Comments for Downtown View http://www.bostoncolumn.com a column about Downtown Boston by Karen Cord Taylor Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on If I were mayor by Ivy A. Turner http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2012/01/24/if-i-were-mayor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Ivy A. Turner Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=475#comment-283 Karen gets my vote! Karen gets my vote!

]]> Comment on If I were mayor by Tommye-K. Mayer http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2012/01/24/if-i-were-mayor-2/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Tommye-K. Mayer Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:33:18 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=475#comment-282 Like, like, like the fee for resident parking stickers, the increased fee on 2nd car in the family sticker, & no stickers for 3rd or more cars! But what about charging the fee by the car length? Here's that car length database. http://www.hansonconcretegarages.co.uk/CarSizeDatabase.garages Like, like, like the screet names painted on buildings As they are in London. How about also requiring the street name & number on EVERY door? Imagine how much easier it would be to get around "someone elses neighborhood (the ones we're less familiar with)! Oh & when the casino is permitted for Suffolk Downs, I think the developer should be required to underwrite the Red line/Blue linme link *&* the casino should be marketed as the nation's only casino on public transit with credit to those taking the T *&* the front door should favor public transit/pedestrian access as opposed to the parking lot. Come to think of it *ALL* new construction doors in my Boston would favor public transit/pedestrian access as opposed to the parking lot. -Tommye-K. Mayer North End, Boston Like, like, like the fee for resident parking stickers, the increased fee on 2nd car in the family sticker, & no stickers for 3rd or more cars! But what about charging the fee by the car length? Here’s that car length database. http://www.hansonconcretegarages.co.uk/CarSizeDatabase.garages

Like, like, like the screet names painted on buildings As they are in London.

How about also requiring the street name & number on EVERY door? Imagine how much easier it would be to get around “someone elses neighborhood (the ones we’re less familiar with)!

Oh & when the casino is permitted for Suffolk Downs, I think the developer should be required to underwrite the Red line/Blue linme link *&* the casino should be marketed as the nation’s only casino on public transit with credit to those taking the T *&* the front door should favor public transit/pedestrian access as opposed to the parking lot. Come to think of it *ALL* new construction doors in my Boston would favor public transit/pedestrian access as opposed to the parking lot.

-Tommye-K. Mayer
North End, Boston

]]> Comment on Predatory lenders by Why not another bank? — Newton Villages – A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2012/01/17/predatory-lenders/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Why not another bank? — Newton Villages – A city-wide coalition to improve our village centers Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:41:15 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=473#comment-281 [...] Go here to read the full article. Share: [...] [...] Go here to read the full article. Share: [...]

]]> Comment on The good times sometimes roll by ritchie tiemann http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2012/01/03/the-good-times-sometimes-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-278 ritchie tiemann Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:54:30 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=466#comment-278 No greater example of holier-than-thou types can be pointed to than the occu-bums themselves. Apart from their ignorant babblings spewed into any available microphone, and the notion that they have the right to act in a manner which would cause the liberals to scream for nuclear war if the Tea Party dared to practice the tactics we witnessed, I am amazed that the one and only Noam Chomsky was welcomed into the Greenway. Chomsky, friend of Hezbollah, a terrorist gang responsible for murdering innocents INCLUDING AMERICANS! For shame! No greater example of holier-than-thou types can be pointed to than the occu-bums themselves. Apart from their ignorant babblings spewed into any available microphone, and the notion that they have the right to act in a manner which would cause the liberals to scream for nuclear war if the Tea Party dared to practice the tactics we witnessed, I am amazed that the one and only Noam Chomsky was welcomed into the Greenway. Chomsky, friend of Hezbollah, a terrorist gang responsible for murdering innocents INCLUDING AMERICANS! For shame!

]]> Comment on The good times sometimes roll by ritchie tiemann http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2012/01/03/the-good-times-sometimes-roll/comment-page-1/#comment-277 ritchie tiemann Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:42:25 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=466#comment-277 There is no greater example of "holier-than-thou" types than the occu-bums themselves. Apart from the ignorant babblings we were treated to from these characters whenever they spewed their foolishness into a microphone, the whole stinking movement can best be understood by the Boston bunch having welcomed into their midst the one and only Noam Chomsky, friend of Hezbollah, a terrorist gang who is responsible for the murder of countless innocents INCLUDING AMERICANS! Not a peep concerning this fact was ever heard from the lamestream media. Why not? There is no greater example of “holier-than-thou” types than the occu-bums themselves. Apart from the ignorant babblings we were treated to from these characters whenever they spewed their foolishness into a microphone, the whole stinking movement can best be understood by the Boston bunch having welcomed into their midst the one and only Noam Chomsky, friend of Hezbollah, a terrorist gang who is responsible for the murder of countless innocents INCLUDING AMERICANS! Not a peep concerning this fact was ever heard from the lamestream media. Why not?

