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Archive for June, 2005YooD4 project turns to Philippe Starck for designBy Tina Cassidy, Boston Globe City Council President Michael Flaherty asks mayor to take Fan Pier land by eminent domainWhoa. Guess I’m not the only one thinking about the powers of eminent domain. New construction in Boston, MAI read about three new developments under construction in Boston. First, there is the new Greenway Place development, overlooking the Rose Kennedy Parkway. Very weak name, although I realize, of course, why they named it that. Second, a new development on Newbury Street, called, The Dubarry. Suspiciously, the artist’s drawings don’t show the big mural [...] Skepticism, rear your ugly head…North End on brink of major changesRemember the post I wrote earlier today about people getting down to the Seaport District by way of spaceship? Read on for another example. Different neighborhood, same pipe dream: For decades the green and pink Italian cookies and shimmering marzipan fruit in the window of Maria’s Pastry Shop could do little to brighten the dank underpinnings [...] Menino threatens Fan Pier permitsThere are two large parcels of land down in the Seaport District - one area is controlled by the Pritzker family and the other by Frank McCourt, previously the owner of the Boston Red Sox, now owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers (and, therefore, an absentee landlord). Freakonomics - an unbiased review from a real estate agentAs most readers are probably aware, economist Steven D. Levitt and author Stephen J. Dubner have written the bestselling book, "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything". |