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Plan seeks to untangle North End traffic as towers rise
BOSTON – Averting traffic woes in the area around Boston's North Station – as huge office, residential and hotel towers begin to…
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Suburban living may be less ‘green’ than it appears
BOSTON – Tall buildings loom over traffic filled streets in Boston as litter-strewn sidewalks and gutters add their accents to the exhaust fumes…
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MIT Senseable City Lab envisions future cities
CAMBRIDGE – The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its researchers have long been reshaping our reality. Teachers at the school and its alumni…
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Northern Ave. bridge contest seeks ideas for landmark span
BOSTON – Boston's landmark Northern Avenue Bridge may get a much-needed facelift or it could be replaced with an entirely new…
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Hub’s growth will strain transit, power, other services: Study
BOSTON – The Hub is expected to be a more crowded place by 2030 and a report issued Tuesday says growth in Greater…
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BRA wins 6 more years for urban renewal in Council vote
BOSTON – The Boston City Council approved a six-year extension of the Boston Redevelopment Authority's urban renewal tools to develop more…