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For the trio of Farber/Brigham/Children's, it works extraordinarily well and reflects that they are all very practically interconnected - since Farber doesn't (currently) have their own clinical staff, you have pediatric cancer patients and practitioners flowing back and forth to BCH and the...

Since the tubes span institutions and are usually behind security desks, I don't know if a fully contiguous map exists. And there are a few smaller networks that require a quick pop outside and the right credentials to reenter. Here's a map of Brigham's "Pike" corridor; you can enter at the...

It's almost painful to think about something like this that will never happen, but yes, despite being a fairly large-scale project, there could have been ways to do it. Marginal/Herald are fairly low traffic overnight, and sections of the Pike air rights could have been decked in such a way to...

Hei La Moon was similarly displaced from the 125 Lincoln St. garage (which, disappointingly, has yet to begin demolition, much less construction) and my understanding of the neighborhood consensus is the new location is an improvement. I agree that Chinatown Cafe is beloved and hopefully it can...

Some live webcams: https://facilities.brown.edu/projects/integrated-life-sciences/construction-cameras

Or perhaps the more modest massing shown for the proposed redevelopment down Marginal St. of Mass Pike Towers from the 2010 Chinatown Master Plan?

You mean something more like this kind of massing outlined for adjacent Mass Pike Parcel 23 in "A Civic Vision for Turnpike Air Rights in Boston" issued by Mayor Menino in the year 2000?

Baker Station. Hey, that's also kind of TFL

Living walking distance from Providence Station and working somewhere on the T in Boston/Cambridge is mainly doable, especially if you use the "express train" trick of taking Amtrak instead of the T. That difference turns a masochistic 2.5+ hour round-trip super-commute into one that's...

Don't quote me on this, but I believe the average "under load" main Tufts garage utilization figure that was presented in the meeting was something like 84%, so they are not at 100% max capacity and unable to serve patients as a result - they would just like more headroom. Besides complex...

It was Zoom recorded but I'm not sure if or when they are made publicly available.

Tufts also argued that they are in a parking "crunch" (especially since the Parcel P-12 project was revised to eliminate the expansion of their parking garage on Washington/Tremont St.) but I think overall concerns about parking loss were shut down by the presence of many parking garages nearby...

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission met last Wednesday to discuss parcel R-1, and it was a bit wild. First, just to get it out of the way, construction for this library/housing project on the 2/3rds of the lot closest to Kneeland seem to be on track to start early next year. The major...

Nice to see the plans for the multiple extensions of the skybridge network - it makes a huge quality of life difference for patients and employees. Between the Brigham "Pike" and the Farber 3rd floor, I think you'll be able to walk from one end of Francis Street to the other entirely indoors...

Since Back Bay is part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Worcester is the Heart of the Commonwealth, then the heart of Back Bay is clearly Worcester, MA.

Unfortunately the same didn't happen across the street, leading to uncomfortable pedestrian navigation around the separate stair and elevator structures, directly at the traffic flow of several retail storefronts:

I'm not saying you're wrong, and I know this is partially nostalgia speaking, but I miss the old pre-888 courtyard that opened right onto the food court. It had this really grand Rockefeller Center type feel to it (especially with that statue), and showcased the Pru magnificently: (Which you...

💯 agreed. The systemwide MGB rebrand of Partners is terrible and was unnecessary. The teal shield motif already reinforced the institutional affiliations while maintaining individual identity. Combining the names of Mass General and Brigham to name a third entity that includes both of those (and...