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Wikis and podcasts and mashups, oh my! Does everyone seem to know what they mean, except you? Or are you reasonably well informed but wondering what challenge to take on next? Following on the success of her Technology for the Rest of Us, Nancy Courtney has assembled some of the most forward looking thinkers in the library world to describe the next generation of online tools. Beginning with Steven J. Bell, each contributor introduces his or her favorite technology, outlines its use and discusses its potential in today's library environment.
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New Arlington Chow Find: Pasha Turkish Cuisine
Chow find! Pasha Turkish Cuisine is a terrific addition to Arlington, and to the general collection of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean restos in the area. They opened last Tuesday, and thanks to early raves on the Arlington town email listserv, they've been packed. It's a cute little joint, they've used the previous Tsunami space well.
I don't have proper names for dishes because their website isn't up and running yet, but here are a few of the highlights:
- awesome housemade bread that comes with small dishes of olive oil, a garlic-packed relish of sorts, and a yogurt/sour cream/walnut/garlic dip.
- zucchini fritters with a garlic yogurt sauce
- grilled lamb kabobs on a green salad (the lamb was amazingly delicious -- something to add to the lambstravaganza thread!)
- anchovies in a cast iron casserole pan with mixed vegetables in a flavorful and spicy tomato-y sauce (this is different from the other anchovy dish, which is rolled in phyllo)
I regret our small party and limited appetites kept us from trying more items, but the folks next to us were there for the 2nd night in a row, and they were doing a good job of making their way through various dishes. We hope to copy them soon.
Pasha didn't have a soft opening, so they're still working through some issues. They ran out of some dishes and specialty beverages much faster than anticipated, and await their next deliveries on Monday. The staff is friendly, but a little overwhelmed right now. Considering they've only been open 6 days and have been slammed, I'd give them multiple thumbs up for handling it with grace and a smile.
669A Mass. Avenue
Arlington, MA 02476
(781) 648-5888.
This will be their website (so they tell me), but right now it's not working:
Thanks for the pointer. A friend and I went to Pasha for lunch today. We were very happy with our meal. My friend declared the food "better than Sofra and at a much more reasonable price." I have never tried Sofra so cannot compare. My take is that the food was delicious, presented nicely, and the service was very prompt and welcoming. Between the two of us we spent about $25 including tip on lunch, which consisted of a tabulli appetizer (which we split), an appetizer-sized serving of mulcer for me and a sandwich with lamb (don't remember the exact name) for my friend. The meal was served with some very nice foccacia-like bread and dips (olive oil, a yogurt-like substance that also reminded me of sour cream, and a spicy item that was otherwise similar to the tabulli). My dish consisted of zucchini pancakes with more of the yogurt-like item on top, plus a small undressed shredded lettuce salad on the side. Everything was very fresh. I enjoyed the variety of textures and bright flavors. I definitely will be returning to try dinner!
Finally, I will add that they appear to have made some progress since Litchick's visit. There are menus that you can take. They are in a holder just outside the restaurant's door. My friend and I noticed, however, that they do not list everything. For example, her sandwich was nowhere to be found. So when the website comes up, it will probably be more authoritative.
Thanks to litchick's report, two friends and I ate dinner at Pasha Wednesday night and were very impressed. Brookline Family Restaurant is a favorite of ours but not very convenient so we were pretty excited to hear there was a Turkish restaurant in our very own town. Our verdict: Pasha is even better than BFR, with brighter flavors, more sophisticaed presentation, and very warm, welcoming and solicitous service. The only way in which it falls short of BFR is in the value proposition, as the prices are nearly identical but the servings smaller. Not that it's overpriced: 4 apps, 2 mains, 2 glasses of wine, 2 beers came to $80, which really isn't bad at all. And it being early days I am guessing that they are still playing with price and portion size, most places do for awhile.
