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Even blended buildings with a relatively high affordable component (pushing 50%, for example) take a very long time to finance. The track record in Chinatown, for example, is about 1 major complex per decade for ACDC (who are pretty good at it). But the 100% affordable are just a bad approach...

I always thought that they maintained confidentiality of the RFP during the bidding process, because for a complex bid it is typically not a static document. It undergoes revision based on feedback from the qualified bidders. But much of that feedback is considered confidential (until the...

In Massachusetts, public project requests for proposals (RFPs) and bids are generally kept confidential until the bids are opened or the contract is awarded, depending on the specific procurement statute (such as M.G.L. c. 30B or c. 149A). Once proposals are opened or a contract is awarded, they...

The Blue Room was an outstanding Farm to Table restaurant at One Kendall for over 20 years. (1996 to 2017). It added a higher end component to the CBC, Flat Top Johnny's and other offerings.

I assume the tourist boat charges $30 because that is what it takes to make money. So the ferry will lose money and collapse. (Or are they expecting a subsidy because they call it a ferry?) And going to Watertown also means you have to come back somehow. It is generally preferable for a...

You mean like these existing tourist boat tours? https://charlesriverboat.com/tours/charles-river-tours/

This is such a silly concept (given the severe speed restrictions on boat traffic in the Charles River). The water transport travel time from Watertown to North Station (Watertown Dam to Charles River Locks) is slightly more than 1 hour (plus time to dock, embark and disembark, which is slow on...

That really looks like it should be docked in the Conley Container Terminal.

Queue government funded lab to housing conversion plan.

Brings to mind a quote from Mommie Dearest (1981): Joan Crawford: "Tear down that BITCH of a bearing wall and put a window where it OUGHT to be."

The Lynn Planning Department certainly hope there will be many more: South Harbor Implementation Plan: https://lynnincommon.com/ship Soon there should be a North Harbor Implementation Plan, and hopefully a Lynnway redesign with bus lanes.

I thought that was the entire point of creating more of an event space along the St. James and Dartmouth Street edges (hardscape). Maybe we just need to wait a month or so for more "outdoor season". Most of Boston's outdoor activities are seasonal (although we need to do better about winter --...

So far it is a hotel in name only. Never seen a single guest in all these years.

I think it is just the effect of astronomical real estate values. There is a tipping point where it becomes viable to fill in the gaps in the urban fabric. I have seen this cycle through neighborhoods. South End was first (with only a few gaps); South Boston was next with a lot of these small...

I believe the open arches are necessary for air flow. You have diesel engines idling in the terminal. Close off the airflow and you could have some really bad outcomes.

Same, I tend to drive to Wonderland for the same reason, even though I can walk to Lynn or Swampscott stations.

Good point -- and the other factor is schedule. Until frequency of service is addressed, there will always be a upper limit of ridership. You really have to get to regional rail levels of service (like Metro North) to have full trains on weekends. My mindset about using Metro-North versus...

Agreed, understood. But I am not sure it is low enough. Are trains running close to full on weekends and holidays?

I know we don't think of pricing this way in transit, but we really should be trying to drive fare structures that maximize the use of available seats. (Recognizing that the price is only one issue -- frequency is the other big one.) The trains are running, empty or full.

If only there were a way to quickly bring more people to the neighborhood businesses that doesn't require more parking? A high capacity vehicle with a lane that bypasses traffic -- such that you move more people, faster, with fewer cars? What could that be?