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Personally not at all. Congress st bridge by the tea party museum gets mobbed most weekends and the children’s museum gets really busy too. The rest of downtown isn’t super tourist heavy in my experience, but there’s a noticeable increase around Washington/School streets from people walking the...

Following up from earlier this year, Suffolk put out an updated presentation for their proposed conversion of 101 Tremont to dorms. Slide 22 says "Existing ground floor retail to remain". I guess it's not an explicit promise to keep Beantown Pub, but it seems that could be the case. The...

I had a bit of free time today and sent this off to my state rep and senator. Feel free to crib from this text if you find it helpful. Your state rep/senator can be found by entering your address at https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator This topic is so boring and esoteric that it...

I know the development isn't implementing it, just referencing it, and it was the only explicit reference I could find. Thanks for the PLAN Dot reference, it wasn't obvious to find the source on Google.

There's a reference to D St realignment on the renders, but I couldn't find anything in a standalone article. In the PNF for this project there are a few references to adjusting the grid. Not sure about timing: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/h5i14qv8v0k93ovf0cpepy4nme8wrhsu

Fewer than 100 spots and an explicit reference to the pedestrian bridge are great. 2027 is a pipe dream though, right? Site clearance and remediation have to be pretty big projects in themselves. Still, will be a great addition to the waterfront.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the last piece of heavy rail slow zone improvements, yes? I think there's some green line work slated for December, but all heavy rail should be moving at historical max speeds across the entire system the Monday after Thanksgiving...tremendous work if this holds up...

Well it's back on the table and it's moderated and fast-tracked to get in place before inauguration day. I hope Hochul (and apparently the house Ds who were pushing her) realize this makes her look incredibly weak; stalling the process when the regulatory process was complete, then ramming it...

RIP indeed. Scrolling to the top of page 14 is wild. I forgot how bullish everyone was in the heady days of the pandemic. These guys (like so many others) are absolutely cooked. Down 97%!

Guys, it's simple. Just run a new spur of the Orange Line up Alford and be done with it. How much could it cost, a few million? (runs and hides) Not sure how MLS games are scheduled, but agree the most obvious answer is special service express from the OL stops between Community College and...

Not great. Given that permitting held up the project and it was only fully approved in 2021(?), I’m curious to what extent cancellation or indefinite delays from the next administration could be feasible. The one broken blade is bad enough, but getting the boondoggle reputation could be...

Might have missed it before, but I didn't appreciate there are 4 floors of underground parking. Tight turns to be had down there for sure.

In more disappointing news, both L3 and L6 (except for construction offices at the former) are completely paved over and striped for parking. No chance anything starting hear for a number of years. Curb cuts and parking toll booths are also being set up. Maybe it’ll shift some of the seasonal...

Progress, with a second core starting near the harbor. Picture from 11/9

Hmm, there are definitely spandrels, but the pendentive looks fairly "flat" on the ceiling portion. The arches aren't quite groin vaults since the barrel vaulting doesn't continue in any direction... I'm going with "arch" and "ceiling"

#bancars and throw them into the pit to be forgotten for decades. Some might say you've gone too far!

I remember first learning about this building when there was a listing I saw somewhere a few years ago. Super cool interior windows as well. Wonder if there's a map of cast iron buildings in Boston somewhere? Devonshire between Summer and Winthrop Square has some good examples...

Absolutely love to see it. Post Office Square and nearby areas like Liberty Square should be the heart of downtown Boston. Such good walkable urbanism but not enough residential.

It used to be the customs clearing and inspection building for goods coming down the Fort Point Channel! I posted this elsewhere under adaptive reuse, but it's still owned by the Feds and they have a nice overview on the GSA site...

My main point wasn’t to soak the developers or force them into building infrastructure. It was that building infrastructure costs a ton in the US, and proposing pretty renderings that provide modest benefit to actual transit experience eventually runs up against a zero sum reality where nothing...