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Bike access to Assembly isn't nearly as bad as you've portrayed here. From Charlestown, you can take the new path extension along the Mystic. They've also made a lot of improvements to Sullivan Square, and the section of sidewalk you have shown is much easier to get through since they cleared...

Sea of 3 stories? There isn't a triple decker within a mile of this place. The immediate abutters are all densely packed 6 story apartment blocks.

Plan of the property (link will download a PDF): https://lcsurveyaccess.jud.state.ma.us/api/document/download/46752 Only a 50' - 100' strip along Alford Street is in Boston so the stadium would likely be entirely in Everett, not sure how that affects the approval process.

Anyone else encounter that godawful corrugated sidewalk by the pedal-n-park cage under Lechmere? It's located right on the shortest path from East St to McGrath. I've already stumbled on it a couple times passing through there, and have noticed others getting surprised by it as well. What...

Don't know if it was intentional but the dips are kind of economical in that they help you build up speed after crossing the street, and then slow down without braking as you approach the next crosswalk.

Don't forget Finast warehouse, in between assembly plant and indoor mall.

Re: Green Line Extension to Medford & Union Sq There are other expenses to consider besides construction costs, such as land acquisition in Assembly Square and the opportunity cost of a lost development opportunity and future tax revenue on that parcel. Or the opportunity costs of leaving a...

Looks like they shrunk the size and cost of the retaining walls... by adding a ski slope to the back yards of all the abutters. You can't just do that without purchasing the land or a slope easement, and there are several buildings that but right up to the right-of-way that would need to be torn...

Wow, that's pretty bad, and definitely a good candidate for striping. Woodland Road needs to be rethought as well. The speed limit is 35, but they encourage much higher speeds with four wide lanes on an over-capacity road. In some locations there is neither a shoulder or a sidewalk for bikes...

Agreed, the bicyclist may not have been familiar with the road and could have entered from Bynner when Riverway traffic had a red light. If you saw all the trees, the surrounding parks, the 25 MPH speed limit signs, the narrow lanes, lots of curves, an extra lane for cars to safely pass you --...

I used to live nearby and was frustrated by that fence many times when I wanted to continue running along the river trails, but instead had to cut over to Arlington Street. I was curious and looked up the plan for that house on the corner, and if that massive stone monument is the same one...

The soccer field was kind of neglected to begin with, the grass was patchy and it was full of rocks. Too bad, because the Foss Park dirt patch could use some relief. I was pretty disappointed to see they destroyed it even more with the snow farm. I like taking my kid there to fly his kite...

That corner was indead eaten up by McGrath Highway. It looks like Foss Park was quite a lovely place back in 1874, with ponds, fountains, and curvilinear paths: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mastatelibrary/9682478216/in/set-72157635399194596 By 1895, the fountains were already gone and the...

There already is a plan in place to fix Sullivan Square properly, by replacing the rotary with a street grid. Problem is, that plan will probably slightly reduce the car capacity, so it's probably out the window now.. So how exactly is Wynn going to cram all those extra cars through here? There...

Personally, I think the biggest issue for the mayor is the traffic. Assembly Row shares many of the same I-93 ramps with the proposed casino, and the new Partners headquarters will be adding an awful lot of car trips to the morning and evening commutes. If the casino plus Partners turns the...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 Why does the Globe keep rehashing the same tired articles about Union Square gentrification? It would be nice to see an article about the new businesses that have popped up and what new buildings are in the works for a change. The Capone Foods owner...

Re: Green Line to Medford to start in 2011 After seeing that in the Globe yesterday, I thought to myself; don't they have some kind of editing standards for published editorials? He basically took every anti-gentrification buzzword ever conceived and threw them all together into a completely...

Seems like its time to start thinking about open road tolling on I-93 again. When you have a highway that's stop-and-go for miles for several hours every weekday, and an under capacity commuter rail line traveling the same route, it seems like your cost incentives are out of whack. This would...

Exactly. I was stopped at the right-on-red from Somerville Ave to Bow St in Union square, a popular stakeout for the Somerville police. After coming to a full stop in the bike lane, I watched a pedestrian cross the street. With no other pedestrians in site, and no other car or bike interactions...