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You are missing my point. To say that any upwardly mobile politician in this town is not heavily influenced by outside influences is disingenuous. What I am saying is that political outsiders, no matter where they are, or where they come from, will frequently enact policy or drive development in...

What I mean by that is that natives are more likely to work with neighborhoods and have a better understanding of local culture to promote and preserve locally owned businesses. They usually know the families, at least tacitly. When political outsiders enter a community as a stepping stone up...

Unfortunately, our antiquated liquor license laws combined with non-native-driven political shenanigans create an extremely bleak outlook for any local owner-run establishments, leaving only chains and units of larger entertainment groups. At the end of the day though, we only have ourselves to...

What a find indeed. I too grew up in that area and my family had quite a bit of real estate interests along route 2 in Athol / Orange at the time so it was a frequent topic of discussion. I recall this battle from the 80's, and there was a strong environmental push back with the state forests in...

I know it was originally, but I know three separate couples who live there, and although they are all very different from one another and do not know each other (or at least I don't think they do) they are the biggest 1%er A-holes you will ever encounter.

If you are not an investor in national development, I'm not sure what your beef is, or what you would have preferred there. 55+ was the benchmark from the 80s and 90s. Many younger boomers and certainly Gen Xer's had children in their early 40s and therefore aren't ready to downsize until...

What's wrong with 62+ for housing? There is a tremendous amount of demand for retirement housing in metrowest. There is also a lack of hotel rooms in the immediate area.

I honestly cannot look at photos of this building and not feel like I have vertigo or something similar. It's the first time I have ever experienced it, but it happens every time I see these posts. It will be interesting to see it in person to see if the effect is the same.

I don't like speaking for the big O, but a couple of points from my perspective - 1. Let's be clear, Connecticut screwed themselves. 2. Yes, the city does have a new style NIMBY's which differ from those of the past. In the past it was driven much more by self interests and simple resistance...

According to the LOI, it has to go to before the Zoning Board of Appeals. Not sure for what.

They might as well refresh an existing one they worked on, as they know there is no way this thing will be approved, as currently proportioned. Why waste money? They will redesign once they figure out how much over 100' the neighborhood will give them. Curbed article today...

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium This thread is 13 years old next week. Where's your sense of nostalgia? Some things are meant to be unchanged.

Re: Dock Square Parking Garage | 20 Clinton Street | The ROI on burying a garage is simply not there unless you can go substantially vertical. And you know full well how that plays in this town.

You have answered your own question. The simple fact that is the last air right parcel in copley makes it more valuable, value that will rise over time. As one of the largest REITs in the country, they can, and should for their investors, wait until they need the capital, so long as that air...

Who knows what condition the building is in, but it may well just be a rehab / addition with no additional height.

Yeah, but better than the ugly ass stock brown that developers seem to adore.

That view is economic fallacy. It fails to take into account local taxes, federal funding allocated directly to local or county governments, excise taxes and all the other hidden shit through "fees" extorted out of the populous.

We have the 12th largest budget in the US. There is no revenue problem, there is a spending problem.

Re: Bose, if so, it's Framingham's own damn fault. Dr Bose went to his grave hurt and pissed off at Framingham for not allowing him to build his amphitheatre on the mountain. I think it happened around 2000, maybe a bit later, but they then scrapped another building that had been permitted and...

Is this correct? "The $600 million cooling towers were built starting 10 years ago in response to environmental concerns at the Brayton Point power plant." No wonder electricity costs so much.