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Hell yeah - that's what every single building adjacent to a pedestrian alley should be doing. Make Boston Istanbul.

It's not frustrating, it's right. Once again: the agreement made between Kraft and Everett included specific provisions related to the city of Boston. Of course Boston needs to have a voice in this process.

What the hell is a Parisian style lobby?

Hot damn! While this is not cutting edge aesthetically (and many people will disapprove of it on that basis alone) this building does a fantastic job of adhering to the most important tried and true urbanist principles. Please give Cruz development rights up and down Columbus, Washington, Dot...

Yeah, we take in 1 million legal immigrants. But the American economy demands at least 20 million immigrants to function. These are the people that make your sandwiches, clean your floors, and build your precious skyscrapers. They are not in any way shape or form an economic burden -- in fact...

Nothing you've said here indicates that you have any idea how the American immigration system actually works. (Hint: there are no line-jumpers, because there is no line. It is effectively impossible for any of the millions of low wage workers who prop up our entire economy to enter the country...

What part of the essentially perfect urban fabric of Bay Village do you want to see destroyed so that the skyline can look a little cooler from 15 miles away?

Holy shit, they got them to eliminate every single inch surface parking. What a massive win, build this now .

Not at all. "Why aren't the Red Sox spending like the big market team they are" is one of the biggest issues being debated by the national baseball media right now.

So for those of you who aren't Red Sox fans, the big narrative around the team these days is ownership's sudden unwillingless to spend as much on the team as they have in years past. Some in the media have started to speculate whether this project is forcing the team to tighten its belt. I don't...

I mean, hooray for something getting built here, but for the love of god, can we please forget about all the useless greenspace and just build a streetwall?

I have a theory that urban fabric of Roxbury being destroyed and hollowed out (and we all know why it was Roxbury that got this treatment) is a major contributor to the misperception among many that Boston isn't a massive, global city. Thanks to the urban planning disasters of the past, crossing...

What a massively important development. This needs its own thread.

it is a massive success, and when that plot gets developed, there won't be anywhere in the city that could host this as well (maaaayybeee on the Common). I'm worried about what this development and the elimination of this space is going to do to the street life of the Seaport. I know we don't...

You are an asshole for doing this, fyi!

Why would a row house be as tall as a parking garage. . .

I hate this idea. I really do. Franklin Park should be every bit as spectacular as Prospect Park - they’re about the same size, designed around the same time by the same man. But Prospect Park is one of the best urban parks in the world, while Franklin Park is sub-mediocre, and the primary...

Yes, it's expensive. But there are also way more people with disposable income inside of Boston than in any single city or town outside of it. Honestly, I'm really confused about what type of people @kingofsheeba thinks live in the city of Boston. The answer is: all kinds.

What you're asking for isn't really economically possible in the types of buildings that are going up in the Seaport. The buildings and retail spaces are too big and were too expensive to develop for anything other than high-end places and national chains. Breaking up lots into smaller...

There are also over 1,000 units in the pipeline already between Riverside and Northland, right? Not to mention a couple other big projects on Washington Street. If an average of 1.5 people are expected to live in these units (note: I have absolutely no idea whether that number is accurate), then...