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Seriously, though -- Boston (and surrounding) already has a dearth of interesting neon signage and this one is big and historic. It'll be a major loss.

where's the historic preservation folks or whatever the fuck? this can't happen.

No need -- I walk by it at least 2x a day.

Aside from the fact that there is no Star Market in Haverhill, MA (the nearest "sibling" option would be the Shaw's in Plaistow, NH), I'm unaware of any in-state grocery store parking lot that has a bunch of raised seating areas, manicured trees and grass, an intentionally designed layout with...

what a total failure! :ROFLMAO:

Those latter two are even more obvious moves, as neither Newbury nor Chinatown are as vital auto-centric throughways as Harvard Sq (unfortunately) is.

Good writer ^^^

i'm on board with glossy black toilets

A (non-cranky, "everything was better before!") voice of sanity. Bless you, sir.

groundbreaking ceremony earlier today. ^^^ i didn't stick around for the speeches and limp chicken caesar wraps b/c it was taking forever. folks seem excited.

if only

Reds

That's a nice picture of people enjoying the plaza on a nice day. All it takes is scrolling back through the past few pages to find the new space similarly engaged -- and not just on World Cup days or farmer's markets. I've gone to school and now work in the area and walk through Copley nearly...

Or why not just have the food trucks set up on all this new hardscape? That's precisely the type of usage that it replaced the grass for in the first place.

This would be huge and a fantastic improvement, 100% agree!

Looks like early morning or late afternoon/early evening on a hot summer Monday. I wouldn't expect it to be a hive of humanity.

Not to bicker pointlessly, but "historic?" The previous version of the plaza had only been around since the '90s and earlier versions were almost entirely concrete/hardscape. There's been plenty of testimony that the previous lawn was in terrible (horticultural) shape b/c of overuse and the...