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PROPOSED: Filene's Tower

MeC2001 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:53:27 +0000

I know this project was pulled, but does anyone have any idea what the developers and/or city are going to do with this pit? I was in town about 5 months ago for a few days, and it appeared there was nothing happening, nor about to. What a truly unfortunate set of circumstances for an such an important site.

Greater Boston Photo Thread

MeC2001 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:43:36 +0000

If only I could be in Boston...

15 Must Sees in Boston

jbhay — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:54:53 +0000

My flight landed Friday at 8am and I went on foot for the remainder of the day until about 8pm when I met up some friends at The Paradise on Commonwealth Ave.

First thing I want to say about Boston: GREAT transit system. My NFT I bought helped a ton, but the options are all there to get around.

Did the Freedom Trail after wandering around a bit in Chinatown and the Common. Had pizza in Quincy Market, stopped off in Blackstone Grill for a beer, saw the Paul Revere House, savored the view of the Zakim Bridge, wandered through the Navy Yard (great skyline view), climbed the Bunker Hill Monument, then waited for Bus 93 on Warren St. to take me to the Sullivan Sqaure Orangle Line and rode that all the way down to Stony Brook, caught the 5pm SA Brew Tour - (great time, threw down 50 in the gift store ), then rode up to Roxbury Crossing to check out the Basilica Church for the Kennedy funeral, had another slice of pizza across the street from the church, and then rode to the Mass Ave. stop, walked to the Green Line Symphony station, transferred to the B Line at Copley, and rode that to Pleasant Street. Loved my first LRT ride!! (It was packed with students once we were in the BU area though, haha)

I covered a lot of ground on my first day in Boston, a 12 hour expedition of history and alcohol. Great city, great times. Spent the rest of the weekend in Sharon/Foxboro and then was at TT the Bears on Saturday night in Cambridge. Never got to see Harvard...

Will be back as soon as possible. Where else am I going to get my new favorite beer, Boston Brick Red?

15 Must Sees in Boston

cloudship — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:39:36 +0000

What time will you be arriving? In most cases, if you arrive in the late afternoon/evening, you will land to the north. Logan airport is right near the city - if you manage to get a window seat on the left hand side of the plane, and the plane lands to the north, you get a great view of the skyline.

15 Must Sees in Boston

Lowerdeck — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:34:29 +0000

jbhay, on Aug 25 2009, 11:15 AM, said:

I'll be coming to Boston this Friday for the first time, on my first airplane ride ever as well. Looking forward to just getting there and going exploring. This list is making me really excited about my trip now, especially the Sam Adams brewery tour. I'll make sure to stop there, as well as the Common, and I would really like to get a picture of that Bunker Hill Bridge on I-93 for the bridge fanatic in me.

Well, enjoy Boston when you get up here. It's a very nice city, one of my favorites.

If you're looking forward to the Sam Adams tour, might also want to try out the Harpoon. I have not done that one yet, but it's on my to do list. Boston is a great place to get great beer. Lots of quality bars with good micros and crafts.

15 Must Sees in Boston

jbhay — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:15:14 +0000

The T

PBoyce79 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:33:06 +0000

The MBTA has finally been added to Google Transit http://www.google.com/transit/.
So you can now easily plan trips on the T via Google maps on the web, Iphone, android, and other Google map Supported Phones.

The T

Lowerdeck — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:08:41 +0000

News: the state is threatening major change of service to close a 8 billion dollar budget issue. Among ideas being thrown around, a T fare hike of 25 percent and a 30 percent reduction in bus and subway service, along with some bus routes being eliminated altogether. I've also heard that six cents of the proposed 19 cent gas tax hike would be dedicated to the MBTA. Or perhaps both, considering this is Massachusetts after all.

Chelsea's Mystic Mall

tabslate — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:09:36 +0000

It is just going to be a massive Market Basket with over 40 registers, and about 3 times the size of the current store, with wider aisles and more parking. It will probably also have a prepared foods area/sub shop which is in the newer Market Basket stores, as well as a bakery.

Boston City Hall

Chessplayer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:09:18 +0000

City Hall Plaza is a travesty urban design and desperately needs to be reworked.

City Hall is an amazing piece of architecture that should be absolutely be saved.