The details: bread basket with excellent bread and three small dishes of dips: seasoned olive oil, chopped spicy vegetables and hummus. Mucver (fried zucchini fritters) were nicely crispy, very fresh-tasting and complimented by a drizzle of yogurt sauce and a crispy salad. Kizartma (sauteed baby eggplant with garlic yogurt and tomato sauce) was gorgeous, stacked vertically, bursting with flavor, the eggplant nicely complemented by planks of very sweet roasted carrots. We order this every time at BFR and will continue to do so, but this version was on a whole different level. Dolmas were competent but not out of the ordinary. Haydari (homemade yogurt, sour cream, garlic and walnuts) didn't sound like much but it was a flavor explosion and we fought over it. I don't even think I like walnuts but I loved them in this. Adana kebab (spiced ground beef and lamb) was delicious, beautifully charred and extremely juicy, served with very nice rice pilaf (although the menu said bulgur) and salad. Karniyarik (whole small eggplant stuffed with meat, vegetables and spices) was also divine, the caramelized, crunchy eggplant skin contrasting with the richly-flavored meaty interior. This also came with rice pilaf and salad and the rice made a great vehicle for the savory dish.
They seem to be doing a land office business but handling it gracefully with a staff of three in the front of the house and sufficient staff in back for food to come out (for us anyway) at the perfect pace and correct temperature. They are still running out of things (one friend had the last Turkish beer and then had to switch to something else, they were out of the red bean app we wanted) but it is nice to see their early success and as litchick said, they are extremely nice people.
re: GretchenS
I had the skewered lamb sandwich for lunch yesterday and liked it so much I took my wife to dinner there that night. We both loved it. We ordered the Beytea (seasoned ground beef in phylo with yogurt and tomato sauce) and the curried sauteed vegetables (Kori sosiu sebze sote). It was like having a circus in your mouth. Just wonderful flavors. I wouldn't call it cheap and portions are pretty good but the quality of flavor and range of the menu are outstanding. I hope they're here for a long time. Arlington needed something other than another Indian or Japanese place (or bank).
Very pleasant space and friendly staff. We we the only people there at 5:30 and it was filling up very fast at 6. Thanks to the OP for the news...this is a wonderful place.
Piling on with the praise. For lunch today: the bread basket with oil, hummus and a minced-vegetable dip; the sauteed eggplant with garlic sauce; and the skewered lamb plate (lamb tasted distinctly of lamb, which I like) w/pilaf and salad. (Actually I ordered the sandwich but was relieved when I saw the plate arrive--much easier to deal with leftovers, and I had overordered.) Very delicious and quite reasonable. They don't have a lunch menu per se but there is a short list of sandwiches and of course many appetizers. They're out of paper menus again but I think mains are in the $13-17 range, sandwiches $8-10.
Not crowded, service was fine. The room is pretty and quite clean ;-). One drawback: seating is a choice between wooden banquettes with cushions, and low-backed wooden chairs. Those chairs are attractive but seriously uncomfortable, to me anyway.
Sounds exciting... Are there enough options for vegetarian diners?
re: catchow
It's a pretty vegetable-focused cuisine. All 11 of the cold apps are vegetarian, half the hot apps are vegetarian, there are 4 salads, 2 of the 4 pastas are veggie and there is a small section of vegetarian mains (4 in all). I think you'd be fine, especially because I could see being very happy staying with apps for the whole meal.
re: GretchenS
re: catchow
One caveat - good for vegetarians, not so much for vegans. I had a hard time ordering last night - everything seems to have either yogurt dressing or butter. The hummus and baba ganoush were outstanding, and I loved the dolmas. (There may have been some butter in there....) Agree, great addition to Arlington. It was crowded when we got there at 6:30 but there were seats at the bar so we (hubby, 8 year old and I) sat there. Daughter got a ravioli stuffed with lamb with two sauces - tomato and yogurt. She ate almost every bit of the large portion. Husband had bistya which he said was excellent. I had Pasha vegetarian dumplings - potato and carrot. They came with a yogurt sauce. I spaced out when reading the menu and didn't notice the yogurt, so ate them anyway. Filling (the portion was HUGE) but not particularly interesting. We got the mixed appetizer platter - dolmas, hummus, baba ganoush, taboulleh, the yogurt/walnut dip and some other veggie dip. Absolutely awesome. Easily the best hummus I've ever tasted.
What a great add to Arlington. The bread and hummus was so tasty. We had the fried cheese phyllo appetizer and shepard's salad and then I had the stuffed eggplant, and my hubby had the lamb kebob, and shared the milk pudding dessert and all of it was wonderful.
I would have to agree that the food seems better than Brookline Family and it's closer for us too. We'll have to work our way through their menu. Everyone around us seemed to really enjoy their food as well!
