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So the neighbors want the University to open all its facilities to the public, hand them jobs, and plow their snow too? Sounds awfully nice. With those amenities, it's no wonder there's such a housing crunch in Fenway.

Re: South Boston Seaport That's High Street across the Fort Point Channel. The tall white "honeycomb" building is 99 High Street. The scale is definitely off but at least they're still in the right city. :)

Re: YMCA/ Northeastern Dorm (formerly GrandMarc at St. Botolph) Part of me wants Northeastern to just put their foot down and stop all of their programs and facility access for the community until they come begging for it back and maybe appreciate what the university does for them for once...

Re: YMCA/ Northeastern Dorm (formerly GrandMarc at St. Botolph) Can't wait to see a rendering of this. Has the potential to be one of the stubbiest buildings in Boston. I'm picturing the original rendering but instead of a tall portion and a shorter portion, one big block concrete craptower.

Re: Filene's I don't see how using eminent domain in this situation is bailing out Vornado in any way. If anything, it's bailing out the business owners who are going to be struggling even more than they already are if this hole remains in the center of Downtown Crossing for an extended period...

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Yes and no. I believe the original proposal called for an all-glass lobby with public access going through the 2 towers to the waterfront on the other side. I wouldn't exactly call that ideal public access to the waterfront, so I think if he...

Re: Filene's From boston.com: Boston?s brewing battle for student housing By Lawrence Harmon February 17, 2010 IT?S TEMPTING to poke fun at parents who would pay a 50-60 percent premium to house their sons and daughters in the new suite-style college dormitories that are cropping up on...

Their options for the time being are to build the dorms that have already been approved by the task force that was created for that exact purpose. They may be contentious on the street but it's what was agreed upon. Agree 100%. Mike Ross is a clown. The only valid point he raises is that...

I love how they use the word "cap" and then say its flexible. Pretty sure that means it's not a cap in the first place. Anyway, Northeastern certainly has some options here and they do have responsibility to the community to get back on track with their dorm plans. Here's what Northeastern...

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) Hopefully NU's new dorm will get back on track soon with the economy slowly getting back on its feet and confidence that it WILL get back on its feet at some point. Once they decide to green-light it, I would think the construction would be able to...

"This year, for example, the university opened a new 1,200-student dormitory in Mission Hill, yet the number of students living in neighborhood apartments has dropped by only 78, according to Ross." Can someone please explain this one, please? I'm assuming the dorm isn't 93% empty and Ross is...

Re: W Hotel To be fair, I'm sure the employees will listen to your conversation no matter what hotel you are staying at. I guess you're just not cool enough for the W :p

Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside) all the haters need to calm down and give this some time. the area is coming along just fine. no its not the north end just yet (and never will be) but it will be nice.

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) Oh, my bad, I didn't mean the picture from 99 High Street. I meant the picture above that!

Re: Atlantic Wharf (formerly Russia Wharf) wow that picture from 99 high is absolutely hideous/depressing edit: at least the sky is blue though hahah

Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside) my thoughts exactly, Suffolk. This is a great little addition to the Seaport though. From the renderings it looks like it does everything it needs in order to not completely block of the harbor while adding life to the area which is sorely needed.

Re: Filene's i think in the long run the filene's building is a good use for the site, so only a temporary solution is needed. because of that, i think the bike park, movie screen idea is great. its realistic, practical, and will also encourage more bike commuters. hopefully SOMETHING...

Still looks cool though. And if I'm reading that correctly, the standard HVAC system is only used when a motor or pump breaks down- in which case that will not be very often at all (theoretically).

Re: Suffolk Dorms / Modern Theatre has Suffolk ever NOT used Suffolk as the GC?

besides the horizontal shape of these windows and obviously the height of the building, this facade is actually very similar to the wharf formerly known as russia