But you can get a lot of your produce and what not at farm fresh each week—I wish I was walking distance to a great farmers market

There’s also tons of cool places to patronize: farm fresh, new harvest, isco, revival, dusk, various artist collectives, waterfire arts center, steel yard, garden of Eden, Nolan’s, etc etc.

Surprised to see Cleveland on here… we’re near Boston. What explains Cleveland?

Agreed it will look ridiculous mostly because there’s no other tall buildings around it and probably never will be. If there were a few skyscrapers here it would start to look like a second downtown and Fane would be much less offensive, but just one tower does look really odd.

Yes. Nobody spends time in the park along Dyer Street. Why would they when they can be by the river? It’s a dead zone.

I know SO many people who work 2 days a week in Boston and the rest from home in PVD, or are completely remote. This is the future. The best thing PVD can do to be competitive is be livable, vibrant, dense, and fun, in order to attract more people, who in turn attract more people and jobs.

Boston is economically on fire and is insanely expensive. We’re the only nice city commuteable to Boston offering a true urban experience.

None of those things are being replaced by this tower. It’s being built in an unused corner of the park near dyer street. From what I can tell all of the areas currently used for fun activities are going to remain as is.

The developer previously built a 47 story tower in Toronto. He has experience.

Awesome place. Huge loss.

Columbus is by far the best. Books national caliber bands. No other venue here books even half as well. Also a gorgeous classic atmosphere.

Not a bar/club per se but Ceremony is a Japanese cafe that has a solid wine and sake menu.

RIP Big King. Does anyone know if Pickerel has good sale offerings to accompany their ramen?

Some of the best Chinese I’ve ever had, but you have to order the right things.

I second Glou! Great atmosphere too.

District Hall at 225 Dyer Street. Free coworking place but a quiet place to study with wifi and comforts.

Upstairs at Yoleni’s during non peak hours.

No one in particular but I highly recommend seeing a psyD or a phd rather than a social worker (MSW) or other qualifications. Having someone who really understand psychology and not just mediation can be very helpful.

You’re probably right but a lot of people probably genuinely feel that way.

There’s great shops in Harvard Square where rents are even higher. Its just terrible tenant selection by Brown and Capstone who own most of the street.

Also, not many young people who aren’t students live around there to be customers of great shops. Why go all the way to Thayer when you can go to Wickenden, Ives, Westminster, Hope, etc, and not feel like you’re intruding on a college party… It is a bummer though—Thayer has a great streetscape.

I really like it and go there with some regularity. It’s also great for sake and wine. By niche I mean it’s a Japanese tea house first and foremost more than a coffee shop, which I’m also really into—it’s just… very specific.

A great non-chain coffee shop like Bolt Coffee, New Harvest, Dave’s, Little Sister, etc. is what you would expect to be adjacent to a 10,000 student university on their main “college town” drag.

First off, Aroma Joes is so ridiculous I can’t even believe that place exists. They call coffee “fuel”, everything is made out of plastic, the food tastes like airplane food. It’s a horrible experience. Even the logo—did they steal it from kid Pix? I’m transported back to 1992 in the worst way. Is this place a front?

Starbucks is fine, it’s Starbucks, but it’s a nondescript national chain coffee shop. My point is that usually great colleges have a coffee shop culture right around them. Thayer is lacking on this front and it’s glaring. The closest thing it had was Blue State, and Blue State was underwhelming.

I have a high bar for “good coffee shop.” That will annoy some of you who think Starbucks is awesome, and others will get it…

Not a great coffee shop: sterile interior, mediocre coffee. Nothing interesting about it other than being independent. So… that’s fine. Thayer is long overdue for a great coffee shop. It’s insane that the heart of a great university has such poor options. Best one is ceremony which is pretty niche.

Weird—I went during rush hour on Friday and there was no traffic at all on the off ramp. Some in the left lane turning into the site but none is you stayed in the right lane to go straight. I live nearby and I have passed a few times—never any traffic. When were you there?

This is correct.

I used to live in Coolidge and that market was great. Plus there was a green line stop right at the front door. Again—not built for drivers so, yes, it was a nightmare for drivers. Sorry—go to stop and shop instead if you want east parking. The world doesn’t revolve around someone from Barrington easily driving everywhere they want to go.

He’s a great urban planning mayor, but like those before him couldn’t fix schools. Perceived (though not real) sense of crime increasing.

I think he’s more popular than people think and polls confirm this. He doesn’t pander to the powerful and loud east siders so they write about him in their rags like no one likes him. Meanwhile on the south and west sides people think he’s fine.

Guys: as of 5:30 tonight, opening day, no traffic at all. Some back up to turn into the site at the South Main off ramp but the right lane of that ramp completely clear to pass.

Meanwhile TONS of foot traffic. That formerly dead area of Wickenden now feels completely alive. Can’t wait for the rest of those 195 District parcels to be filled in.