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Literally the same reason developers do anything: money. Units with outdoor space, regardless of quality, command a higher price.

I had thought wood framed balconies were always sloped to promote drainage and prevent water damage? A dear friend’s family was caught up in a big balcony collapse back out in CA a few years back, so I’m happy that newer buildings are taking water on balconies seriously.

New bus stop signs are going up in preparation for phase 1 of the network redesign. The real test will be if they come back and remove the temporary covers when the new routes launch.

https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/10/10/mbta-amtrak-warn-that-massdots-allston-highway-megaproject-could-inflict-significant-impacts-on-regional-rail So apparently the current construction planning for this project includes removing the current grand junction rail bridge and not having a...

Is this our first derailment on the GLX?

I'm just surprised that any public project can get to a shovel ready status without public meetings. My curiosity has gotten the better of me and I submitted a FOIA request for designs and comms around prioritization/scheduling of the project.

Ehhh… no? Everything east of Anderson Bridge was descoped from DCR’s current Memorial Drive projects back in 2022. This really smells of a cover your ass reaction. It’s possible they had some designs on a shelf gathering dust, but I can’t find any evidence that suggests it was being actively...

THE BLOOD PRICE HAS BEEN PAID. But apparently between the death of Amanda Phillips and now, there’s been a lot of inflation and blood sacrifices don’t get you as much bang for the buck. 12’ feet of additional paths and associated accessibility work for a million bucks and a life. EDIT: Unless...

A Brookline NIMBY’s dilemma: Wants Brookline to lower residential taxes, opposes developments that would help Brookline lower residential taxes.

I was more interested in the boardwalk/overpass thing connecting the station, running over the proposed park and over the tracks.

Looks like we’ve got some massing studies. Seems like the Y has agreements to acquire two properties: one on Highland and one on School. Seems like we’re going to have another “wraparound” situation like the Lab/condo situation on Webster.

A driver jumped the curb on Mem Drive near the BU bridge and killed a cyclist on the sidewalk. The traditional blood price has been paid. Perhaps we’ll get infrastructure improvements out of it… and maybe some DCR reforms

Well, we now know what one of the new lounge tenants is going to be. JetBlue announced a 11,000 sqft lounge at Logan. That would fit in the proposed “Lounge 1” shell near gate C25.

14 units proposed at the former gas station at 675 Somerville Ave.

It's nothing concrete, but apparently EVA is eyeing TPE-BOS. If this, or a previous mention of BOS by Starlux back in 2020, were to come to fruition Boston would have direct flights to every country in east Asia except for North Korea. Kinda wild to think that all of this service has come...

🙄 I was merely sharing my own experience with the section. God forbid we have personal experiences with the areas we’re talking about. If we want to be extremely pedantic, you could have already taken Somerville Ave -> Mass Ave -> Community Path instead of taking Elm and you’d have...

Depends on which direction you’re traveling. There are painted lanes on Cutter and Highland, so westbound has lanes the entire way. I find the one way section of Elm to be “fine”. The narrowness caused by on street dining and double parking and the foot traffic has kept drivers in line every...

Somerville is kicking off community engagement for its first cycling infrastructure project since the Safe Streets Ordinance was adopted. They’re calling it the Elm-Beacon Connector and it stretches from the edge of Davis Square towards Somerville Ave and Beacon st...

They've started foundation work for a 5 unit mixed-use building at 453 Somerville Ave. I think the site has been empty since Starlab vacated back in 2016. Apparently this was approved back in 2020. Not a particularly interesting project, but glad to see more housing and a mostly useless lot put...

Nothing. Just the $1.70 bus fare Yup. This is on bus to green line transfers.