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I remember seeing a video of the elevator in (I think) the new WTC tower in NY, which played a similar 3-d movie, but which started in like 1600 and moved forward in time as the elevator rose, so you could see new buildings pop up as the city evolved (and admittedly got a little eerie when the...

Looks great. Although that looks like a really rough right turn for buses from Green onto River street.

Why not Government Center? I feel like there was something similar to snowport (albeit much smaller) about 6/7 years ago. Admittedly, I haven't been down to GC plaza in a while, so maybe it's changed, but that always seemed like a good location.

The Curse of the Daltino

I don't care one way or the other about the inclusion of the logo, but every image I've ever seen of it, it's really hard to make out exactly what it says. Maybe it's something about the way the panels on the mechanical screen are arranged behind it, but the best I make out upon a quick glance...

The Hampshire St. project has its own website, which notes Nov 7th and Nov 15th community engagements: https://www.cambridgema.gov/StreetsAndTransportation/ProjectsAndPrograms/HampshireStreetSafetyImprovementProject Wow, this is almost nostalgic for me. I feel like Hampshire was one of the OG...

This got me thinking about the coned-off bike lanes on the Mass Ave Bridge. Are there any studies/updates to the prospect of making these permanent? And if so, what's the possibility of making a cut into the guardrail so cyclists exiting from the path can access Mass Ave northbound (and vice...

This section is not grade-separated though -- Central, Sycamore, School, and Medford will all be at-grade street crossings. Hopefully some sort of traffic calming will be implemented at these, but I'm not holding my breath (Medford St. crossing looks more or less finished, with no calming, and...

What's up with the lights on this bridge? They look like they were left over from the reconstruction of the bridge 2-plus years ago, and someone forgot to take them down. And the thing is, I think they look really cool from afar, but up close present a temporary, construction-zone/mine-shaft...

I feel like there's a marketing opportunity here for them somehow to add an S on the end that blinks on and off when the visiting team makes an error.

I don't have photos because I was driving, but there are new raised pavements on both sides of the Kensington crossing/underpass in Somerville. Drivers seem flummoxed, but hey, it's new. Now they just need to install a signal on the assembly side.

This is more germane to the Community Path than the GLX, but since I haven't seen a specific thread for the former, I'll put it here. "Speed humps" have been installed on Central St. between Highland and Medford, presumably in anticipation of the path opening. I put "speed humps" in quotes...

Great photos! You're making me miss my old hood. One thing I love about these is all the little easter eggs/new angles I never noticed from the ground, even after years walking by them. A few I noticed in this photo: 1. I wonder what is that near-windowless/featureless building behind the...

What is an approach slab? I'm still a bit sore that it looks like no traffic calming will be present at the Central St. crossing (which is already a dangerous venture for all crosswalks at the bottom of the hill), and looking at these photos of Medford St, that one looks sketchy as hell too...

Yeah, it's weird. I seem to remember popular sentiment back in the day being that the Verb was a quickie-reno temporary "placeholder" while the Hojo owner waited to gauge the neighborhood, and then raze it for a bigger development when the time was right. Then the hotel became popular, then...

I could have sworn I remember the proposal being to convert this bridge into a pedestrian-only something-or-other.

What an odd choice for this location. Never would have thought the neighborhood would allow for more fast food, especially in such a prominent spot. Follow-up: is the food here any good? I meant to check it out at the BU location when I lived over there, but never got around to it.

What an interesting shot! If I had seen this photo outside the context of this thread (and had not noticed 888 boylston), I never would have guessed this was Boston. Must be the terra cotta roofs.

Does anyone know what's going in the block at approx. 64 Webster? (across from Webster Auto Body.)

Whoa, is the building facade curved? Or is that a fisheye/panorama effect? I could have sworn it was a big rectangular box, but I haven't looked at it from all angles.