Thank you litchick for letting us know!
A terrific meal last night of vegetarian starters. As reported, the mucver and haydari are both superlative; the imam baldi was nicely spiced (honey and a touch of Aleppo pepper) and not too oily; the borek was tangy but a bit dry; the shepherd salad was a disappointment -- too many green peppers and a dressing that lacked punch. Given the eminently reasonable prices, I was impressed with the quality of the ingredients, especially the greens that surrounded all of the dishes.
The place was filled with what appeared to be Arlington locals, and the service was fine -- they seemed surprised that we wanted all the dishes at once, but didn't suggest any kind of alternative; with five meze-like plates, we weren't sure what the logical progression was supposed to be.
My wife and I went tonight for our anniversary and had a great time. The bread and dips were fantastic, which was a good thing because they forgot to bring us our appetizer. The Turkish meatballs were great (ground beef and lamb, served with a little salad and some rice pilaf). My wife got a dish that I can't remember how to spell, but it was ground meat wrapped in phyllo dough in a red sauce (not a tomato sauce, I think it was yogurt and paprika and stuff) with little sides of potato salad and baba ganoush. Everything was really fresh and flavorful, and the ambiance is great. We showed up at 6:30 on a Tuesday night and it was pretty quiet, but it filled up by the time we left.
Service was a little rough around the edges, but they were so nice that it was hard to get too upset about it. The only other issue I had was that the tables for two are unusually wide to the point where it was challenging to share food because we couldn't reach each other's plates easily. But for some people, that might be a bonus.
We 'firsted' here last thurs. Per our usual, we tried lots of things. The zucchini pancakes and Manti were, hands down , the most tasty of all we had. The manti are cigar shaped ravioli w/ a thin skin filled with bf.,lamb, sitting in a pool of very simple tomato sauce and topped w/ minted yoghurt sauce. Just lovely and piquant. The zucchini fritters were so amazing- fresh, crunchy, light, full zucchini flavor, w/ same yogh sauce.i have tried zucchini fritters in many restnts but these were The Perfect Ones.Next best was the curried vegetables which they allowed us to order as a 1/2 portion side. Light curry flavor but luscious; helpful relief from the sameness of some of the dishes. The lamb kebab was o.k. but the lamb was just not as wonderful as many I have had. It was dry rubbed? w/ a reddish tomato flavored mixture; my Love liked it o.k. but i would not order it again.
The yoghurt spread w/ walnuts was good but not worth ordering in addition to the yoghurt that comes on all the plates. The bread was eggy/ thick; just not my preference with this food. All the entrees came with babaganoosh and bulgur salad and rice and yoghurt mixture on the plates' four corners.The yoghurt works well as a dressing for the sndressed shredded lettuce salad that accompanies some entrees. The floor's 2 servers were welcoming, friendly, smiley, very pretty, and proud of their cuisine. Also a bit overwhelmed w/ the full floor. What a lovely addition to Arlington. The food was stratospheres above The Family Restnt in Brkline Village.
I remember stopping by Pasha and asking about lunch shortly after they opened and was told that they might have some sandwiches later so it fell off my radar. Having walked by the place twice in two days now I decided to give it a try for lunch today.
I had the Skewered Lamb Wrap and it was served with an excellent small chopped salad and French Fries. The lamb was excellent, tender with a good char on the outside and the wrap contained plenty of lamb. Served with Pashas special dressing that was really good, reminded me somewhat about a Thousand Island dressing. The only drawback was the French Fries, perfectly cooked but it was supermarket FF refried. I would have loved to see some freshly cut homemade fries instead. I did make a note about this on the check that has space for comments (Another excellent idea).
Went back to this delightful place today for some more Turkish Delights. Tried the Adana Kebab Wrap, Ground Lamb and Beef, small salad and unfortunately frozen supermarket FF. The lamb/beef mixture was seasoned well with a nice char to it. Just a delightful meal. I'm continuing complaining in writing on the slip about the FF.
A sunny window table, good food and a pleasant and pretty waitress, what more can you ask for?


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Imperial Eclipse Stout - Pappy Van Winkle (23 Year) - FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
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Ratings: 112 | Reviews: 58 | Display Reviews Only:
Reviews by Crosling:
3.73/5 rDev -17.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Draught, Boulder Strong Ale Festival. Black color. Dark tan head. Nose shows mostly barrel elements of vanilla, toast & smores. This ale, while good, had a thin mouth feel and didn't seem to have a lot of malt left. This ale didn't stand out for me.
