Recent content by kmp1284

I would think the bulk of the growth in population on the islands would be service workers and tradespeople. Take a look at days on market for condos in Boston over ~$3m and tell me with a straight face that Massachusetts is a place the rich want to live and invest.

Rough Point in Newport. Certainly could have passed for Pebble that day though. By the time we got there most of the best cars were either under plastic or being taken up the street for judging at the Tennis Hall of Fame. I gather this 911 Dakar is kind of a big deal too.

Thought I had taken a lot more pictures at this event but here’s a rare one.

Not to state the obvious but they had to make certain concessions to get the thing financed. They’re still probably going to lose their shirt having sold so few condos.

More likely a Hail Mary-attempt to improve their chances of unloading the property.

For all the folks obsessing over the previously proposed residential tower I’d suggest checking how few sales they’ve actually closed at Winthrop Center and at nearly every other high end residential project to open in the last few years. No one is going to finance a residential tower here.

The renderings are soooo bad, like first gen AI.

That there’s an alarming abundance of bad taste and that the popular opinion isn’t always or even often the logical or well-informed opinion. Perhaps a polite way of saying who cares what some rando who has no expertise or knowledge on a topic thinks?

So? Given the choice most Americans would probably choose a home that looks like this: over one that looks like this: Credits: https://thecraftsmanblog.com/a-special-spot-in-mcmansion-hell/ https://patrickahearn.com/project/edgartown-harbor-house/

^ Wait til the auction. You’ll be able to buy an entire floor.

Seems like they’re putting all their economic development eggs in this one basket but the area north of the bridge looks to be entirely utilized by fishing businesses and what isn’t would require massive amounts of dredging. Can’t help but wonder if anyone’s looked at a chart.

Did your dates coincide with the Berkshire-Hathaway annual meeting? That’s the first weekend in May.

Fortunately there are still some things we as a society defer to experts on.

Looks like they tried to stretch too small of a bandaid around it. I’m not sure fad architecture is really the right look for what’s generally regarded as one of the preeminent cancer centers in the would. Sedate yet dignified with the highest quality materials possible would seem so much more...

Yes, this really should have been leveled for some office park caliber architecture and a soccer field that gets maybe a few dozen days of use. Fortunately for you this region lacks the population and resources to undertake such a project.