🔷 Open Thread

[Lurker]

Volvo's ads in Scandinavia sure are different aren't they?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTtSCh1AmQM&feature=player_embedded
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[statler]

Um, not to scale.

 

[datadyne007]

Did anyone else notice that the C line at Cleveland Circle is physically connected to Cleveland's system ("Shuttle to Cleveland")? That right there is genius.

They actually had a lot of fun with our GL. Looks like E goes to Arborway (and beyond!) and the GLX goes to Canada/Montreal. ;-D

Also just noticed: Ashmont-Manhattan High Speed Line. Brilliant.

(TL;DR: I came. I need this as a poster. Like... now.)

 

[Downburst]

He certainly did his research. (Working in the GLX?)
Also a fan of the stops leading up to Braintree: Skinflower and Bonevine.

 

[datadyne007]

Aaaaaaand... my dream came true: http://store.xkcd.com/products/subways

 

[BostonUrbEx]

He certainly did his research. (Working in the GLX?)
Also a fan of the stops leading up to Braintree: Skinflower and Bonevine.

I believe the guy who makes the XKCD comics is from Cambridge, and thus would be familiar with something like GLX.

 

[BarbaricManchurian]

Holy shit. It's SO NICE outside!!!

 

[datadyne007]

Holy shit. It's SO NICE outside!!!

Yesterday was 70 and insanely nice too. Finally shorts and flip-flops weather! =)

 

[Nexis4jersey]

It reached 82 down here , abit hot for Spring...

 

[Matthew]

"The Eyesore of the Month: Architectural Abortions from the USA and Around the World (And Sometimes Other Miscellany Infecting the Landscape)"

 

[kmp1284]

According to the most recent Global Financial Centres Index survey, Boston is currently considered the 7th most important financial center. I think this is the first time Boston has ever come out ahead of Chicago and this far ahead of San Francisco.

1 London
2 New York
3 Hong Kong
4 Singapore
5 Seoul
6 Tokyo
7 Boston
8 Zurich
9 Geneva
10 Frankfurt
11 Toronto
12 Chicago
13 Vancouver(WTF?)
14 San Francisco
15 Sydney


http://www.longfinance.net/Publications/GFCI 12.5.pdf

 

[tobyjug]

Vancouver- Chinese money safehaven?

 

[czsz]

List looks off in a number of ways. What's with Seoul?

 

[kz1000ps]

"The Eyesore of the Month: Architectural Abortions from the USA and Around the World (And Sometimes Other Miscellany Infecting the Landscape)"

Thanks for that. Haven't been there in a while and had some serious catching up to do. I particularly loved his teardown of this sucker:

 

[Nexis4jersey]

My World Trade Center photos from Harrison,NJ...


105 by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr


106 by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr

World Trade Center seen from Secaucus JCT Lower Level....


138 by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr


141 by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr

World Trade Center seen from Secaucus JCT Upper Level....



116 by Nexis4Jersey09, on Flickr

 

[czsz]

25 foot sea level rise:

 

[Matthew]

At least the Greenway will have an excuse then.

 

[tobyjug]

I like this picture of the flooded Back Bay:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

 

[underground]

List looks off in a number of ways. What's with Seoul?

Headquarters of some of the largest electronics, car, and home appliance manufacturers in the world? Seems about right to me. Samsung alone would get them pretty high.

 

[kmp1284]

That would make sense for a ranking based on overall economic activity but this is supposed to be strictly finance. If that was the measuring stick, I don't think Boston would crack the top 25, let alone the top 10. Usually there's a fairly detailed report with the methodology and metrics for these rankings but I haven't been able to locate them.