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If I recall F-Line's many responses on this topic, the grade is too steep on the straightaway.

And of course they'll get this bus garage done before the MBTA even goes vertical on a single one...

From new planning documents for the Center Park - 290 Binney is leased to AstraZeneca, partly as a new HQ for subsidiary Alexion Pharmaceuticals (this has actually been known since 2022). Since 250 Binney isn't coming anytime soon, recommend changing this thread title to "AstraZeneca/Alexion |...

New design documents for center plaza with some other highlights: https://www.cambridgema.gov/-/media/Files/CDD/ZoningDevel/SpecialPermits/sp315/sp315_plaza_design1_20241115.pdf

This design seems relatively well-developed as of a couple of years ago. Has something changed? Basically just current school vernacular - a little disappointing from Sasaki. I do give them credit for incorporating the historic building, though the interior of the addition looks like quite the...

Just use the airplane icon you have at the airport itself, or "airport transfer" icon?

In terms of passenger rail, yes. In terms of freight rail, no, which is part of why we're so backward on passenger rail. There's a reason there's such a market for "Euro Truck Simulator" :) But that's not an excuse in the Boston Area, where freight rail is basically dead.

Well, Caltrain spent those seven years building catenary, among other things, and didn't tie their project to the inefficient wunderweapon of battery-electric trains. Put up the damn wires, MBTA. Join the mid-late 20th century.

https://archboston.com/community/threads/bras-kairos-shens-under-pressure-to-resign.5031/

Well, they rehired Kairos Shen, so their "Design Vision" should just be 100 blank pages. Don't want any of those pages to "make a statement".

Needham Street is actually a MassDOT project and was done entirely with this project (in its larger form with offices) in mind. This has been my soapbox for almost a decade now: Newton should have required Northland to build (or provision and escrow money for) Green Line platforms at Upper...

This is what separates the MBTA Communities Law from, say, 40B. The point is supposed to be upzoning areas near transit so smaller developments can happen naturally through by-right development rather than encouraging master-planned mega developments on greenfield or brownfield sites. This...

Sure they can - they can see the potential to keep making money on the shopping center with a minimum of investment. They have a few properties that aren't strip malls, but retail really seems to be their competency.

Taking it upmarket: https://s3.amazonaws.com/somervillema-live/s3fs-public/2024-11/McGrathHwy22_ZP24-000061_Plans_20241015.pdf

Boston rejected the idea of a full flood barrier across navigable waterways in favor of waterfront improvements, raising, seawalls, etc. I don't see how any of that interferes with a navigable waterway.

I'd also point out that the Federal Government isn't the only entity that can spend a billion dollars on something. Cities and states are spending billions on sports stadiums for billionaire owners. The question is whether we get a functioning Legislature that can actually address the funding...

So are the red bars on some doors meant to represent that those will be light bars that blink red when the door opens?

The only change I see from the render that opens the thread is that they aren't pretending they'll have trees on the roof...

Ok, so I get what you mean, but your caption and the photos are at first glance really funny together :)

I was worried about landscapers when they made it shorter. There needs to be more differentiation or more discrete buildings. I get that this is rough massing, but notes for next version.