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HenryAlan said:
I always have to laugh at the conservative messaging about California. They just can't take the possibility that it is a successful place despite repudiating most of their treasured dogma. I spend a lot of time there, it does not resemble these descriptions. That's all I'm going to say, can we now please go back to discussing development in greater Boston?
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I'm not a conservative, and sorry to be unable to resist further derailment... but I don't think anyone would refer to California as a successful state. It's broken in many ways, from its universities that CA residents are unable to get into, to coastal housing crises of ever-worsening proportions, homelessness completely out of control in San Francisco despite more billionaires per capita than any other city, a severe economic divide between coast and noncoastal regions (the latter with cities struggling with severe poverty)... and, to me, the worst of all (although only consistent with the entire American West), rape of the environment on a massive scale due to damming of the great American rivers and allowing sprawl in areas that should be desert.

I go there frequently as well, and I like the state, and there's a lot there that we could stand to use up here... but it's got some very deep problems and it's not a "successful place" for everyone in the state.
 
Okay, I'll say one more thing, but then let's get back to the topic. Yes, of course California has some problems. Every state does. I simply meant to point out that it's not the disastrous shithole that Trump and his accolades like to claim.
 
A last digression.

The city of Boston has 155 linear miles of combined sewer, and three miles of combined sewer overflow pipe (into the harbor). Every times there is sufficient rain, raw sewage from many, many households flows into the harbor from these combined sewers. Before criticizing others, look first at your own backyard.
https://www.bwsc.org/environment-education/maproom/combined-sewer-overflow-map

A second digression. There are an estimated 1.7 million dogs in Los Angeles County.
 
HenryAlan said:
Okay, I'll say one more thing, but then let's get back to the topic. Yes, of course California has some problems. Every state does. I simply meant to point out that it's not the disastrous shithole that Trump and his accolades like to claim.
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Agree!

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Not sure where to put this since it refers to multiple buildings, but this, along with the north station tower are both nicely visible now when walking around Cambridge Street, City Hall, and a variety of other nearby areas that on the ground remain too open, windswept and urban renewal-y in their feel—but having these towers now enclosing these vast open spaces actually makes the area feel much more urban and sheltered. It’s going to be even more so when the other towers around this area are up. The combination of low rise buildings and wide open spaces in a city is usually not a good one, and this new wave of construction is helping a lot.

BeeLine said:
https://flic.kr/p/2h3PCNy
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Bee, this photo is awesome. Love the geometry of the new building, the JFK slabs, and the Saltonstall Building - the haze is perfect because it blurs out any imperfections and only emphasizes the forms.

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Czervik.Construction said:
Yikes, is that John Henry's boat??
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If you really wanna nerd out, there are apps such as MarineTraffic that will tell the details of all major vessels at any location, including previous ports of call etc.. so you can pull it up if you ever see a giant boat and want to know who owns it.
 
Snapped from the harborwalk in Seaport.

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stefal said:
This keeps popping up from more and more angles...
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It does! I can see it peeking out above 501 Boylston/the New England Mutual Life Insurance Building from Huntington at the Christian Science Center.
 
This tower is very impressive in person. Maybe its because its not crowded by other towers; makes it seem taller than it is.
 
JSic said:
This tower is very impressive in person. Maybe its because its not crowded by other towers; makes it seem taller than it is.
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I'm surprised that you can't see in these views the crane for "Basketball City" or whatever they call it these days

From the MOS you can see a good view of The Hub, Basketball City and the Congress St. Garage projects -- they all fit into one relatively wide angle frame
 
HenryAlan said:
Okay, I'll say one more thing, but then let's get back to the topic. Yes, of course California has some problems. Every state does. I simply meant to point out that it's not the disastrous shithole that Trump and his accolades like to claim.
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Yes, it is a disastrous, overbuilt, shithole. Probably a quarter of the the LA basin should have been planned as a watershed collection area and a planned/enhanced natural oasis to properly work with the limited precipitation that infrequently falls in the San Gabriel Mountains, foothills and lower coastal plain.
Lands off the 605 between the Santa Fe Dam and Whittier Narrows should have become a huge recreation area of man made lakes, canals and parks. We could have had something similar off the Los Angeles River flowing through the San Fernando Valley. Add another watershed for Long Beach..... and others off waterways of Newport, & Del Mar/La Jolla. An extended recreation area off the 15 near Lake Elsinore should have been set aside! While we're at it, how about the green patches, near San Juan Capistrano, San Marcos, Escondido and Vista that have been destroyed by extreme development!
Not a single drop of spill-waters should have been allowed to escape into the Pacific -- but (rather) should have been captured by reservoirs to provide abundance for living creatures...... Instead S. Cal has been overbuilt to be endless sprawl, cul-de-sacs, condo hell and freeways.
The coast is extremely overbuilt right to the waters' edge, with extremely limited public space, abysmal access over much of it, and no solutions forthcoming. As a ratio of population, people continue to use less and less public open space, parks (what few parks even exist) and coastline in California than any planned area of the country. Egregious.
Big Sur is a triumph, But there are still too many private enclaves closed off to the public over the pristine coast from San Francisco to the Morro Bay/ Pismo Beach area.
UCSD, and the rest of the state colleges: Christ: don't even get me started.
California is a gigantic lost opportunity..... and transitioning more and more to an open wound. Yes, Southern California most certainly IS a shithole and fucking disaster.
 
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