New England Revolution Stadium | 173 Alford Street | Boston-Everett

[Stlin]

In related news , Eversource has gotten the okay for a $1.5 Billion substation to be buried underground near Binney St.

Specifically, 290 Binney - it's been underway for a while now. I believe they're currently digging out the underground vault for the thing.

MXD Commercial Towers | 250 - 290 Binney St | Kendall Square

How time flies, but that buildout was over 20 years ago for the first 3 buildings and then a little under 20 years ago for the 4th and 5th buildings. It feels like it wasn’t that long ago that they were blasting up a storm to expand that Waltham lab.

archboston.com

 

[Equilibria]

They wanted to rename the Convention Center?

After Menino, yes.

And goodness, does that Globe article contain some zingers...

Plans also call for a dock at the stadium site for ferries going to and from the Encore Boston Harbor casino.

Umm... why? You'll be able to walk there much faster. They're building a skybridge.

And Maggie Sullivan, an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, criticized removing the site from the industrial port area via legislation as “spot zoning” and poor planning, saying it would undermine the state’s clean energy goals by preventing the land from being used to support the offshore wind industry.

Shine on, you crazy obstructionist diamonds. Has there ever been a proposal for this land to support the offshore wind industry? Ports for that explicit purpose are under development in New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Maine, much closer to the proposed offshore wind developments.

I won't comment on the Revs' belief that building this stadium will make the "big four" a "big five", because they have to say that.

 

[JeffDowntown]

After Menino, yes.

And goodness, does that Globe article contain some zingers...



Umm... why? You'll be able to walk there much faster. They're building a skybridge.



Shine on, you crazy obstructionist diamonds. Has there ever been a proposal for this land to support the offshore wind industry? Ports for that explicit purpose are under development in New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, and Maine, much closer to the proposed offshore wind developments.

I won't comment on the Revs' belief that building this stadium will make the "big four" a "big five", because they have to say that.

Also Salem as support for off-shore wind.

 

[AmericanFolkLegend]

Anyone know why they are keeping that little brick building to the left and what purpose it serves?

That's the old control house for the Eversource 115kV substation on Alford St. I don't think that building even gets used anymore but ES won't give up that real estate in case they need to further expand the substation.