Union Square Somerville Infill and Small Developments

It absolutely is. I remember when it first went on the market, I watched a person in a Tesla try and take the turn for a good 5 minutes, give up and then just block the driveway.

They've since gone in and tried to expand the garage door... it was a hackjob and it looks like it.
I think since 109 prospect is over the tracks it's not at all Union Sq but Inman Sq. Though technically since it's Somerville it could be "Portuguese Plaza".
 
I think since 109 prospect is over the tracks it's not at all Union Sq but Inman Sq. Though technically since it's Somerville it could be "Portuguese Plaza".
Having lived on that stretch of Prospect, I’d argue that everything between Houghton and Concord basically are in an overlap area belonging to both squares.
 
Has anyone added up the number of new units or net new units coming online in the next couple of years here? It feels like it could almost be a thousand new units in Union Square.
 
I would despise living in one of those mini-units, and it would have been better to do a double-lot with a collection of 800-1000SF units, but I suppose having each parcel with an individual architect might mix up the neighborhood design a bit. Hope they keep the brick.

Not every new building needs to cater to everyone's housing needs. These are perfect for people who in their early 20's who care about location first and foremost, and view their apartments as little more than places to sleep and store their stuff. I'd love to see a lot more of these.
 
Here i was hoping that it would be micro units on the affordable end of the market instead of the middle to "luxury" end. Was hoping for more like 20 to 25.
 
I've seen that in renos of wood-frame houses when they want to remove supporting walls in order to achieve a more open floorplan. I'd guess that's what's going on here, but that's just a guess. If it is, then I don't expect it'll wind up being that the first floor is wood framing and the upper floors are all steel.
 
The photo is not CLT. It’s just a few pieces of dimensional lumber.

I thought so at first too, but it can't quite be that. There are no nail holes holding the pieces together (suggesting it's instead glued); there is a QC stamp that spans multiple vertical pieces; at minimum, the lumber is a different grade than the rest because there are knots on all other studs, but not the pieces of this post. This post is engineered. Maybe not as exotic as CLT, but it's not just a bunch of low-grade 2x6's nail-gunned either.

My main point was just that there are different grades of wood framing and engineered wood products.
 

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