Serving type: on-tap
03-16-2009 20:12:52 | More by Crosling
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4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
08-01-2014 07:48:31 | More by zestar
5/5 rDev +10.1%
06-26-2014 12:46:21 | More by BuckTuckian
4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
06-03-2014 06:06:05 | More by QuakeAttack
4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
04-29-2014 01:26:35 | More by baybum
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04-13-2014 04:16:24 | More by tbone1384
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04-07-2014 02:35:42 | More by blabaer
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03-16-2014 23:31:57 | More by BGsWo22
4.5/5 rDev -0.9%
03-09-2014 17:47:56 | More by mobius387
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01-10-2014 16:26:07 | More by analogchainsaw
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12-09-2013 00:44:24 | More by Rish907
4.75/5 rDev +4.6%
12-08-2013 22:22:54 | More by Rado
4.5/5 rDev -0.9%
10-25-2013 17:57:17 | More by iatethecloudsfor
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2008 unwaxed bomber poured into a matching Eclipse snifter. The brew appears black in color and still looking with no head. As it warms up and is swirled, some large brown bubbles collect around the edge of the glass. No real head/lacing effect other than the clear legs of alcohol that droop down the side of the glass.
The smell includes notes of wood and spicy bourbon. Some raw oak and raisin-like fruit character. More sniffs reveal a deeper sence of dark fruit like dates/plum mixed with soft roasted grain and chocolate to vanilla that was extracted from the oak during the aging. It is mildly tangy and spicy with alcohol across the back.
The taste is unmistakeable boozy and slightly spiced pappy bourbon. Mid-palate are flavors of chocolate covered raisons and some earthen oak notes. There is a slight oxidative quality to this that lingers with a musty oak quality that layers the flavors and does not distract like oxidation sometimes can.
This is a medium bodied brew with a very low amount of carbonation. This really is a stellar offering that is a boozy sipper. Having now consumed nearly every Eclipse barrel treatment/blend with the exception of some of the newest ones, I can firmly state this is a standout. I cant wait to try this again side by side with the 20 year when it gets released.
Serving type: bottle
10-18-2013 18:24:54 | More by stakem
4.25/5 rDev -6.4%
10-13-2013 17:28:45 | More by Kegatron
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09-12-2013 18:08:35 | More by CityofBals
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09-09-2013 21:30:14 | More by gueuzegossage
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07-03-2013 21:21:02 | More by bird22
4.83/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Review from notes from my first time having this. Shared with some great BAs at my first epic Philly tasting.
L - Looks menacing, thick and viscous, very little head and just a few specks of popping pin bubbles on the sides of the glass. Garnet rimmed.
S - Smoke and dark, well-worn leather, sorghum, bourbon, bittersweet yet fruity chocolate, coconut, and a whiff of alcohol to close off the sniff.
T - Special! Rich and decadent all the way, yet completely and perfectly balanced. Bittersweet chocolate, fudgy brownies, tobacco, medium leather, sweet fruity dark chocolate, coconut, vanilla, and sorghum all wrapped together in a perfect bourbon truffle package.
M - Resin and viscous liquid just glides into my mouth and down my throat. Just perfect, with an almost paradoxical thick chewiness and light, soft smoothness that shoots the drinkability through the roof. I'm curious to try this again to see if it has faded a bit as I've heard rumors to be.
O - Consider yourself fortunate if you are able to enjoy a bottle of this. I'm so glad I still have another bottle left for a special occasion.
Serving type: bottle
06-30-2013 18:48:38 | More by BucketBoy
New Jersey
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05-14-2013 00:35:12 | More by jkane101
4.5/5 rDev -0.9%
03-10-2013 17:00:28 | More by mendvicdog
4.85/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
This was in a bottle with pink wax signed by the brewer. Served in a tasting snifter.
The beer pours a dark, almost black color with not much head at all. There isn't much carbonation but that seemed appropriate. The first thing I notices was how intense the bourbon flavor still was after over 4 years. There wasn't much alcohol heat at all, but the bourbon flavor was intense and wonderful. The sweetness from the malt compliments the pappy barrel and there is some dark fruit and mild chocolate in the mix as well. The beer smelled almost as good as it tasted. I would love to have more, but I'm not sure I'll have the chance. This was a real treat.
