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Re: T construction news I’m not in Harvard Square station that often, and just found that busway renovation has begun. The upper busway is now closed, and it looks as if they have removed the long-dark Kepes stained glass window. Does anyone know if they are planning to repair and replace the...

I don't know if this has yet been mentioned, and I'm not sure it counts as a small project or infill, but the new building MIT has commissioned for music will be behind Kresge. It appears that the design architect will be SANAA, which is (at least to me) quite exciting...

Does anyone on the forum know why there is still a northbound speed restriction for the Red Line, just as it leaves Charles Street? It lasts almost until the crest of the bridge, but it isn't matched by one on the southbound side. Are they still doing work underneath?

I suppose that it's always been visible, but I never noticed the building behind this lot before, the one with the big, boarded-up arched windows. I looked on Google Earth and it seems to be attached to the BU theatre; it's clearly distinct from the building on Huntington with the Uno's. Does...

No coincidence, I think. I've always heard that the new fire codes after Cocoanut Grove were the end, or at least the beginning of the end, for Steinert. For what it's worth, Wikipedia agrees.

Oh, there's no question that chamber music and recitals are a niche market, and a pretty small niche at that. But there's definitely demand, as much from performers as from audience. I think tombstoner is right that NEC is planning a sort of small multimodal performance space for their new...

I don’t really know if downtown is oversaturated with theaters or not, but Steinert Hall is a different sort of beast from the rest of the spaces in the area. For one thing, it’s relatively small; it originally had 650 seats, and would likely have fewer in any restoration. People are larger now...

Perhaps I've missed a comment on this, but does anyone know what's up with the cornice on the Y? I don't have a picture, but about three-quarters of the cornice on the Huntington Ave. facade has disappeared and been replaced with a sort of angled box. I haven't had a chance to look very...

Hi All, The picture that AmericanFolkLegend posted is indeed a wonderful streetscape, and it is in fact gone, but the picture doesn't show Washington Street in Boston, it shows Market Street in Lynn. The view looks up towards the old Lynn City Hall, which was torn down in the 1940s. Only two...

Re: Public Food Market Of the ones I've been to, the Central Market in Budapest is far and away the best of the old-school market halls. For newer, more deluxe models, Munich's Schrannenhalle is pretty snazzy. It's a long, narrow, recently rehabbed building just off the Viktualienmarkt.

Re: Mega-Lab in East Cambridge Not just low, but pretty much the lowest of any city in the area. Last year, Boston's residential rate was 13.14%; Somerville's was 13.42; and Brookline's 11.65. But Cambridge was just 8.66. It ranks 317th of the 342 towns and cities on the list. Commercial...

Re: Mega-Lab in East Cambridge Thank you! I missed that. I couldn't believe that anybody would have thought a streetcorner plaza that size would make sense, but one never knows.

Re: Mega-Lab in East Cambridge Has anyone ever seen a rendering of the part of this project that faces the corner of Binney and Third? As I've watched the building go up, I've been surprised at how far that end of the project is set back from Third Street. Are they planning some giant...

Buildings like the big one on the corner always leave me wondering. Is that really a wood-frame structure? It's six stories tall and covers half a city block. When you get to a size like that, does a wood structure really make sense? If nothing else, wouldn't the sound isolation be terrible in...

The statues at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society are actually the last vestiges of the second Horticultural Hall, which was built on Tremont Street, opposite the Granary Burying Ground, in 1864. They were carved by a very young Martin Millmore (of the Mount Auburn sphinx) and are...

Here's a slightly more readable version of the rendering. The designers seem to be having Newbury Street fantasies: the cafe at right is a near-perfect clone of Sonsie. http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1882978719/MIT-s-massive-Kendall-plans-get-mixed-reviews?photo=0

The second-to-last painting is in the MFA; it shows the now-vanished corner of Dilworth and Northampton Streets. Crite lived above the drug store on the corner for about four decades.

It's MIT's building W1, which has been a graduate dorm but will now be for undergraduates. http://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/w1/index.html

My wife gave a recital in the Ulm Stadthaus a few years back, so I spent the better part of a week in and around the building, and I have to say that it works quite well. That's partly because it's not actually all that big. The scale is more like the ICA than Boston City Hall, and Meier did a...

Fantastic collection of pictures and fantastic collection of buildings. One emendation, though; I'm pretty sure that the granite row house at 303 Comm Ave---the one that looks like a big bowfront---is actually McKim, Mead, and White.