CanalSide looks toward a boisterous future of 600 people warming a giant space, forgetting the lessons from ghosted storefronts.
Something about the design of this food hall was bothering me.
Letter to a traffic engineer
Even entities such as the City of Cambridge, which in theory should have been consulted in a Reid Overpass design process, are relegated to the inbox.
Counter intuitive
There’s a special kind of pain in seeing projects go up thoughtlessly with flaws that will confront people for years or decades.
MWRA was created to solve a regional problem, and we need to push it to do so now
Now is the last time that Cambridge and Somerville are able to use MWRA funding to cover the cost of sewer infrastructure upgrades.
It’s time for police oversight in Somerville
It is past time for the City Council to act on its 2020 commitment and create a police commission and a community police review agency.
You can live without your creepy doorbell camera
By owning one of these doorbell surveillance cameras, you are not making yourself safer. You are making yourself useful.
Closure overexposure
Psychologically, we warm up to things more when we encounter them a lot – as long as we don’t already dislike them. Like the misuse of words.
Why doesn’t Phil Eng know how batteries work?
Everyone warned us, but the T switched systems anyway. No U.S. transit professional believes there's anything to learn from systems around the globe.
Political pundits can’t talk about Democratic wins without addressing Republican lies
It matters as Democrats enter a phase of beating Republican candidates and the losers have shown how far to hang onto power.
Old friends, public service and a campaign for the community
I believe my perspective is needed on Beacon Hill, where the voices of the vulnerable are too often drowned out by special interests and bureaucracy.