. Everett is hitting far above its weight class re: residential unit building. Given the golden platter Somerville has been bestowed with the GLX, their current rate is disappointing. I...

To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw: '"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I wonder what a project would have looked like if developed by Steve Samuels and ask why not". :)

Preach (y)

I can’t believe it’s come to this - - perhaps Malcolm Gay’s article yesterday vacant awaken the Powers That Be? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/22/arts/boston-public-library-mckim-building-decay-renovation/?p1=BGSearch_Advanced_Results

Not kidding.

Damn right - this is a huge gamechanger for that area...

Great pics, Arenacale! And your final comment hits the spot - - sometimes a new building isn't 'just a new building'. Put in the right place, it can be far more - a vibe changing catalyst to an area becoming more dynamic, lively and prosperous. There may not be a lot of 40 story skyscrapers...

If true, then the the City and Commonwealth policy (although altruistic) shoots itself in the foot - - - if they allowed 100/100 - the very same nominal amount of affordable units would be made available in a better quality building for those very tenants with more dynamic life and services...

Why not keep the ORIGINAL building but 100 affordable and 100 market rate?????? Build the larger, better looking building for an urban area, get the financing and have more people living in the district?????

The development lot next door (old vacant Post Office building) just got financing: https://www.bldup.com/posts/54m-in-construction-financing-secured-for-allston-development

I guess what the residents would properly be called, given this new name, they technically can't be carnivores. ;) (It really is a cool building - I'd love to be a Vegan).