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Breakfast with Congressman Mike Capuano
In a talk that touched on Washington gridlock, the MBTA Green Line extension, and the Main Street Fairness Act, Congressman Michael Capuano spoke at the kick-off of the Somerville Chamber of Commerce’s new monthly “Government Affairs Breakfast Series”. The late January event was held in the Mount Vernon Restaurant, a short distance away from the new Assembly Row development and the future Orange Line T stop…
Innovative Partnerships for Photovoltaic Installations
Jim Batchelor will be presenting work on Photovolatic Installations at the Brookline Climate Week 2012 in a panel on Saturday, January 28th. His focus will be on partnerships between non-profit and for-profit providers to accomplish PV installations. For more information on the conference, go to http://climatechangeactionbrookline.org/calendar.php.
Arrowstreet Design Forums
Each month, AST holds an in-house Design Forum where we get together as a firm and discuss relevant design related topics. The forums provide a great outlet for critiquing current and completed AST projects as well as discussing general topics important to the design community…
Waffles at Women’s Lunch Place, Redux
Recently Arrowstreet hosted a Waffle Breakfast for the Women’s Lunch Place (WLP) at their newly renovated space in the basement of the Church of the Covenant. For some of us it was the first time to see the space since Arrowstreet completed renovations to the facility. Earlier this year we had hosted a similar Waffle Breakfast, and the difference was quite dramatic…
Speaking at Build Boston 2011
This year at Build Boston, I will be presenting the session “Municipal Facilities Plans: Strategies for Success”. Build Boston, now in its 27th year, is the Northeast’s largest architecture trade show and conference, and is a great resource for the design community…
Back to School
I used to despise back-to-school shopping when I was a kid. I wonder why I was so excited when the opportunity presented itself this year; maybe it had to do with the fact that I wasn’t going back to school myself, just doing the shopping! …
Clash Detection at 85 South Service Road
As part of the shop drawing review process for the 85 South Service Road project on Long Island, I’ve been running clash detection between the structural steel and the aluminum curtainwall fabrication models…
Georges Island Tour
I took some photos of beautiful Fort Warren this weekend while visiting Georges Island in the Boston Harbor. The imposing structure is built almost entirely of granite and brick…
Breakfast with Mayor Curtatone
Wednesday morning Arrowstreet held our annual event to honor Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone. Co-hosted by John Cole, an Arrowstreet Partner, and Adam Dash, Esq., the fundraiser affords local business leaders and residents the opportunity to speak with Mayor Curtatone about the community, real estate, and plans for the City’s future.