Stronkowski t1_iu0me6g wrote on October 27, 2022 at 5:52 PM

Reply to comment by fakecrimesleep in ‘A 24-hour neighborhood’: Wu outlines plans to bring downtown Boston back to life - The Boston Globe by TouchDownBurrito

Hmm, interesting idea. It would get around the big issue of converting to apartments because central plumbing and heating work fine for a school.

But that's only gonna fill up the tiniest portion of the potential office space.

Maxpowr9 t1_iu0qtua wrote on October 27, 2022 at 6:20 PM

That's how a lot of other major cities have schools/universities. Even when I studied abroad at RMIT, I had classes way up on the 16th floor. I just chalk it up as more NIMBYism being anti-skyscraper and wanting to keep some silly provincial feeling instead of being a world class city.

ggtffhhhjhg t1_iu41uot wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:10 PM

There are restrictions on how high you can build in certain parts of the city and people in multiple parts of the city have immense power, wealth and influence.