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Between this and the Cafe Luna relocation, the retail vacancies on Broad Canal are finally filling in!

I feel like this project flew along!

Would be great if the Boston region approached TOD the way Vancouver and Toronto do!

Agreed, I've enjoyed my travels in Atlantic Canada quite a bit. Always keen to go back. Cape Breton is high on my list!

The big structure/landmark you're looking for is Cabot Tower! It was right behind me from where I took that photo! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabot_Tower_(St._John's) Re: your point about the housing crisis, much of the Maritimes are suffering similarly to places like the GTA and Greater...

That may be the case (a cruise ship did dock one of the days we were there), but I don't know how that makes the merits of pedestrianization differ from a place like Newbury Street, which in large part caters to tourists who don't have a car (to say nothing of being immediately adjacent to a...

More from St. John's. Despite having no rapid transit to speak of, they've somehow managed to fully pedestrianize two of their main commercial streets downtown this summer. One is full-time, the other is 12-10 PM each day. Something something Newbury Street...

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2026/08/24/eyes-on-the-street-cambridges-cycling-safety-ordinance-delivers-more-protected-bike-lanes

Visiting St. John's, Newfoundland for the first time. The setting is very photogenic. One of the more stunning natural harbors I've seen.

The skyline of Saint Pierre, if you can call it that. Interesting little place; we've enjoyed our time here!

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/08/14/warren-towers-construction-phase-one.html?_bhlid=9e9089cbdcf9bd537a529445f97e2917bafc9d2a

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/business/harvard-coop-bookstore/

A few photos from a recent trip to Philadelphia:

From the Emmanuel campus:

Work took me to Atlanta recently. A bit of the Buckhead skyline:

Seems like good news? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/04/business/waltham-council-mayor-housing-override/

Pedestrianizing a good chunk of the square seems like a no brainer to me. Probably the lowest hanging fruit in the entire metro area after fully pedestrianizing Newbury Street, and pedestrianizing Chinatown.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/21/metro/mattapan-complex-built-black-fear/

This week:

https://newbedfordlight.org/scr-gentrification/ Much ado about nothing so far, it seems.