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Without sounding like a height fetishist, build the "back left" one (SW parcel) to establish that height as a precedent for this corridor; harmless in the long term to shadow zealots with the SE parcel and helps evolve towards large density for the area. Unique opportunity to build so close to a...

Anecdotal to some degree, but a member of my neighborhood Facebook page made mention of a delay in railing installation on the bridge component between 13B and the Tank; that is the sole hold-up at this point, though timing to resolution wasn't disclosed. Note the state lists the contract as...

They’re making good progress on the south face now (seem to be prioritizing it). I don’t hate it; seeing multiple levels is helping the treatment IMO.

Can the city reject this revision for Block E and insist on the previous iteration?

This is one of my favorite views of the tower: layers of history and architectural styles mashed into one view thanks to our former cow paths.

Very lucky to have this tower; it’s really incredible and agreed: these photos are excellent.

It is concerning right now, but the "let it grow in" sentiment can't be stated enough. I remember how reviled the Greenway was back in 2006ish when first unveiled as a barren hellscape that was "no better than a traffic island." Twenty years on, some (not all, granted) blocks are a shocking...

Heading for parcel L5 (recently paved over). Much better than more parking IMHO https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/05/lifestyle/ballers-pickleball-padel-complex-seaport/ "What measures 30,000 square feet, makes a thwack-thwack sound, and is coming to the Seaport this summer? That would be...

5/2/25… Really love this building; excited for them to finish the park over the ramps.

That "NEXT TRAIN" sign is new to me and based on my general understanding of the Back Bay Orange line stop, not needed as each side of the platform is unidirectional. Has that fact changed? What general need is that signage serving?

Signage at the corner of Washington and E Berkeley is gone (signs themselves, but the wood structure they were affixed to is not). Another victim of the cool down in the lab space sector?

So an update as I rode through this weekend. Barriers are gone and construction site has been paved over (though a new topcoat for this entire stretch of Mass Ave - Columbia to Allstate - is sorely needed). New white/ edge line was applied on the southbound side of Mass Ave approximately where...

I want to caution on this one. There's been major construction on this stretch for a while (started further south) and the lanes were pulled up a while back with signage pointing cyclists to the sidewalk with a bike lane rejoin north of Allstate. Wu had a non-answer on WGBH this week about Mass...

With the boom now slipping below the roofline, they illuminated the aircraft warning lights overnight. Not as noticeable up close, of course, but from Savin Hill, they draw your eye eastward, demonstrating the heft this will bring to the night sky with the upcoming crown. Looking forward to...

Prepping to pop out another piece of the tower crane…

Moving along…

Absolutely agree! One unfortunate reality though is that while this will probably always do the yeoman's work in transforming this area, Parcel 13 is even worse now and really robs this would-be bustling new focal point in the Back Bay.

Even SST flipped from steel to CIP concrete once reaching the residential portion of the project.

Crane is starting the process of self-disassembly this afternoon; hard to believe we won't be seeing a crane on this sight in the near future.

Even more shocking is that (according to the article), we're 11 years in and $42M spent on just plans and they are STILL unworkable...