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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    The Siemens cars are old enough to drive… I’ll just be over here contemplating my mortality.
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    General MBTA Topics (Multi Modal, Budget, MassDOT)

    Everything old is new again. The Siemens cars are the fifth generation of cars on the Blue Line. I guess they are planning for their inevitable replacement.
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    585 Kendall | 585 Third Street | Kendall Square

    I couldn’t catch a glimpse of a crane base on a quick walk around. At this point, I would expect it to be in place.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    The one day closure of Magoun on May 4th appears to be due to the long bridge being too steep for ADA compliance. It looks like they are going to build up the ramp to adjust the grade.
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    Portland International Jetport | PWM

    The POV on the bears in that shot made me do a double take.
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    The Official MBTA System Map

    Please tell me there is a hidden layer with the RLX to Arlington.
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    Reserved Channel Development | 300 West First Street | South Boston

    Isn’t this site under the 4L/R approach or 22L/R departure at Logan?
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Is there a universe where Massport contemplates building a unified terminal, rather than applying more baling wire to the multiple terminal layout?
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    Infill and Small Developments | Portland

    Very mid-century econobox.
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    Upon further contemplation, I feel that they want to keep the platform short enough to have plausible arguments to avoid building accessible entrances at both Harvard and Walnut. Post-BCIL settlement, the T seems to prefer redundant elevators to be proximate. I can see them worrying that a...
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    Wentworth Mixed-Use Life Sciences Complex | 500 Huntington Ave | Fenway

    One source of the problem is that most buildings are built by a distant investor looking to make money. In decades past, they used to be built by a company and were seen as a physical manifestation of the company.
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    Logan Airport Capital Projects

    Is the FIS connector extension going to obliterate the tarmac view from the old Terminal D passageway that connects C to E? My kid and I love to watch the workings of the airport from those windows.
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    General Infrastructure

    Has there been any detail offered on when they will implement repairs for the skylight and garage wall?
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    MBTA Commuter Rail (Operations, Keolis, & Short Term)

    The center platform precludes future lengthening to 800’. It feels like a weirdly aggressive footgun.
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    Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq

    That’s the U-Haul near East Somerville, not the Route 16 one.
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    Lyrik Back Bay | 1001 Boylston Street (Parcel 12) | Back Bay

    Every time I see Pink Carrot, I expect it to be a corporate sibling of Pink Taco.
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    Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

    The Threefoot Building in Meridian Mississippi.
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    New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

    Ouch… usually you lead with your best, most fanciful, design. This looks like they submitted their VE’d revision.

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