Serving type: bottle
03-10-2013 03:01:10 | More by oline73
4.75/5 rDev +4.6%
03-09-2013 20:55:45 | More by duceswild
4/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
650 ml bottle generously shared by cpferris. Big thanks to Chad. Pours a dark brown with a small tan head that settles to a ring and leaves some light lacing on the glass. The aroma is roasty with coffee, a bit of alcohol, some vanilla, light coconut, and light chocolate. The taste has some sweetness with vanilla, bourbon, coconut, and a decent roastiness. The finish has some oak and a light bitterness. Light body. Low carbonation. This was a good, but not great beer. I'm sure it was once great, but it seems like a lot of the barrel characteristics have faded. I would prefer most of the newer eclipse variations fresh to this.
Serving type: bottle
01-19-2013 01:09:09 | More by jethrodium
5/5 rDev +10.1%
01-18-2013 22:53:59 | More by cclark67789
Imperial Eclipse Stout - Pappy Van Winkle (23 Year) from FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
99 out of 100 based on 112 ratings.


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Sadly, I would not recommend this book to anyone, not that it needs it with all of its media publicity now. A book set around a mortal girl who meets and falls in love with a vampire, the main idea is by far over done but at this point, a classic. However, with the way the book was written, it sounds as if Stephanie Meyer was attempting to write to second or third graders just getting into "chapter books." As an avid reader, I was insulted by its form and vocabulary. Considering this, the drama that is brought into the books is similar to that of a soap opera written for teenagers. Full of angst and just idiotic plot lines.
While I generally don't mind books about vampires or werewolves, this one was just ridiculous. The facts about the vampires are so different than the majority of other vampire stories it is just confusing. Also, the main character, Bella Swan is insulting to teenage girls. She is annoying and came off so static. Also, the character of Edward Cullen is so stereotypical, it is sad. The hype that surrounds the series and its movie counterparts mystifies me. The world has become obessed with books that don't really qualify as great writing.
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With the additions of Sami Salo and Matt Carle to teh Tampa Bay Lightning roster, along with players currently under contract, consider the Bolts (mostly) done in free agency.
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Millbrae BART development conflict raises ethical questions about Fang
BART Director James Fang is coming under fire for his close relationship with a developer who is trying to build a hotel project on BART property next to its Millbrae station, a project that Fang promoted with a misleading presentation to the Millbrae City Council in September. But Fang says the attacks on him are coming from a powerful rival developer and that he's only trying to get something moving on the long dormant site.
Underlying the conflict are questions about how BART develops the properties it owns around the Bay Area, questions that have increasingly high stakes around the Millbrae station. Critics say the station was badly designed and hasn't lived up to hopes that it would promote economic development in the area, but that could change if it becomes a California high-speed rail station and the southernmost direct connection into the BART system.
On one side of the conflict is Fang, a longtime director who also owns Asian Week newspaper, and his friend and political supporter Lawrence Lui, who is proposing to build a hotel and office building at the site through his company, Justin Development Corp. The BART Board of Directors voted 6-2 in closed session in May 2011 to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with him.
But city officials in Millbrae have refused to share their hotel tax revenue with BART, a key aspect of making the project pencil out as a long-term revenue source for the district (BART's policy is to lease property rather than sell in order to bolster annual operating revenues and retain control of properties that increase in value). "It turned out the economics of the project didn't work, they wanted a kickback, for lack of a better word, in the [Transient Occupancy Tax charged to hotels] for the city of Millbrae," said Adam Alberti with Singer Associates, which is representing the Republic Urban project.
So the BART board earlier this year voted to re-open negotiations Republic Urban Properties, which Lui had beat out in the previous vote, requesting best and final offers from the two rival developers by Sept. 28. They are still being evaluated. Once a project is selected, that developer and BART would essentially become partners in going through the city's project approval process.
But Fang left out the competing proposal when he appeared with Lui and BART Property Manager Jeff Ordway before the Millbrae City Council on Sept. 25, trying to build support for Lui's hotel project. "Mr. Fang stated that he is looking for official direction from the City in joining with BART to build a hotel," according to official minutes from the meeting.
