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The cruise industry really ruined the delightfully rundown and less touristy feel of most parts of Key West. Is it worth a visit? Yes. There are still other keys that retain some of the pre-cruise charm, around the Islamorada areas, although they do not really have the urban layout of Key West.

I actually love how the space opens up now with the alleyway behind it. Too bad it's not remaining as is with a great park and dining.

BU houses mostly grad students at Fenway. They’ll be taking those beds to make up for Warren towers.

Fenway campus

Great pictures! The transition from the arches to the “modern” section is really jarring to me. Is that the final treatment of the facade at the tower base?

^This. The BU culture persists from, believe it, the Silber Administration which was positively authoritarian about campus access. It’s marginally improved since then and mostly by way of protest. As REM once said: “don’t get caught in Warren Towers”

Hopeful this facilitates Acela expansion from DC to Richmond, and eventually to Charlotte.

Not to be coy — the SMART app is extremely easy. Download — load funds — tap. Those evading fares in DC do not tend to be visitors. That being said, over the last 1-2 years DC installed new saloon-style faregates at all stations -- evading fares is not easy anymore (though I see it from those...

The long delayed 2.3 billion Long Bridge expansion project across the Potomac had its ceremonial groundbreaking today. Expected completion 2030. This expansion will separate passenger and freight services currently sharing tracks on the existing Long Bridge. There will also be a new...

The DC Metro security presence significantly increased year over year and to noticeable improvement, not only for fare evaders (which was quite literally a "running" joke on the Metro) but for crime prevention. I can't speak to actual statistics, only to personal experience as a regular Metro...

Does the transition from the arches to the modern facade (is that alcabond?) look jarring in person? I haven't been able to see in person as I've been working elewhere for several months.

Thank you for digging up this article. This struck me: "In a case that proves appearances can be crucial, Boston University is fronting $1.9 million to make the Hotel Commonwealth’s façade look less like a plastic Disneyland structure and more like a four-star hotel that will fit in with its...

For some reason it seems that RAMSAS has a difficult time in recent years with Boston (they can certainly pull it off in other cities well enough). For example - Shreve is clearly the sibling of the superior 900 16th Street, NW: https://www.ramsa.com/projects/project/900-16th-street-nw I do...

RAMSA no doubt leads the pack in getting those pre-war style buildings in NYC designed right. Gotta wonder why we cant get something of that quality at such a premiere location in Boston adjacent to the Public Garden.

This is looking surprisingly post-modern (or maybe not surprising, rather disappointly so).

These seem like exceptions to the rule — hardly commonplace. Is it not true that methods used in the past to build are no longer feasible and possibly even allowed?

Lilly has landed. Boston should be thankful for it. One of the more stable biopharma global companies that tend to plant roots and grow from within.

I’ve been living in Alexandria and working in DC this year and my dislike of the DuPont Circle Tatte is real and irrational. Perhaps it comes down to the prime location they occupy, despite replacing a Starbucks.

I wonder if they will use the same tunnel boring technology used for the Purple Line extension in LA, which has helped them come in ahead of timelines.

Really great density buildup to the campus over 20 years.