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I mean this sincerely, not sarcastically: can you locate candid photographic evidence of the newly-planted trees providing - not just SHADOWS on the brick - but comforting SHADE for actual humans performing an activity on the plaza for a duration of time? Such as, providing a more comfortable...

I think this is a fantastic idea. Further, gutting the first floor of the JFK building that faces the plaza to install restaurant spaces with patios and awnings (or, hell, even just drag in popup trailers for a pilot program like they've done for the Seaport Common) would help make the Plaza an...

This is the BPDA's Shadow Map manually configured for right now, 10am on June 7th:

I think our problem here is that we're communicating via the typewriter in Fringe, and you guys occupy the parallel universe to mine where City Hall Plaza is a beloved, welcoming, comfortable space for human beings. I live in the other one.

Google Street View of Piazza del Campo, Siena (population: 53,772): Google Street View of City Hall Plaza, Boston (population: 654,776):

Scavenger hunt, next time you're there, swing by the Birth/Death/Marriage License area and try to find the part of the ceiling where the concrete has crumbled away to reveal rebar.

I mean, I'm always happy to do this dance. I live downtown, and was last at City Hall Plaza 4 days ago on Saturday as part of giving a little afternoon walking tour of the city to a visiting guest before an early dinner. There were fewer than 3 people in the plaza at the time (not counting us)...

Private parking lot next to (but unrelated to) the Narragansett beer corporate office building, I believe.

Since they first announced AFC 2.0 what seems like 25 years ago, a common sticker-shock retort was "at this point, couldn't they save money by just eliminating fares?" - if that math didn't check out then, it's on track to by the time this goes live.

Chinatown does indeed have the worst air quality in the state and many things should be done urgently to address this, but I've got some bad news about many other places in the city: An exploratory analysis of sociodemographic characteristics with ultrafine particle concentrations in Boston, MA

Well, if you did, you'd be in good company. Lots of young people looking for affordable housing close to downtown live in that area. If you wanted to socialize your pup within a 5 min walk of this site, off the top of my head I'd suggest the fenced dog parks north of Eliot Norton Park, south of...

The entire Ink Block is on the exact other side of the Pike trench to this site

They just spent one billion dollars to plant 30 trees and build a playground on a corner of the plaza

I just realized the thesis PDF link in the article is now broken but it's been sitting in my Downloads folder for years, so I'll try uploading it here.

All great City Hall Plaza musings converge into this:

Nobody is providing counterarguments because is unnecessary to respond to the pictures you've posted via argument - to everyone else in this thread, the photos self-evidently argue against your points. You have uploaded snapshots that we all recognize because we've all been there - to a...

Agreed. Dr. Rosen, I assure you, the (totally representative) photos are not helping your case.

The only other information I can find is that the entire stretch from Columbus to Berkeley is Tax Parcel 0501004000 owned by the MBTA: I also had always assumed it was some kind of power substation for the T/Amtrak. Nice brickwork and wooden door, though.

Here's a General Infrastructure comment and question... we have a number of bridges over the Pike which have somewhat extreme grades. While basically ignorable in a vehicle, they present challenges for pedestrians and cyclists (particularly with disabilities), cause cars and trucks to accelerate...

This is the most obvious statement to literally any Bostonian, but this would be a big improvement. The (recently "restored") Fielder footbridge is a pathetic main gateway from the Public Garden to the Esplanade, especially when compared to more recent designs like the Appleton bridge at Charles...