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There is a cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure – whether it’s high-speed rail or off-shore wind – it feels like this country can’t build big things anymore. No one project embodies that cynicism quite like what Bostonians call ‘The Big Dig.’ Infamous for its ever-increasing price tag, this massive highway tunneling effort was once ridiculed as the Big Mess, the Big Hole, the Big Pig, the Big Lie. But now, decades later the story looks more complicated. So how did th ...
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An episode from a new GBH News podcast about reparations: "When a City Tries to Heal Itself" Boston, a city entrenched in the history of the American Revolution, creates a task force to explore the city’s history of slavery and economic discrimination and to consider reparations for Black citizens. The effort is delicately balanced to navigate poli…
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An episode from our colleagues at Detours: The Hardest Fact I Ever Checked Adam Monahan, producer for GBH’s Antiques Roadshow, attempts to verify what could be one of the most valuable objects to ever appear on the program: a flag from John F. Kennedy’s famed navy boat, the PT-109. With the help of a chemist, an appraiser, an author and a curator (…
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An episode from our colleagues at The Frontline Dispatch: Documenting the Siege of Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol is an unflinching, first-hand account of the early days of Russia’s invasion of the port city of Mariupol, which remains under Russian occupation to this day. Ukrainian-born director and journalist Mstyslav Chernov and his colleagues from…
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It’s been fifty years since the Big Dig was first conceived, thirty years since construction began, more than a dozen years since it was completed – and the final twist is: the project has largely delivered on its promises. How do we reconcile that reality with the scandal and outrage we’ve heard so much about? Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian C…
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Just as the project turns the corner towards completion, its entire legacy becomes clouded. The tunnels are leaking, concrete suppliers are being arrested, and everyday drivers are forced to wonder: are these tunnels safe? Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Edito…
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By the year 2000, the Big Dig has passed through many hands, but in its final years a power struggle spills into public view – over who will determine the project’s fate, and who will take responsibility for its mistakes. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Editor…
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As work progresses through the 1990s and the tunnels take shape, the true cost of the Big Dig remains unknown to the public, until a series of revelations pulls down the curtain and shakes confidence in the whole project. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Editor…
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In 1991, the Big Dig is handed off to a new leader – the brash, aggressive, hatchet-toting Jim Kerasiotes – who makes it clear he plans to shake things up. The one thing he can’t shake is the equally aggressive private company managing the project. Now they have to work together. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Ma…
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The project faces an unexpected challenge on the home front: resistance from local environmentalists and residents – the very people the Big Dig was intended to please. Now, they say that Fred Salvucci has lost his way. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Editor: …
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The Big Dig needs federal funding. House Speaker Tip O’Neill is determined to get it; President Ronald Reagan is determined to stop it – setting up a final showdown in one of the great political rivalries of the 20th century. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Ed…
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In the early 1970s a radical idea took shape: tearing down Boston’s elevated downtown highway, and rebuilding it underground. But making it happen will require a grand bargain between two competing tunnel projects, and between bitter enemies. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbar…
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There is a strange irony behind the Big Dig: the most expensive highway project ever built in America began with a man who hated highways. This is the story of Fred Salvucci’s journey into activism, during what is perhaps the most transformative anti-highway movement in the nation’s history. Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Produc…
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Can America still do big things? Can we build the ambitious projects we will need to survive climate change and improve our cities? This 9-part series looks for clues in the story of the Big Dig – one of the most notoriously troubled infrastructure projects in American history. The nine episode series is produced by GBH News. Credits: Host and scri…