Two days later, BART General Manager Grace Crunican sent the City Council a letter clarifying the status of the property and the two competing bids. "I regret that this information was not made clear during the City Council meeting and I apologize for any confusion that this omission may have caused," she wrote.
The Republican Urban proposal calls for 140,000 square feet of office space, 350 housing units (probably rental), and 17,300 square feet of restaurants and retail. It would replace the 851 BART parking spaces now on site with 623 spaces, but it would also include 420 parking spaces for the offices and 410 for the residents. Lui's project calls for a 200-room hotel, 180,000 square feet of office space, 40,000 square feet of retail, and 200 "corporate service apartments."
Since negotiations were reopened, Republic has gone on the offensive to overcome that it says is improper and unfair interference by Fang: hiring high-powered PR firm Singer Associates, attorney Scott Emblidge, and a design team with connections to other BART directors.
"I did not expect the venom that Republic Urban has launched against me," Fang said. "It might be high-speed rail, maybe that's why Urban is pulling out all the stops....That would be a large part of it. Maybe Urban thinks this is something they've got to do."
Fang admits his friendship with Lui and to having received $3,500 in campaign contributions from him, but he denies doing anything improper or of having a conflict-of-interest in the case, a position BART lawyers have supported, ruling that Fang doesn't have a direct interest that would keep him from voting on the project.
"You have a piece of property at BART that has just been sitting there for 10 years, doing nothing," Fang said. "My bottom line is whatever is the best deal for the district, I'm going to go for...If it turns out Urban Republic has the best deal, I'll vote for it."
In a letter to the BART, Emblidge said the Republic Urban project is clearly better: "Republic simply wants to play on a level playing field. It has presented BART with the objectively superior proposal. It asks that all further Board decisions about the Property be made in public and without the participation of Director Fang in order to ensure the competing proposals are truly evaluated on their merits. To do otherwise would be to do a disservice to BART, its riders and the general public and community of Millbrae."
Alberti cast the decision as one of improper political influence pushing a bad project over a rival project that he called a "true transit-oriented development project." But Tom Radulovich, a BART director who also heads the urban design nonprofit Livable City, doesn't quite agree with that assessment.
"None of the projects seem very transit-oriented. They're all very automobile dependent," Radulovich said. "We should be more focused on what kind of development we want for the site and find the right developer."
He called on BART to work more closely with Millbrae and other cities earlier in the process, and to pursue projects that are in the best interests of both entities and are smart planning for the region, particularly given the coming high-speed rail improvements.
As Radulovich said, "We're talking about a very important hub in the regional transit system, and for that reason it's important to get it right."
BART station was a key determinant of making that the key interchange for SFO. So if such development is now proceeding, having been delayed by the dotcom crash and the subprime mess, then surely that has to be good for the Bay Area and for BART.
And remember that that area is very car-dependent. There's a limit to how much transit-focused development makes sense in an affluent area where everyone drives and distances are large. But if this development attracts density then transit will become an option. For now it's the intersection for BART, SFO and the ponderous but popular CalTrain.
...... of what is going on here, Fang is a scum bag and I would have to say that he is probably dirty here.
The level of stupidity in "Guest"'s comment is epic. What he or she or whatever doesn't know about Millbrae could fill a warehouse.
debates about whether to extend BART or CalTrain to SFO, and the BART idea was deemed preferable for two major reasons. One was the inconvenience of the location of SF's CalTrain station and the other was the development opportunities in and around Milbrae, if it were an important interchange.
Are you saying it was the wrong decision?
Yes I know nothing about Millbrae, but I know James Fang very well!!!
demonstrating is the evident weakness of your own position.
Ok James, don't get your panties in a twist.
Although that assumes that you have one of course.
There was little reason to build a major transit interchange at Milbrae if there was no intent to do high-density development there, and in fact it was well publicized at the time it was approved.
Non issue.
I have dealt with Fang and found him to be a scumbag. You will forgive me if I don't go into detail, you retard.
@Guest - So "Guest" is imp[ersonat]ing "Guest?" Nobody's making any sense in this anonymous-vs-anonymous showdown.
and that he's a great guy.
If you're personally biased against Fang, then what objective credibiity and validity does your diatribe have? None.
As noted, development at Milbrae BART has been mooted for 15-20 years. It's not news.
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