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Interesting, @kz1000ps — I never noticed you could see Symphony Hall from Comm Ave...

Just saw this, this is a real win for Brighton Center. Although I do like that little low slung mini shopping center, Brighton desperately needs some new buildings and density...

Google can say whatever it wants, but it's listed under Dorchester right on the city website which I posted above. Also this, below. The project is in Dorchester and the discussion above should be moved by a mod to the Dorchester developments section.

If it took out the sign I’d be happy.

Took a NER to and back from CT this week. It was about 20 min late to arrive at pickup on the return trip but made up most of the time by Boston. Still, that's a pretty bad delay. I haven't been on non-Acelas in a while. I have to say that for 2025, the shittiness of the Wifi on board was...

Exactly. It's the absence of curiosity and the self-assuredness of his position, as if he knows best, that reveals the arrogance of his thinking. I'd say the same of Kraft. He is not from a place that relies on a heavy volume of bike commuters, and started his campaign talking to people who...

Are there any renders of what this will look like from inside the park? That seems to be missing here. I can't really get much of a sense from what I have seen yet. I agree with those expressing concern that hemming in Fenway visually is very likely to make it feel cramped. It may...

It's more than that. It's not just about car storage. We pave hardscape everywhere now, beyond just the fixation with automobiles. It is a lack of concern for the natural world, a disinterest in investing in the actual natural environment of one's property, and the convenience of not having...

Nice photo documentation. 659 South is a good example of a hideous trend in new condo development where they pave over a MUCH larger driveway area than necessary. I guess it’s too much to ask people to give a shit about having plants instead of pavement these days, but degree of pavement is...

Another old, rich person who thinks because he’s rich he knows better than anyone else. He may be right that Boston needs some sort of standard plan. And it’s true that Boston road design is slapdash and dumb—in general. I’d be all for a major house cleaning within Boston Public Works...

I know this site. There are a paid of small, low slung former industrial buildings right on the river there that I always thought could be turned into something really cool - restaurant, bar, etc. It’s ground way below the main road above it and feels surprisingly secluded despite being...

Welcome to archboston! Also… I agree :)

Never used that site but aware of it for many years, sad to hear this, and honestly surprising, since I just assumed any site devoted to railroad stuff would not devolve into poorly moderated nonsense. But nice to know I’m not missing as much as I thought I might be getting my info from aB :)

This is a terrible design. The C shaped blocks that enclose small, useless parks scream “housing project” look, and moreover, they are wasted space. Would’ve been so much better to have one large green space and build the buildings denser elsewhere. We’re still not recognizing that shared...

I know these people are everywhere including urban areas, but it really is just mind blowing that this fucker Kraft literally lived in a suburb his entire life, then used his inherited billions to buy his way into Boston and presume to tell actual urban citizens how they should keep our streets...

I just cringe reading stuff like this. I am all for more and more commuter rail, but the public messaging — from mayors who love to be positive about their always expanding tax base, from realtors who always make it look like the very best, from developers who will cash in regardless of whether...

Instead of reha Instead of rehabbing it, the state really should've rebuilt this bridge wider. It's absolutely absurd that it's a single lane one of the ways and that rotary is just ridiculous.

They give it a cheesy fast food look, like the corner of a Denny’s restaurant, but if there was non window material in that corner it would make the whole building look a lot worse.

It's less horrible than I thought it would be. Materials looks decent, it's like a nicer version of office park design. Allowing the original building to be demolished is something that should be punished by death to whomever was responsible, but this looks less intolerable than the plans made...

I’m amazed there was no thread for Dedham until I started this one in 2022, and I’m amazed at how little activity it’s had in the last three years. Sure says a lot about the town’s restrictive and anti-development policies, I guess. Also hilarious how the render shows Wigwam Pond as a crystal...