What's their proposal and for which area?
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Any idea what project all these fancy sealed/welded pipes at the substation/power building located at Chauncy & Bedford St downtown?
I wonder if that's for some kind of high voltage interconnect, like something supercooled / super conducting? Appears to be AZZ high voltage buses. Makes you wonder if they're expanding service at Downtown Crossing.
I wonder if that's for some kind of high voltage interconnect, like something supercooled / super conducting? Appears to be AZZ high voltage buses. Makes you wonder if they're expanding service at Downtown Crossing.
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how about the Kenmore Hotel that was supposed to redirect traffic or something, and look like upside down gold logs that get wider as it gets higher?Worst description ever but the only name I can find is Kenmore Hotel.
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It's frozen, because it's a hotel.
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by 'frozen' you mean repurposing as a lab science building
Exchange South End is mired between the BPDA, the IAG and MassDOT. The community benefits agreement which was incorporated into BPDA approval stated that the project would construct two access roads to I-93 Frontage road (itself an access road), to allow people to access the development via both I-93 S and I-93 North. MassDOT, who owns the I-93 Frontage road, told the developers it would only allow 1 connected from Southbound Frontage road. My guess is that the BPDA and the IAG are holding up approving this modification to the agreement unless the project and resulting traffic is cut in size. The main community concern throughout the approval process was traffic the development would cause on Albany and other side streets, so the two connections to Frontage Road was a key piece of the approval.
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What's happening with the Washington Essex Building...a full block right in the center of everything (not sure what its street address is)
From Essex at Hayward, seems like (yet another) case where a land tax (high) instead of property tax (low on derelict buildings) would incentize full development of this site. (other streetviews aren't much better)
Bounded by Washington, Harrison, Hayward, Essex.
From Essex at Hayward, seems like (yet another) case where a land tax (high) instead of property tax (low on derelict buildings) would incentize full development of this site. (other streetviews aren't much better)
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The upper floors are the Department of Children and Families, 600 Washington Street. A government agency that has been there for at least 30 years and many more to come I believe. The property is part of an investment group in Newton so it's strange that they don't rent out the first floor retail spaces. There was a Walgreens there in 2018. The first floor also has the old abandon RKO theater still in there in some form. Seriously, I've read that back stage is haunted.What's happening with the Washington Essex Building...a full block right in the center of everything (not sure what its street address is)
From Essex at Hayward, seems like (yet another) case where a land tax (high) instead of property tax (low on derelict buildings) would incentize full development of this site. (other streetviews aren't much better)
Bounded by Washington, Harrison, Hayward, Essex.
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That youtube video.... was the camera hanging from the guy's belt? Some of the most puke inducing footage I've ever seen wow.