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Pretty massive - Iron Works, the Village and "On the Dot" (assuming they'll rename it to something say-able once they move from "project" name to an actual destination?) will create something truly massive and transformative in scale, rarely seen wedged into an existing residential neighborhood...

I jog by this area almost daily and it's fun to watch people (especially the kids from the Boston Children's Chorus) interact with all the public artwork. It's like ghosts of Southie's past are haunting the place. "Iron Works"... it has that "Ink Block" attitude that National Development is...

Have you all see the incredible street art that has popped up all over this development? The instagram feed is embedded on the project's website: https://ironworkssb.com/

For those who have the stomach for it, there’s yet another public hearing tonight at 6 to discuss the harbor planning, specifically, the need to not throw out six years of planning. I’ll be joining. Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 06:00 PM...

I wonder what's going to happen with the Aquarium in the long-term. Caging animals for entertainment in circuses, aquariums and zoos continues to be frowned upon and I don't see that trend abiding. Do those seals and penguins look happy to be in those little tanks, or do they look terrified...

Haha, well you asked and now you'll be sorry. The rebrand of "Partners HealthCare" to "Mass General Brigham" was very smart. The dumb brand was "Partners" in the first place. I meet people in the life science clusters in San Diego or Toronto who know (and have always known) "Mass General" but...

The greatest thing to come out of this proposal will be the Blueway and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the New England Aquarium to step up to the plate and face its future. This is the one shot they have at a huge infusion of money and a complete rebuild of their public realm master plan...

I think my biggest issue with Millennium Tower is that angular roof thing shape is such a gimmick that it's popped up in almost every major global city. It's just so... generic. For me, One Dalton commands such an important place in our skyline that there's no excuse for it to be so basic and...

Anybody know of Mark Sandman from the Cambridge/Boston-based band Morphine? He played a 3-string bass guitar, he removed the other strings (and removed the guitar completely from the band). Why limit himself to only 3 strings? Because he felt that creative people are more creative when boxed in...

The old "Harbor Garage Project" website has just switched over to the Pinnacle with some preliminary information: www.pinnaclecentralwharf.com There's an interactive slider on the website that shows the current view overlaid with the new water view. Now imagine that same view in the future...

Haha - brilliant observation. Says as much about the state of journalism and public relations as it does about the state of design and architecture. Not knocking this building, I just chuckled at this diatribe about the theory of triangles. What would be so wrong with stating the authentic...

You may be the only human being to use 200 Clarendon who isn't contractually-obligated to not say "The Hancock". And you listed a bunch of office buildings, so not sure of your point. I was asking about the Four Seasons - it's a hotel and attached condos. The Ritz, The St Regis, The Taj, the...

You're right - and they agree with you! The previous developers named their parcels "Kendall Square" which is the root of all the confusion. So the private-development previously known as Kendall Square at Kendall Square is now renamed. The whole thing was a total clusterfuck. Kendall Square...

Interesting that people still call this "1 Dalton" and not the "Four Seasons". We don't call the Ritz "1 Avery" Or is it just us development people who use addresses? Does the everyday person just know it as "The Four Seasons"?

You can download the development presentation here (no fun renderings though): https://www.canaldistrictkendall.com More detailed reporting from last night here: http://www.cambridgeday.com/2019/06/27/biomed-rebrands-canal-district-in-kendall-seeks-ideas-for-former-constellation-center/ It...

Some of you may recall that when Atlantic Wharf was launched, Boston Properties christened the neighborhood "The Waterfront District" because "The Financial District" is a bad brand for a mixed-use development. This same conversation that we're having right now played itself out back then too...

Was waiting for the standard cranky response from you! I just think that the "Uptown" PR hook is pretty smart, even if the "Uptown" new neighborhood name is less so.

All good points, but consider the following: "Uptown" may be silly and will never stick, but is that the point? - The Boston Globe put a real estate development on its cover. This is a PR win for the project. - People are now talking and buzzing about this. This is a PR win for the project...

I don't think "Uptown" will stick because it isn't real. When my firm 're'-branded Charles River Park into... The West End... we argued at the time that a fake name wouldn't stick, but the real name (West End) would. Since this is what I do for a living, here's a blog I wrote 4+ years ago...

There's a lot to like about The Embrace including that it's a bit uncomfortable and strange. From some angles it kind of looks like the Chicago bean got mishandled in shipping. It belongs where the Bobby Orr statue is, anchoring the entrance to Boston via the Zakim Bridge. You'd drive in and...