Big Reveal: the 2-BR in Game-Change-y Millennium Place

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12 Mind-Bending Ways Boston Could Confront Rising Seas

CURBED'S COULD HAVE BEEN

Anyone Feel Like Extending the Orange Line to Dedham?

CURBEDWIRE

Debut of 26 West Broadway; Rents at South End's Ink Block

SOUTH BOSTON—The six-story, 31-unit 26 West Broadway is open for business. The apartment complex is offering 16 different floorplansand has a snazzy new website to boot. [Curbed Boston]
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SOUTH END—Here's a quick check of the rents at everyone's favorite newspaper-HQ-turned-transformative-apartment-complex: "Rents in the [Ink Block] range from $2,529 to $2,804 for studios, $3,234 to $4,304 for one bedrooms, $4,104 to $4,704 for two bedrooms and $5,404-$5,804 for three bedrooms. Garage parking costs $325 a month." [Herald]

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Oscar-nominated production designer Adam Stockhausen has established himself as a medium for the art-house crowd.He's converted a century-old department store into a magnificent Old World hotel for Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel," designed gloomy plantation houses for Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," and even built a model of the Berlin Wall for Steven Spielberg's upcoming Cold War thriller. Curbed National recently sat down with the Brooklyn-based designer, and learned all about the challenges of creating period trains, miniature funiculars, and Art Nouveau film sets.

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OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND WARRIORS

Open House Weekend Tour: Oh So Artsy in SoWa

Like the makings of any up-and-coming and trendy neighborhood, the area south of Washington Street was branded "SoWa." This area of the South End has been an enclave to artists and creative types before it was cool to be artsy. While loft-style condos are rare, a few of them can be found in SoWa. At very trendy prices, ranging from $830K to $530K, one of these homes would be a perfect space to reach your creative potential.

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SOUTH END

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EATER TASTINGS

Where to Drink Right Now; Moonshine 152 Opens; More!

Let's grab a bite of restaurant news with Eater Boston.

[Photo: Katie Chudy]
SOUTH BOSTON—Moonshine 152 opens in Southie tonight, taking over the former Franklin Southie space. Chef/owner Asia Mei, herself a Franklin alum, will be offering "sustainable plays on local East Coast cuisine and street food." There's a big focus on late-night and brunch services (including a Monday industry brunch).
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CHARLESTOWN—Brewer's Fork is also on the verge of opening; the latest estimate is the end of next week, depending on inspections. In the meantime, take a peek inside and start dreaming of wood-fired pizzas.

Run to the updated Eater Boston Cocktail Heatmap through here >>

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SNOW PATROL

When life hands you lemons... "The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority has erected a two-story snow hill on the Lawn on D, the 2.7-acre park next to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. It's too small for real Olympic events, but a team of professional skiers and snowboarders will use it to perform tricks this weekend..." [Globe]

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RENTSPOTTER

Big Reveal: the 2-BR in Game-Change-y Millennium Place

And, now, the results of our asking-rent guessing game.

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Address: 580 Washington Street, #3A
Rent: $6,700
The Skinny: Wowza! Only 17 percent of you guessed the correct rent for this condo in the juggernaut that is Millennium Place. With 40 percent, $5,999 drew the most votes, followed closely by $4,600. Some of you even voted for $3,700 a month. Seriously? That little for a seat at Downtown Crossing's "inner-city country club"? More photos after the jump.

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580 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111

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On the hunt for an apartment in Greater Boston? Soon will be? Once the snow melts? You best check out our updated Curbed Boston Rental Heatmap, featuring 10 newish complexes with plenty of vacancies as well as a plethora of tenant goodies, including free months and signing bonuses. It's like you're Tom Brady! [Curbed Boston]

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SNOW PATROL

"[Somerville] hired Above Summit, an aerial cinematography and multimedia company, to survey municipal buildings for excessive snow buildup using the flying robots. ... Jovan Tanasijevic, co-founder of Above Summit, said they covered 10 buildings on their first day. He said conditions were windy for the drone they used, but they got the work done." [Globe]

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WATER WORLD

12 Mind-Bending Ways Boston Could Confront Rising Seas

MorriSEA Parkway. (Get it?)

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On the two-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy last fall, the City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Society of Architects (Boston!) launched a global contest for ideas on how to cope with rising sea levels. They called it "Boston Living with Water." Fifty ideas poured in; and now the number has dwindled significantly. You can vote through Feb. 25 on the more promising ones here, though a panel of experts will eventually select the top nine. The criteria was basically this: Help three particularly vulnerable areas of Boston—Morrissey Boulevard, Fort Point Channel District and the North End's Prince Building—deal with rising sea levels over the next several decades; a finalist will be selected from the ideas for each area and then an ultimate winner from those. Above is a scheme for Morrissey Boulevard. Note the floating T line (which will presumably not freeze over in winter).

What are some of the other ideas that made the early cut? This way >>

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REAL ESTATE JEOPARDY

Can You Believe All the Development in This Hub Town?

The clue is: Some of the many new developments in this unlikely Hub locale include 192 Pleasant Street, 202-204 Arsenal Street and a new Marriott Residence Inn.

Your chance to answer through here >>

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CURBEDWIRE

West End Apartment Plans; Olympic Support Shrinks

WEST END—There are plans afoot for a 486-unit apartment complex at 35 Lomasney Way (a.k.a. the Garden Garage). The site would also include 830 parking spaces, 18,000 square feet of common area and approximately 2,000 square feet of retail. Public meeting this evening. [BRA]
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HUB-WIDE—The collapse of the T this month may have something to do with these numbers: "The poll shows 44 percent of Boston area residents support the Olympic bid, while 46 percent do not. Opposition has grown by 13 points in the month since our last poll. In the city of Boston alone, opposition has grown by 15 points." [WBUR]

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"Since the public transit is unreliable and a shit ton of folks still drive good old cars, it is worth noting that Watertown has one of the easiest access points to Boston via Charles River Road and then a short hop over to Storrow. I have no comment on the pricing, however . . . . . . it is absurd or absurder these days." —a reader sees a positive in all the new development in Watertown

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Snowpocalypse vs. Sales; What $500K Buys; Taylor Swift; More!

Time to check in with the sunniest blog in New England, Curbed Cape Cod.

NANTUCKET—This tricked-out estate on Polpis Harbor way looking for almost $13 million last year. Now, it's back for just $12.5 million.
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EDGARTOWN—Sorry, Snowpocalypse. There's just no stopping Martha's Vineyard buyers. Case in point, a stylish in-town spread that sold this week for $1.4 million.

This way to why Taylor Swift didn't write the Cape a break-up song >>

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CURBED'S COULD HAVE BEEN

Anyone Feel Like Extending the Orange Line to Dedham?

Everyone knows about the Red Line expansion to Lexington that wasn't. And the Blue Line to Lynn that also wasn't. And certainly the Green Line to Medford that will likely soon be. But how many remember plans to push the Orange Line all the way to Dedham and to Reading on the other end?

The details through here >>

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A Whopper of a Chop for Cambridge's 22 Fayerweather Street

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That stretch of West Cambridge's Fayerweather Street between Huron Avenue and Brattle Street 'tis no stranger to big deals. And yet. The deal for the 4,707-square-foot Victorian-era abode at 22 Fayerweather is unique. Why? The 14-room, seven-fireplace house first dropped on the sales market in May 2014 for $3,725,000. The price tag then dropped steadily from there, all the way to $3,275,000. That's where it rested until it traded in a deal that closed earlier this month.

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