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    Amazon HQ2 RFP

    I live in Philly, so I'm biased, but I think that the city definitely can draw the tech talent. There is a lot of talent generated here, but leave due to the lack of tech jobs. There is also talent from NYC an hour away by train, Princeton is 30 minutes by train, and Penn (as well as Drexel)...
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    Amazon HQ2 RFP

    I still wouldn’t rule out Philly. I agree that the Navy Yard is really disjointed and has no real transit to speak of, but Schuylkill Yards checks off pretty much everything on the RFP list except the 100 acres, which they mentioned does not need to be contiguous (there are plenty of undeveloped...
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    Job situation in Boston

    Hopefully people look in this section from time to time, but I didn’t know where else to post a questions like this. Anyway, here’s my question: I currently live in Philadelphia and work as a communications specialist/technical writer for the IT department at the city’s power company (PECO)...
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    I wouldn't play golf on the greenway. Too much wind and too many shadows.
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    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    Re: Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 I specifically came to this site today to see who would post an April fools about TNP. But this exceeds all expectations. Thanks for helping me fulfill my destiny, statler!
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    Avalon Exeter | 77 Exeter Street | Back Bay

    Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center Do the current buildings in the Prudential Center currently filter the vented exhaust? I can understand why the concentrated exhaust from the tunnel might be an environmental problem, but I don’t understand why a development like this one should...
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    Movie Studios: Boston is the new Hollywood.

    Another one: http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20090304/NE7888004032009-1.html
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    Movie Studios: Boston is the new Hollywood.

    Since there hasn't been an update on this in a while: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/02/25/plymouth_movie_studio_on_track_executives_say/
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    Bulfinch Crossing | Congress Street Garage | West End

    Re: Gov't Center Garage Redevelopment Good, I like the Cook and Fox design almost as much as the Gensler.
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    Atlantic Wharf (née Russia Wharf) | Atlantic Ave | Waterfront

    Re: Russia Wharf This? Or was it updated again?
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    Atlantic Wharf (née Russia Wharf) | Atlantic Ave | Waterfront

    Re: Russia Wharf Not bad; looks like a floor a day. I wonder how long it'll take to attach the steel to the existing facade.
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    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    Re: Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 Oh well, the garage will be developed by someone else. It’s primed for it and would be a lot easier to tear down that the Congress Street garage. What I really wish is that someone would tear down that quarter-circle wall-like building on...
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    Atlantic Wharf (née Russia Wharf) | Atlantic Ave | Waterfront

    Re: Russia Wharf Come now czsz, Philly’s not boring at all. Maybe you didn’t know where to go. Here are some ideas for next time you’re around: The Philadelphia Museum of Art (which is currently undergoing an expansion designed by Frank Gehry) on the top of the Ben Franklin Parkway and at...
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    Atlantic Wharf (née Russia Wharf) | Atlantic Ave | Waterfront

    Re: Russia Wharf Yeah, they let the core get pretty tall before they even started the steel for Comcast Center. Before: After:
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    Also, you need to give the trees and everything else time to grow. Even if the trees don't grow to more than 50 feet, the greenway will at least fill out more than it is now. But how much depth do you really need for large trees anyway? I've seen 100' trees that have fallen over whose roots...
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    ⚫ One Marina Park @ Fan Pier | One Marina Park Drive | Seaport

    Re: Fan Pier Wow, that actually looks pretty nice. Deffinitely does its job of making the development seem a lot more than an office park.
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    Bay Village Apartment Tower | 212 Stuart St. | Bay Village

    Re: 212 Stuart St I think there are a couple additional renderings on this site...in color! http://hendrendesign.net/page1/page2/page6/page6.html And you can catch a fleeting glimpse of the computer model here: http://hendrendesign.net/page1/page2/page2.html
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    Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway

    Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7) Yeah, I lived in Buffalo while going to school. Pretty depressing winters, but the summers were really nice; warm but not humid. Here's a site to compare days of sun: http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climate/cldy.html Boston...
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    MassDOT Pike Parcels 12 - 15 | Boylston St. and Mass. Ave | Back Bay

    Re: Mandarin developers eye Pike parcels for project I like the ADG Scotia building more than the Chiofaro one. I like the way it's facing more and the materials look better. I just don't like that little park. I think the design would work well with the Trinity one and I think there still...
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    Stimulus Money

    Ouch, my feelings are hurt. You can't blame the CRA for the incompetent blunderings of our financial institutions. It was them, after all, that provided the loans that sank the market. Blaming the CRA is like a bank robber blaming the bank for leaving its money in sight. It's the greedy...

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