Allston Yards (Stop and Shop) | 60 Everett St | Allston

chrisbrat said:
Not so much.
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Sorry going on a slight thread detail of that website listing Seattle as #1. There is ONE underground line currently. Yes, it serves the airport, downtown, the densest neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and UW, and is growing. There are two disconnected downtown streetcar lines that nobody rides and the previous mayor, no pun intended, derailed pre-construction to connect them. That project is now years and millions behind schedule. There are lots of busses, but many people fear their safety as busses have turned into rolling homeless shelters and fentanyl dens. People would rather drive or Uber/Lyft than be subjected to perceived risk. The ferries lack proper intermodal connections into the network. Covid pretty well killed the plans for intermodal rail/ferry/streetcar/cruise port at Terminal 46 and King Street Station.

There IS massive *publicly supported* investment happening though, so that is something Boston could only dream of. Sound Transit and will connect the broader region so you can go Everett to Tacoma, Redmond and Bellevue by train. Transportation and transportation equity is definitely a conversation at the forefront <<looking at you DMUs, Indigo Line, and Urban Ring>>. Sadly many neighborhoods within 3-5 mile orbit of downtown not expected to get service until 2035 or 2045 at the earliest. The stations are too far apart to be a walkable neighborhood based system. Much of the Seattle area lacks the right zoning and density. You still have to drive, or take an infrequent bus, to get to many of the stations. It's also an odd sight to see elevated rail looming over a neighborhood of single-family ranch homes. If numbers are growing, which seems to be their metric here, it's still a percentage game when you've started from ZERO in the last 10 years. <<ends rant on Seattle #1>>.

Anyway, yes, compared to other US cities, I'll second that, we should appreciate what Boston does have. Compared to the rest of the world, Boston is still in the stone age.
 
Brad Plaid said:
The left half of the current building is the S&S. The right half is a Home Goods and something else which will become the footprint for the life science. So the right half of the current building will be demolished in 2022 leaving the S&S half standing until the new store is done.
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The new stop and shop is being built across the street, so couldn’t they just build that first along with the home goods parcel and then demo the stop and shop once the new one is done?
 
chrisbrat said:
I don't disagree that our public transit needs to be drastically improved -- and quickly -- but go to literally any other major U.S. city and tell me the situation is better. Compared to European and Asian hubs we're sadly behind, but as far as American cities? Not so much.
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Totally agree! It's one of the main reasons I live in Boston. But it is frustrating to see how much unserved need there is and how it can lead to development being overly car oriented.
 
stick n move said:
The new stop and shop is being built across the street, so couldn’t they just build that first along with the home goods parcel and then demo the stop and shop once the new one is done?
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Right, that is what's being done. The life science construction (on the site of the soon to be demolished Home Goods) and the construction of the new Stop&Shop (across the street) will occur simultaneously. Old S&S will then come down after new S&S opens.
 
PNF: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/3l2um7zwnakt7xgjcuy8n5sfpxj6tgg0

They've added a residential building at 52 Everett to the plan.

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Interesting design for added residential building - look how much development the new commuter rail station has spurred around it here, imagine what West Station could do down the line to the east...
 
Love that they're adding another residential component to kick up the number of living units in this development to 1000+, making up for what was lost in the original plan. A very nice surprise!!
 
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Placing the parking below grade is a big improvement. However, the final slide showing it dripping in greenery is farcical.
 
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