]]> Comment on Supermarket likely, against all odds by Paul DiModica http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2011/12/27/supermarket-likely-against-all-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Paul DiModica Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:05:40 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=463#comment-270 This story was reported in the Bulletin Newspapers LAST WEEK. This story was reported in the Bulletin Newspapers LAST WEEK.

]]> Comment on Mitt. A Democrat? by ritchie tiemann http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2011/12/13/mitt-a-democrat/comment-page-1/#comment-266 ritchie tiemann Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:47:16 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=452#comment-266 I see that Taylor has finally learned how to spell Michele Bachmann's name. Maybe she's still working on how to properly spell Anthony Weiner's name. Democrats don't care what your religion is? As long as it's the religion of GLOBAL WARMING, which is Taylor's religion. I see that Taylor has finally learned how to spell Michele Bachmann’s name. Maybe she’s still working on how to properly spell Anthony Weiner’s name. Democrats don’t care what your religion is? As long as it’s the religion of GLOBAL WARMING, which is Taylor’s religion.

]]> Comment on Awfulization by protestfolk http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2011/12/06/awfulization/comment-page-1/#comment-265 protestfolk Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:40:04 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=449#comment-265 Minimization of what both the short-term and the long-term effects of a massive, "Big-Dig-like" skyscraper construction project of 1 to 3 years and the Manhattanization/overdevelopment of the Back Bay can have on the quality of life of Back Bay residents seems to be a greater danger than "awfulization. Besides increasing the shadow over Copley Square by 20 percent between November and March during the late morning and early afternoon, the 47-story skyscraper construction project is likely to affect Back Bay daily life, for example, in the way that Karl Sabbah indicated what happens when a skyscraper is constructed in his book "Skyscraper:" "The effects of the project will inevitably spread far beyond the boundaries of the site. The constant stream of trucks to and from the site, some bringing concrete, others carrying away rubble to dumps...disrupt...the already busy traffic...Buses sometimes have to mount the pavement to skirt around the trucks...The history of construction is littered with disasters caused by a failure to appreciate the impact of loads and forces on steel connections and supports...The windows of the John Hancock Building in Boston provide one example of the unpleasant surprises lying in wait for the best of architects and construction managers...It took four years of falling glass for the architects and construction company to decide what to do..." Minimization of what both the short-term and the long-term effects of a massive, “Big-Dig-like” skyscraper construction project of 1 to 3 years and the Manhattanization/overdevelopment of the Back Bay can have on the quality of life of Back Bay residents seems to be a greater danger than “awfulization. Besides increasing the shadow over Copley Square by 20 percent between November and March during the late morning and early afternoon, the 47-story skyscraper construction project is likely to affect Back Bay daily life, for example, in the way that Karl Sabbah indicated what happens when a skyscraper is constructed in his book “Skyscraper:” “The effects of the project will inevitably spread far beyond the boundaries of the site. The constant stream of trucks to and from the site, some bringing concrete, others carrying away rubble to dumps…disrupt…the already busy traffic…Buses sometimes have to mount the pavement to skirt around the trucks…The history of construction is littered with disasters caused by a failure to appreciate the impact of loads and forces on steel connections and supports…The windows of the John Hancock Building in Boston provide one example of the unpleasant surprises lying in wait for the best of architects and construction managers…It took four years of falling glass for the architects and construction company to decide what to do…”

]]> Comment on People United Against Banks by PlusBoston – Connecting Boston's Blog » J.P. Licks May Be Opening in Boston’s Beacon Hill http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2011/08/30/people-united-against-banks/comment-page-1/#comment-264 PlusBoston – Connecting Boston's Blog » J.P. Licks May Be Opening in Boston’s Beacon Hill Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:04:33 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=408#comment-264 [...] meeting on December 7. No address for the proposed J.P. Licks was given, though an earlier Downtown View article mentioned that the space in question is a former law [...] [...] meeting on December 7. No address for the proposed J.P. Licks was given, though an earlier Downtown View article mentioned that the space in question is a former law [...]

]]> Comment on People United Against Banks by J.P. Licks May Be Opening in Boston’s Beacon Hill « Colliers Retail Report http://www.bostoncolumn.com/2011/08/30/people-united-against-banks/comment-page-1/#comment-263 J.P. Licks May Be Opening in Boston’s Beacon Hill « Colliers Retail Report Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:35:10 +0000 http://www.bostoncolumn.com/?p=408#comment-263 [...] meeting on December 7. No address for the proposed J.P. Licks was given, though an earlier Downtown View article mentioned that the space in question is a former law [...] [...] meeting on December 7. No address for the proposed J.P. Licks was given, though an earlier Downtown View article mentioned that the space in question is a former law [...]

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