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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Notice of Default This Default Notice, issued by Massachusetts Department of Transportation to California on 9 February 2010, details 4 facts which I began posting as far back as March 2008, but which many forum members refused to believe: (1) California bought the project [in 2006]. (2)...
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    New Developers may start from scratch
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    South End News ? 25 February 2010 ? printed edition, page 6
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Nearing its end: What now for the Columbus Center site? Officials believe a state-led clean-up is likely by Tripp Underwood ? Wednesday Feb 17, 2010 Much like construction on the site, the Columbus Center website is no longer active. (Source: Tripp Underwood) The ill-fated Columbus...
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    State wants costs for cleaning up project over Pike Lawsuits seen over Columbus Center By Casey Ross ? Globe Staff ? February 11, 2010 compiled from: Boston Globe printed edition, Business Section, page B.9; Boston Globe Reader; Boston Globe web site; Boston.com web site The...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Several of the cheerleaders are still getting it all wrong. No. It isn?t. The proposal died because the owners never really had the $340 million in cash and $510 million in loans that they claimed to have, and they couldn?t buy the insurance that state officials wisely...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center No. Posting 2 partial stories just worsens the original problem. The only way to post a single, entire story, with nothing omitted, is to do what I did. Untrue. The photos did exist when you made your post; you just didn?t know where to go to get them. You do not have...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center I posted the full article as published by the Boston Globe in both the hard-copy broadsheet and the web site, whereas you omitted 6 of the story?s key components: the sub-headline, photograph, caption #1, rendering, caption #2, and the crucial 10-year time line. Your post...
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus Center plan on the ropes One of the most ambitious development proposals in Boston history may be history. Down to its last chance Developers? delays and funding woes spur the state to serve notice on Columbus Center, the $800m complex planned to span the Pike...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus Center plan on the ropes One of the most ambitious development proposals in Boston history may be history. Down to its last chance Developers? delays and funding woes spur the state to serve notice on Columbus Center, the $800m complex planned to span the Pike...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center The Boston Business Journal story above contains 3 errors, and overlooks 2 key points. ERRORS 1. Incorrect cause ? Boston Business Journal named the project?s cause of failure as the general economy. That is untrue. Columbus Center did not fail because of anything to...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus Center: No solution in sight for this swath of the South End January 22, 2010 ? by Mary K. Pratt ? Special to the Boston Business Journal Like many of the city?s other major projects in the pipeline, the Columbus Center plans got sidelined when the economy...
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    News ONLY Columbus Center Thread

    Re: Columbus Center Columbus Center: No solution in sight for this swath of the South End January 22, 2010 ? by Mary K. Pratt ? Special to the Boston Business Journal Like many of the city?s other major projects in the pipeline, the Columbus Center plans got sidelined when the economy...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) MBTA rejects Fenway Center?s engineers for similar tunnel work The MBTA board yesterday voted against using Fenway Center?s engineering firm, Parsons Brinckerhoff, for design, engineering, and rehabilitation of MBTA tunnels. Instead, the...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) That?s untrue, in two ways. Firstly, other individuals, organizations, and government agencies voiced concerns equivalent to mine during the Fenway Center comment period. So I am not a unique force that deserves intimate, wide-screen...
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    Columbus Center: RIP | Back Bay

    Re: Columbus Center The U.S. Constitution and the Massachusetts Constitution empower citizens to raise issues. I combined 27 issues into 1 list to facilitate research, review, discussion, decision-making, and execution. Re-read my message. I demanded nothing. I only urged consideration of...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) Many people have worked for years on transit alternatives, congestion, and through-traffic, and those ideas continue getting much attention. On the other hand, most individuals, elected officials, and government agencies continue to be...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) The Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act dissects environmental issues, not people. It does not require citizens to publish their resumes before filing public comment letters. Any person may raise any issue, without having to provide...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) You don?t need me, or my resume, to learn about air quality. The medical and environmental articles on file at the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine include their authors? credentials. Regarding the dangers of...
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) It is a problem. Unhealthy air is un-mechanically exhausted and mechanically vented above the Hynes-Prudential-Copley-Hancock tunnels, the Big Dig I-93 tunnels, and the I-90 waterfront extension tunnels. Air quality is unhealthy along...

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