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99 Kneeland/66 Hudson are also pretty solid masonry. This has caused problems when affordable renters in 66 Hudson have had their lottery number pulled for affordable condo purchases in 88 Hudson (a 5-over-1 by the same contractor) and have been dismayed at 88's cardboard walls letting all the...

They had a pretty good run for a couple decades at least, with a small church building and the 2-story modular school (ca 1999 - not sure what was there prior) letting an enormous amount of light in. You can even see that lovely tree grow if you scroll through Street View history...

Technically, the barricade shown doesn't prevent anyone from barreling down it. It just brings them to a very abrupt stop. In any case, it's not the most inspiring defense of the situation to say "this children's play structure isn't closed, it just has to be periodically barricaded to stop...

It's perhaps the most insane place to put a metal barrier. I absolutely love it. Brings to mind the Final Destination movies.

Sorry, no good news allowed in the cursed wasteland of City Hall Plaza: (Photo care of an online Boston neighborhood community group I'm a part of) Actually, come to think of it, this could really improve the hilarity. It slices, it dices!

I have used the thread timeout to consider and research the specific criticism of my assessment of shade and seating, and I regret to inform you all that I am doubling-down on it and in fact will assert that the situation is worse than before the renovation. This Street View image taken in 2016...

Now we know where the $1 billion went - they installed some kind of particle accelerator.

They simply cannot - full stop (no pun intended) - place a crosswalk across this section of Storrow, where traffic moves frequently in excess of 60mph and visibility is impaired by the bridge dip even for a hypothetical signaled crossing. I don't think any road regulations, besides just common...

I have very frequently walked routes from across the river (Charlestown and Lechmere areas) to points downtown, and the whole stretch from the Charles until the first landscaped parcel of the Greenway may be some of my least favorite parts of Boston on foot. It's always a nightmare to even start...

Honestly, I stand by my post haha. The tree additions to the plaza you're focusing on - which, again, I have seen in person - do not appreciably improve "shade" as in "utilizable and pleasant shaded space for human activities". No, you're not gonna go and read a book there, because you're not...

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Why Nobody Is In the Plaza Excuse List: It hasn't gone through a billion dollar renovation The billion dollar renovation just opened and nobody knows about it yet It's too cold a day today It was too rainy a day today It's too hot a day today It's too early/late in the day for peak activity...

I mean this sincerely, not sarcastically: can you locate candid photographic evidence of the newly-planted trees providing - not just SHADOWS on the brick - but comforting SHADE for actual humans performing an activity on the plaza for a duration of time? Such as, providing a more comfortable...

I think this is a fantastic idea. Further, gutting the first floor of the JFK building that faces the plaza to install restaurant spaces with patios and awnings (or, hell, even just drag in popup trailers for a pilot program like they've done for the Seaport Common) would help make the Plaza an...

This is the BPDA's Shadow Map manually configured for right now, 10am on June 7th:

I think our problem here is that we're communicating via the typewriter in Fringe, and you guys occupy the parallel universe to mine where City Hall Plaza is a beloved, welcoming, comfortable space for human beings. I live in the other one.

Google Street View of Piazza del Campo, Siena (population: 53,772): Google Street View of City Hall Plaza, Boston (population: 654,776):

Scavenger hunt, next time you're there, swing by the Birth/Death/Marriage License area and try to find the part of the ceiling where the concrete has crumbled away to reveal rebar.

I mean, I'm always happy to do this dance. I live downtown, and was last at City Hall Plaza 4 days ago on Saturday as part of giving a little afternoon walking tour of the city to a visiting guest before an early dinner. There were fewer than 3 people in the plaza at the time (not counting us)...

Private parking lot next to (but unrelated to) the Narragansett beer corporate office building, I believe.