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I write about housing, development and urban issues at the . Previously at & . "From the sky we look so organized and brave."

Boston, MA
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    Mar 5

    God is a Bostonian, and They have a wicked dark sense of humor.

    From our Olympic stadium to... an Amazon warehouse? E-commerce giant is in serious talks to take over 20 acres in Widett Circle, a spot long seen as a potential mini-city of new development just south of downtown Boston
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  2. Mar 5

    From our Olympic stadium to... an Amazon warehouse? E-commerce giant is in serious talks to take over 20 acres in Widett Circle, a spot long seen as a potential mini-city of new development just south of downtown Boston

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  3. Mar 5

    This is a hell of a story.

    “They took the playbook, threw it in the dumpster, and privatized the whole thing.” Why did the state completely abandon the mass vaccination plan they built in the wake of 9/11? From and :
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  4. Mar 4

    From the Olympics to... Amazon? The retail giant is in serious talks to put a big distribution center in Widett Circle, the 20-acre spot just south of downtown Boston that has long been seen as potential for major development...

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  5. Mar 4

    Welcome to Boston.

    Boston doesn’t need
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  6. Mar 4

    Remember when he was going to sell off the Hynes?

    BREAKING: Gov. Baker says the Fenway Park mass vaccination site will be moving to Hynes Convention Center ahead of Opening Day. Hynes will open March 18 and last shot at Fenway will be given on March 27 as the two overlap to smooth the transition
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  7. Mar 4

    Dumpsters and pickups with New Hampshire plates.

    tell me your neighborhood is being gentrified, without telling me your neighborhood is being gentrified. paved sidewalks, coffee shops, and code enforcement citations....
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  8. Mar 4

    Fight over status of gig workers heats up on Beacon Hill, with an interesting twist: Some local civil rights groups are siding with Uber/Lyft & co. to argue gig workers should remain independent contractors...

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    Mar 3

    FDR, 6-24-1938: "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the gov't relief rolls... tell you... that a wage of $11 a week [new min. wage] is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."

    Three-fifths of Americans support a $15 minimum wage, including a third of Republicans, according to new Politico/Morning Consult poll. Democrats now control the White House, House, and Senate. If not now, when?
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  10. Mar 3

    East Cambridge is a hotbed of construction. Lots of workers stopped by to check out the scene while I was out there this AM. Indeed, many workers on nearby sites park in this garage, which is still open. A few were heading in to retrieve their cars at the end of shifts just now.

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  11. Mar 3

    This is the First Street Garage, across from the old Middlesex County Courthouse, where work began last month to replace a rusty and decrepit staircase. It collapsed with two workers on it. "At least a ton" of steel and concrete fell, Cambridge fire officials said.

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  12. Mar 3

    For the second time in a week, a construction worker is dead in an accident. This time in East Cambridge, where a garage staircase that was being replaced collapsed this morning, killing one man and putting another in critical condition...

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  13. Mar 3

    High-rise living. In Everett? Former Wynn exec plans apartment tower along the Silver Line in the industrial city north of Boston, writes ...

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    Mar 2

    I need this level of “fucking look it up” for everything on here

    Hi, it's me, your neighborhood reasonable adult. I heard Dr. Seuss books were "banned" in a Virginia school district, which surprised me! So, I did what any reasonable adult would do with internet access: I looked it up to get official details. (thread)
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  15. Mar 2

    I even had a developer the other day tell me he's so sick of talking about lab space. (to be clear, he's not sick of building it)

    Wait…more lab space? Southie site considered for Amazon Warehouse is now being pitched as lab space.
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    Mar 2

    Today, I am directing every state to prioritize educators for vaccination. We want every educator, school staff member, and child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of this month. It’s time to treat in-person learning like the essential service that it is.

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    Mar 2

    "At colleges like Emerson — where the average financial aid award is $17,000 compared to a $70,000 a year tuition, room, and board charge — ... sex work, for some people, fits the bill." This story on student sex workers is...just read it.

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    Mar 2

    This is what happens when moms run for mayor: Mayoral candidate Wu calls for universal preschool, city office coordinating early education via

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  19. Mar 2

    This would definitely be different than BPDA's usual "award a big parcel to a single large developer" approach to this stuff. But maybe different is OK sometimes.

    Replying to @bytimlogan @jonchesto
    The city set up form-based design guidelines (with no parking), carve up a bunch of streets/alleys, and offer 1500 sf parcels & construction financing to a bunch of not-rich folks. They could build a neighborhood.
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  20. Mar 2

    Also this is North Andover, who gave Amazon tax breaks with no particular worker-standards strings attached. What happens if (when) Amazon inevitably expands into municipalities that even more union-friendly. Like, say, Boston.

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