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Do we know for sure that this will block the Citgo Sign? Whatever your thoughts are on that sign, this is going to be very controversial if it does.

Lol boo hoo. This is story is even sweeter knowing they previously blocked a 30-unit condo on this spot.

Wonderful! But the 12-story zoning is limited almost entirely to the existing MBTA parking lot, so I'm not exactly confident of anything getting built there any time soon.

I remember reading about the Willard Hotel in DC attempting to install cafe seating on the sidewalk way back in the 60s. This would've been the first outdoor restaurant seating in DC, and the proposal was strongly opposed. Many people deferred to the Fire Department, which argued that the cafe...

I agree that the plaza will probably improve with further growth. The problem in this case is that it was a perfectly fine urban space before. I think the rebuild can ultimately be an improvement in time, but it just wasn't necessary.

Maybe the added foot traffic from these buildings will help more people stumble upon what has long been one of my low-key favorite buildings in Boston: the B&T Club, a time machine of a building that gives you the feeling you might see Isabella Stewart Gardner herself walking around the corner...

Damn, that's gorgeous. I'm surprised I've never seen any pictures of the interior before.

My god, would I love to live in one of those. If we play this right, Downtown Boston could feel a bit like Chelsea in a decade.

Yeah, the headline of that article is ridiculous (much more so than the actual content). That wouldn't be anywhere close to my first choice in NYC, but plenty of people already do live all around there. The neighborhood is lively, well connected to transit, has whatever shopping/services you...

And directly across the street from a green line station, too. This is what we need in Greater Boston more than any other type of building.

"New England Ave" is too great of a name to be wasted on a tiny side street that is in no way an avenue. We should give that name to the South Boston Bypass or something.

This is just not true at all. There was literally a massive 31-acre development project in the heart of the city proposed last week.

Londonization, if you will.

I just returned from London where I stayed right near Kings Cross, which is now home to an amazing adaptive reuse development of parks, housing, and markets, all alongside an old industrial canal and adjacent to train tracks. It was packed at all hours of the day and every time I walked through...

Oh no! Did people start discussing Boston's built environment on here? Can't have that.

LOL. Smart man. I'm starting to think this election is going to be a rout.

I love the ground floor. It's better than a lot of ground floors we see on new buildings today. The issue with the location is that they don't flatter Symphony Hall. The reason that walking into Symphony Hall doesn't give you stirrings of grandeur the way that walking into the BPL does is...

Can't wait to see what the plaza is like on a Friday night in July...

I do think the location is the biggest factor in why they are so reviled. Not only because they're right across from two traditionally gorgeous buildings, but because they are so prominent. Like I said, these types of buildings are all over Manhattan, but no one complains about them because they...

While I acknowledge that Symphony Towers are ugly, I nevertheless like them. There's something unapologetically urban about them and the sunken plazas provide some interesting sidewalk-facing variety. You can find a ton of buildings just like these two throughout Upper Manhattan. Frankly, I...