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My best recollection is the original building (in your pic) opened in 1941 (replacing a previous building), and was amended/expanded with a stylistically similar addition in 1967 to create the brute force, full-block, kinda Art Deco-ish massing it is today. I have some photos of the transition...

I don't remember that, exactly, but it sounds real. There was a similar shoulder dance going on east of Mass Ave when National was proposing the Midtown redevelopment at the same time FCCS was going to redevelop the plaza to restore a path to the Mother Church through the reflecting pool, add...

8 or 9 years ago, I recall they were quietly talking with some neighbors about redeveloping the low-slung Huntington Ave annex buildings in hopes of securing some partner financing and participation. Best recollection is, it was better/more practice space for BSO artists using the basements and...

Um, I have a checkered history here of sometimes being an inflammatory, drunk, arse, but could we all take a beat? Mods, maybe would you might consider locking this for a few days. I avoid the front page of national newspapers, and don't watch TV news or talk shows any more. This is one of...

It's been at least 15 years since I last read the church's PDA.80 as approved by the then-BRA, but since FCCS owns the land under the Midtown, might there be some height/massing/shadow restrictions in what could be built to replace the Midtown (with respect to the plaza and reflecting pool)? You...

The church's vendor spent the last two weeks landscaping/pruning trees, installing new twinkly lights, and re-lamping the plaza's accent lights. Looks good with the Lyra as a background element.

But, is it the worst from a resident's perspective? The neighborhood and the Red Sox all got exactly what they wanted: No new construction, no height, no shadows on the Victory Garden and War Memorial (how shadows could even fall south here was asked and not answered in a public meeting a few...

Seems to have evolved/expanded from last night. (Yup, I still take bad, blurry pics, sorry!)

All lit up tonight. (Sorry, I take terrible pics, but it looks nice. Stop by, if you can!)

I don't know where to ask/put this (my better half, who usually explains this political shit to me, is on a plane right now), but I don't get the maths here. How is someone with less votes winning more percentage of the vote? Is there some predictive analysis the city is reporting on, re...

Looks like the base of 500 Boylston Street pinched out a masonry turd. :-/

II was thinking about this earlier. Did the orange marshmallow's lackeys push the ballroom through DD/CD in his first term, and they could just dust it off? Incredible they already started demo, with apparently no effort to salvage/sell things like windows, molding, etc. Bizarre. ETA: typo fix

The crane just peeking out. Pic taken from Boylston/Cambria behind the Berklee School of Music, looking south at St. Cecilia church last night (taken on my crappy iPhone). I'm no kz when it comes to pics, lol.

The (foundering? failed?) Peebles development of Parcel 13 relocated the underpass connection to the Samuels site and the main fare gate entrance to be south of 360 Newbury Street (closing the existing entrance to the old Transportation Building and Hynes/ICA). I've heard whispers that the...

I walked up Belvidere just as the fountain was being turned on this morning. Love the decent color relationship of the white of Symphony Towers and this building. Good on the design team. ETA: I think maybe I didn't do the photo thing properly. Sorry, I'm a techno idiot!

It strikes me, as I followed the thread today, there are some complicating factors at play with Parcel 13. (Others with more info, please correct any of my understanding here!) The Commonwealth (e.g. state) put the Parcel 13 air rights out to bid. Peebles was awarded it, and then (his kid) had...

So, what happened to the "100% affordable apartment tower" with "125 on-site" units he was talking about in 2022 to get the CAC and neighbors on board?

Given the amount of time you spend in my neighborhood (and, I suppose, your old neighborhood), I'm surprised we haven't crossed paths. On the off chance it's you, I'm just gonna start talking to people I see with decent-looking camera rigs. ;)

The moon behind the tower and crane last night.

Or, do both: a flying junction at the Newbury Extension for a west-bound on-ramp and west-bound exit ramp to Comm Ave. (Has the added benefit of pissing off the Harvard Club.)