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I’m so tired of the same uninspired mirrored glass on every tower. We can do better than this, Boston!

It is a fluid-applied thermal break coating: https://tnemec.com/about/news-press/fluid-applied-solution-provides-break-thermal-bridging/

The lab typology certainly encourages clunky, overly bulky massing. Boston needs to learn from Vancouver, and develop better bulk requirements for towers.

Now that we have a new governor, it seems like a good time to revisit the goal of improving the Indigo line. Given the long headways for the existing Fairmount/Indigo line stations, the area could benefit from several improvements which would truly transform the line into a rapid transit line...

Brick roads aside, the FAA may have a problem with that new tower in the background.

Finally, some progress on the Carlton Street bridge restoration (on the D-Line between Fenway and Longwood stations).

Now that the tank farm and the power plants are being sold, one could easily imagine a Silver Line extension that would start at the existing Chelsea Station, run westward towards a new 2nd Street station, and then turn towards the southwest along a Robin Street right of way, cross Alford Street...

1/16 Images of Fins and Ground Level Retail

Head and Shoulders above the rest.

Brookline High School science wing and 9th grade building.

So, in this configuration, would the Green Line run at grade next to the Fitchburg Line in a four track right of way from Union Square to Beacon Street, where it would then enter a tunnel between Beacon Street and the Porter Square station under the commuter rail tracks? It seems as though a...

The "triangle open space" underneath the bridge seems as though it is the type of space where one would go to (a) get mugged, or (b) inhale exhaust fumes. Why don't they just turn it into an interior space? It could be a café called "Bottom of the Haul Road", or something along those lines.

The MBTA website indicates that the RFP for the Type 10 Procurement was posted on 8/11/2020 and is still in the review and authorization phase. See below for the summary text of the RFP: Description: Dear Madams/Sirs, The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) invites qualified...

While the Grand Junction rail is a concern, a park over the Pike could take the approach of the Olympic Sculpture Park and create a slot in this location to eliminate head clearance issues. Furthermore, the elevation of the deck could slope up a few feet in the location where it would cross the...

I think that there is approximately a 28' to 30' grade change between the plaza that faces Comm Ave and the parking lot below it shown in the attached photo, and the grade continues to drop between there and the river, so I expect that there would be enough clearance. There are many examples of...

The at-grade option for the throat would be so much better if someone could convince BU to build an air-rights park over the Pike and Storrow Drive between Agannis Way and Buick Street. The park could connect seamlessly from the Charles River to the Comm Ave Level of the existing dormitories...

Best building of 2020!

I hereby christen thee the Harvard CGC (Cheese Grater Complex).

This seems like a huge improvement with respect to the massing. However, I hope that the city pushes back a bit and requires Millennium to eventually construct the 60 units that were eliminated as off-site affordable units at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Will the Green Line Type 10 trains have the same power requirements as the Type 8 and 9 trains, or will their rollout trigger the need for upgrades to the power infrastructure along each branch?