Nick C's Essay

JUA paper

Nick Caruso
1/6/06

While I was on JUA I leaned a lot about the infer structure in Boston and how it is changing. My group meet with three different people. The first person that we met with was Mr. Levine and he was the project manager for the Mandolin Oriental Hotel in Boston. He told us what it takes to get a project like that completed. He gave us all the steps form start to finish. The second group of people that we met with worked for CBT architects. Their presentation was very informative because they told us the beginning stages of large building projects. The third person that we me with worked for City Hall. He told us how Boston has been changing in the resent years.
When we were meeting with these people I asked them my essential question and got a slightly different answer out of all of them. When I asked Mr. Levine what he thought, he said that the new infer structure in Boston is for the better of the city but could have been done in a better way. He that the project as a whole was very miss managed. He said that the project had taken too long and has cost too much money. Over all he said that the new changes in Boston would make it a better city.
The people at CBT thought that the new, different styles of architecture will help attract people to the city. One example that they gave was the new convention center. The new convention center is an enormous building that has attracted people to Boston since it was built. This is one example of new architecture that has helped the City of Boston.
The people that we met with in city hall used the big dig as their example. They said that the big dig will help the city of Boston tremendously. It will make the city of Boston unique to all other cities because all of the major highways now run under the city. With the big digs problems it has attracted a lot of attention. When people see the big dig on TV it gets them interested so that they will come check it out for themselves.
After I talk to all of these people and took in all of their opions I was able to form my own. I think that the infrastructure in Boston has been changing very rapidly threw out the resent years. Each major project has had its ups and downs, but have all had a positive impact on the city. The City of Boston is much more unique because of the things that have changed recently. For example, the big dig is the world’s largest and most expensive road way project ever. This attracts a lot of people because it is something that they have never seen before. I believe that Boston is heading in the right direction with all of these new projects.

Question: In the last 10 years infer structure in Boston has change greatly. There have been many new projects going on. Do you thing that all of these changes are for the better of are they detracting from the city.