Aerials

Absolutely. Make the Fairmont Line into a heavy rail rapid transit line with a stop there, and it would be perfect for transit oriented, high density development.
 
The counter-argument is that the city needs its industrial depots/central transit hubs for food and goods distribution.

If not at Newmarket, then where?

And remember, these are blue collar voters that you will be uprooting for your high-rise/mixed-use/real estate schemes. Where are these blue collar jobs going to go?

This is the same argument employed by Jimmy Kelly for 40 years as to why the Seaport had to be warehouses and parking lots...

I say move all the industry into the Newmarket area, not out of it!
 
Charlie_mta said:
Absolutely. Make the Fairmont Line into a heavy rail rapid transit line with a stop there, and it would be perfect for transit oriented, high density development.
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Until we start to see that type of development in the industrial areas surrounding Andrew Station (also visible in that aerial) I'm not confident that the Newmarket area--even more removed from the existing urban fabric--would be a TOD magnet.
 
I drive through the Newmarket area on a daily basis, it's teeming with life - most of the signage is for food distribution.

The counter argument to "why this industrial stain in our city" is the "this is where the down and dirty business of the city is done"

All I'm saying is, that's why it isn't going to be turned into a new urban TOD utopia any time soon.

Which politician is going to vote to send even more of those jobs to Chelsea?
 
A few aerials from my trip to San Juan:

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The Fan Pier wall-o-glass makes me want to vomit. The parking lot looked better. I guess it'll stand out less once the other buildings go up, but who knows when that's happening...
 
No way, I actually kind of like it. At least it's not brown, as cz noted in the other thread. The palette is even more obvious from these shots. Damn, what a beautiful city. So much potential, it's got so much more to go-and it's already great!
 
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What I circled are probably vents but when I first looked at it, I thought it was a short high-rise with multiple setbacks ending with two spires. I think it would be a great addition to the Seaport if they could design a tower, even a short one, maybe a 16-20 story high rise with a 4 story spire.
 
I thought the same thing too when I 1st view the pix,funny when you only notice the vent building instead of any of the new buildings around it! nice pix's KentXie
 
Here's an old aerial from about 1982/83; the Devonshire is u/c, which dates it. Wow, really makes you appreciate how far the city has come since then.

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great pix!! I move here one year later in 1984 and this is excatly how the city looked to me! So much has changed and I watch it all happen as I drove thru it everyday working, thanks!
 
Wow...the city looks terrible...as much as I'm disappointed by missed opportunities it is legions better than it was then.
 
Thanks for the link! There was a shot from about Gov't Center looking West towards Center Plaza and 1 Beacon with the Common in the background that actually made 1 Beacon (or should I just call it, "One") look nice. Not even just O.K., but nice. It looked GOOD in the picture... to me anyway. I don't know what's wrong with me... the woman must have slipped something in my Captain Crunch this morning.
 
sidewalks said:
Wow...the city looks terrible...as much as I'm disappointed by missed opportunities it is legions better than it was then.
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What the heck are you talking about? The city looks great. You can't even see the disaster of Filene's from that angle.
 
I think he may be referring to the above picture from '82, since he comparing past to present. Not sure.

Boston does looks beautiful in these aerials (if you can ignore the Seaport).

Tear down the garages!

Tear down 1-2-3 Center Plaza!
 
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