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Re: Fan Pier exactly... as i posted previously, early renderings from Fallon for Parklane looked great too...

the basement has a number of parking spaces in addition to some stock space for Guitar Center... interestingly (to me anyway) the basement level of this building and the adjacent building (CVS) extends beyond the footprint of the building, under the sidewalk.

Re: Patriots Place I think the Sharon project Equilibria referred to is "Sharon Commons". A 450,000 SF lifestyle center adjacent to I-95. I've read that potential tenants may include Hannafords or Whole Foods and possibly Target. They began site work earlier this summer.

I have no construction experience, but I'm guessing the wooden forms shield the drying concrete from the wind. That corner is an amazing wind tunnel.

Re: Fan Pier i'm also a fan of the current renderings... I'll note, however, I was lucky enough to see an early (2003) rendering, of Park Lane Seaport (which I sadly can't put my hands on right now)... the building as constructed barely resembles the building in the rendering... a few of the...

As of 9:30 this morning there were already around 20 people waiting in line for the opening... at 6 tonight. There were additional 'steel fenced corrals' set up around the corner of Boylston Street and extending past Comm. Ave on Fairfield St.

I walk by the store everyday but, is it me, or does that more like a rendering than a photo?

Good call on the 'monster' theme. Now that they've removed more of the scaffolding, you can see that they've really gone for the Fenway theme with the and the scoreboardesque lettering. It also says (although its hard to see in the picture) ""opening day coming soon" Sorry for the lousy photo...

Yesterday construction crews began refinishing the sidewalk in front of the store's entrance. This morning it appears they are using small (maybe 4"x4") granite tiles. Yesterday they replaced the curb as well. - The tiles aren't exactly consistent with the rest of Boylston St sidewalk (although...

Re: Mandarin Oriental I just walked by there, lots of fire trucks, a few ladders pointed up to the 4th Floor, a number of 4th floor window were broken, but it really doesn't look that bad.

The 'orange' is brick. I want to reserve judgment until its done, HOWEVER, right now the top 'beige' part (which i believe is stone) looks unfinished to me. At first glance in the sunlight it actually looked like gray concrete... The lower, brick part, actually looks significantly better than I...

Microsoft Lease Controversy Expanding By Joe Clements http://www.globest.com/news/985_985/boston/163755-1.html

You may be thinking of Lord and Taylor (on Boylston) that just finished a significant interior/exterior renovation... I don't think Neiman Marcus has done much work. Saks is either done or very close to done with its interior work but as previously mentioned the exterior work doesn't appear to...

This sign was placed on the Boylston Street frontage of the Apple Store site yesterday... Looks like Xmas 2007 isn't going to happen.

Looks like (according to the developer), Neponset Landing is nearing completion... http://www.conroydev.com/neplndg.htm pink pre-cast sure is purdy.

Not fantastic, but not too bad considering its mixed-income... and will put some affordable units in Newton. My understanding is that they are renovating the building which is actually on Comm Ave. and building a new multi-story structure behind the current building... I think its replacing a...

I think this is what you're talking about at 33 Comm. http://www.bbhousing.org/properties/commonwealth.htm Not too sure when the information was last updated...

I agree that the former Storrow motorists wouldn't enter the Back Bay grid, in fact I'm sure they'd do what they can to avoid it... I think its easy to underestimate the spill-over effect of suddenly having a huge increase of traffic, likely filling the entirety of the 2 (or four blocks) of...

Although Ron's suggestion (Beacon St) sounds like a good idea, I think we'd need to consider the effect on the rest of the back bay of adding so many cars. Each intersection (Berkeley, Dartmouth, Fairfield?) would likely be gridlocked (beyond rush hour), leading to a snowball effect into Copley...

While I appreciate the work you have done as 'moderator', and agree that posts should not be personally offensive or insulting, I think deleting posts (which may or may not be based on ignorance), is more in line with actions of a 'dictator'. At the very least you should put your 'post...