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Massachusetts’ booming biotech and life sciences industries have ushered in an incredible wave of development in the last decade. This rapid change is now stretching outside of East Cambridge to create major submarkets in the Seaport, South Boston, South End and beyond. Our expert panel discusses this biotech boom and its implications for, tenants,…
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Scholar Athletes leverages the power of athletics to catalyze academic achievement. Across the Commonwealth, they help more than 5,000 young people cultivate the discipline, confidence and social-emotional skills needed to be successful in school, as well as in life. Listen now to learn more about the program, how you can help and their connection …
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Our panel of top female executives including Marcella Barrière of Google, Leslie Cohen of Samuels & Associates, Reesa Fischer from NAIOP, and Lauren Vecchione from Colliers International discuss their experiences in the historically male-dominated CRE industry. Dr. Patti Fletcher, author of Disruptors: Success Strategies From Women Who Break the Mo…
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On this episode of The Big Dig's Project Spotlight Series, we dive into what will be Boston's first major co-living project, 7INK by Ollie. Ted Tye of National Development, Taylor Cain of The City of Boston's Housing Innovation Lab, and John Martin of Elkus Manfredi discuss the project design, the changing South End, and the new trend of co-living.…
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On this episode of the project spotlight series, the team behind 100 Shawmut discuss the partnerships that have brought about the project set to activate a corner of the South End. At 100 Shawmut, The Davis Companies, The Architectural Team, Copley Wolff Design Group, and Neoscape are creating residences that feature modern living with a historic b…
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In episode 10 of The Big Dig Podcast, we learn more about the "Somerville Surge." The top minds behind Somerville's largest developments including Assembly Row, Union Square redevelopment and Boynton Yards discuss what makes this city so unique and what is drawing developers, top companies and residents to this area. Our contributors include -- Mol…
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On this episode of the Big Dig Podcast, we take a look at the extraordinary partnerships that have brought together the unique and future-forward project, 121 Seaport.Joining us on the panel are Carolyn Desmond from Skanska, David Nagahiro of CBT, and John Civello of PTC. This group provides insight into the project from construction/design through…
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On episode 8 of The Big Dig, we dive into ever-developing South Boston to learn more about the upcoming project, The Freeport. The Freeport will feature 114 condos along the Dorchester Avenue corridor between Andrew Square and Broadway.Our panel includes the developer, Pat Dooling, Managing Partner at Navem Partners along with architect Dartagnan B…
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On this episode of The Big Dig we take a look at the issues of diversity, inclusion, and equity in the CRE Industry, focussing particular attention on building a pipeline of talent from all backgrounds.Our panel, moderated by Malia Lazu of The Urban Labs, includes Sandra King of the CREST Program, Taidgh McClory of CBRE, Amanda Strong of MIT Invest…
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On this episode of The Big Dig, Peter Paravalos, Director of Transit-Oriented development for the MBTA, Bryan Koop, EVP Boston region, Boston Properties, Elizabeth Grob, New England Real Estate Leader at VHB, and David Bois Principal at Arrowstreet discuss how the T is working with developers to drive projects centered around 200 years of transit i…
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On this episode of The Big Dig our panelists, Douglass Karp, President New England Development, Corey Bialow, Founder + CEO of Bialow Real Estate, and Emily Isenberg, Founder + Creative Director of Isenberg Projects discuss the rapidly changing retail landscape. These varied stakeholders examine how developers and retail tenants are engaging consum…
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On this episode of The Big Dig our all-star panel discusses the ongoing redevelopment in Worcester including the upcoming Polar Park, future home of the Worcester Red Sox. Tim Murray, CEO of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, Robert Cox, Managing Partner at Bowditch & Dewey, Larry Curtis President and Managing Partner at Winn Development, Denis Dow…
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In this episode of The Big Dig Chris Leary of Jacobs, Bob Andrews of AHA Consulting Engineers, Maggie McCarey, Directory of Energy Efficiency for Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, and Colin Schless of Thornton Tomasetti discuss how Massachusetts is leading the way in energy efficiency. The group gives insight on what building owners and…
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In Episode 2 of the Big Dig Podcast, Meghan Doherty of BLDUP sits down with Evan Rosenburgh of CBRE, Steve Weikal of MIT Center for Real Estate, Leah Harsfield of National Development, and Mark Rosenthal of HqO to discuss technology and the impact it is having on the real estate industry today.De către bldup.com
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