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I don't know how you make sense out of light industrial uses for space in the urban core. You would have to be making an incredibly valuable product that needed something else only available in the urban core to be produced. Also even light manufacturing involves logistics, materials in...

The biggest flow change you need to create is to address the vehicle trips to/from Back Bay Station -- which all tend to use the Dartmouth Street side. That creates a lot of the flow on Dartmouth to Back Bay.

Just to put this in perspective. a partial closure on the Northern Line in London is far more disruptive than a full closure of the B branch on the Green Line. The Northern Line is the Tube's busiest line, with over 300 Million passengers per year. That is not a typo. The Northern Line...

Isn't this unusual, steel before a core?

You mean like these closures in London? (I just grabbed the current weekend closure for comparison -- long shutdowns happen.) "Major 2026 London Underground closures include a four-month partial closure of the Northern line and significant, multi-month shutdowns on the Piccadilly line for...

I think frequent weekend (or longer) closures for maintenance are a fact of life for older transit systems. Even without deferred maintenance (which most government authorities are guilty of, anyway) they are needed. Here are the London and Paris closure schedules for this long weekend there...

The Josiah Quincy Upper School in Chinatown is a pretty good example of a mid-rise middle/high school (6 stories plus roof-top outdoor classroom space), executed effectively in constrained urban space.

Mostly safety systems and other items, not really track work: MBTA "The MBTA will perform work on a number of critical projects on the B branch during this nine-day service outage, including infrastructure improvements, the continued installation of Green Line Train Protection System (GLTPS)...

I think the answer is "car brain". When you think your only job is to move the most cars, you don't think of things like a bike overpass.

Generally it works well as residential once converted, but the conversion is quite costly. We have numerous example of building becoming blighted by neglect rather than being converted to another use, because the conversion cost is too high. Blighted building are of no benefit and huge...

The buildings being converted are not going to be replacements for suburban office parks. They are older Class B and C office space that is poor space for today's businesses, but pretty decent space as residential. The amount of office space being taken off the market is not huge -- it does...

That site is exceptionally clean well manicured for a recent demolition. Seems like top quality work.

Somebody with pull did not want their upper level windows blocked.

The new 55 Hudson Street Development, with Chinatown Branch Library, is also this concept. 2-story library branch topped by 110 units of housing.

Even blended buildings with a relatively high affordable component (pushing 50%, for example) take a very long time to finance. The track record in Chinatown, for example, is about 1 major complex per decade for ACDC (who are pretty good at it). But the 100% affordable are just a bad approach...

I always thought that they maintained confidentiality of the RFP during the bidding process, because for a complex bid it is typically not a static document. It undergoes revision based on feedback from the qualified bidders. But much of that feedback is considered confidential (until the...

In Massachusetts, public project requests for proposals (RFPs) and bids are generally kept confidential until the bids are opened or the contract is awarded, depending on the specific procurement statute (such as M.G.L. c. 30B or c. 149A). Once proposals are opened or a contract is awarded, they...

The Blue Room was an outstanding Farm to Table restaurant at One Kendall for over 20 years. (1996 to 2017). It added a higher end component to the CBC, Flat Top Johnny's and other offerings.

I assume the tourist boat charges $30 because that is what it takes to make money. So the ferry will lose money and collapse. (Or are they expecting a subsidy because they call it a ferry?) And going to Watertown also means you have to come back somehow. It is generally preferable for a...

You mean like these existing tourist boat tours? https://charlesriverboat.com/tours/charles-river-tours/