🔹 What's Happening With Project X?

Hmmm. I wonder what that last approval was?

Either way, I'm inclined to believe their concerns about the Boston residential market are ill-founded.
 
updates on any of the following?

111 North Street / Haymarket Hotel
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315 Northern Ave / Parcel K
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120 Mass Ave / Viola
Will this project be the Mass Pike air rights guinea pig?
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Last I heard parcel K is breaking ground soon, haymarket is approved, and viola is slated to start in a couple years.
 
(a volcano in allston with lava flow going down the pike to the water so they dont have to deck probably)
 
You would think between the City, State + capitalism and the economics, there would be plenty of money to have decked;

Viola (Parcel 12)
Parcel 15
Fenway Center
Columbus Center
And nearly all the rest of the Pike for that matter..... BY NOW.

However, due to this socialist utopia..... our optimism may have got the better of us. ...Am i the only one beginning to wonder if this decking the Pike shit could be the biggest wet dream since that insanely hot chick in the Paper Chase who became The Bionic Woman?
 
It's precisely because we are capitalists that pike isnt decked... youre confused
 
Unconfuse me......

odurandina said:
You would think between the City, State + capitalism and the economics, there would be plenty of money to have decked;

Viola (Parcel 12)
Parcel 15
Fenway Center
Columbus Center
And nearly all the rest of the Pike for that matter..... BY NOW.

However, due to this socialist utopia.....
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Or inordinate 'caving' to the demands of a few, selfish, nimby numbskulls.....

short-sighted anti-capitalism.
 
Because developers constantly have to maximize profits on every single project there's very little incentive to build and expensive deck thats going to water down ROI significantly. Please dont read too much into it, this is checkers not chess
 
odurandina said:
short-sighted anti-capitalism.
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I wouldn't call it anti-capitalism at all. NIMBY neighbors acting in their own financial self interest fighting to protect their own property values is the essence of capitalism.

A coordinated market economy approach would have well thought-out zoning governing what can/can't be built, rather than our current system of build-by-variance/dont-build-by-complaint.
 
...if only there was a period of time when a couple lanes of the pike would be closed for 12-18 months and there was significant median work going on so they could piggyback some decking and foundation work on top of the closures.... [/snark]
 
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2...-ditch-plan/xuWFqFMYg5HtRO9G4pRyJJ/story.html

MyLucy said:
quality, innovative architecture and allocations for public green spaces got lost in all of this. ugliness and density all around us.
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Cantbreath (or spell) said:
You are right Lucy, ugliness and density all around. I see no reason to stay in Boston in the future. It has lost what it had.

What we have now is a megaopolis from Quincy to Lynn. Nature obliterated. Spend your time endlessly in queues. Buildings that sit on the sidewalk, and the land not covered by building is smeared with tar. No matter the size of the lot/land/development, not one mature tree will survive.

It is said that density is good, brings innovation, 'growth and progress'. But we always had cities and innovation and jobs. It is just that it was much nicer and had quality of life.

Think of it. We have winter, harsh weather, no leaves on the trees 6 months of the year. We used to have history, beauty. Now we have streets tunneled by buildings, and all you ever see is a hardscape of buildings, cement, stone and tar.

Those who say 'growth and progress' are benefitting from this rampant growth and they want it to remain the same. Even the politicians benefit (campaign funds, consulting jobs, jobs for friends and family, etc).

I hope to leave. Too ugly.
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Well.... bye......
 
some people aren't suited for city living. sounds like this person has a very specific set of criteria for what "used to" make boston fun to live in and no longer does. he or she probably would really enjoy savannah or some place like that. what i find odd about comments like the one you quote is that it employs the same language found in disfunctional relationship "arguments" -- the point isn't as much one of, "i'm bummed about certain things and have something substantive to say about it all", it's more of a threat. that bit at the end isn't put forth (to my read) as a legit observation or plan, but more of a (very misguided) "threat" -- do what i want or i'm leaving! (stamps foot)
 
^^That is exactly what's taking place at the neighborhood meetings. ...the self-involvement, self-centeredness, urban paranoia and narcissism on full display.
 
Any news on what is going on with the abandoned Star Market lot in Winter Hill Somerville? Last I read the city was pushing to invoke eminent domain.

With the apartment and retail development wrapping up across the street off Temple, I would think this would be a major focus for the city.
 
Cobean said:
Any news on what is going on with the abandoned Star Market lot in Winter Hill Somerville? Last I read the city was pushing to invoke eminent domain.

With the apartment and retail development wrapping up across the street off Temple, I would think this would be a major focus for the city.
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i live down the street and have been wondering about this and searching for info on a regular basis -- haven't found any type of update more recent than last spring.
 
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