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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5351885, member: 1414"] Yes, I was at MGM at Fenway last night, drive in through Newton/Brookline. Longwood is unrecognizable and all of the area around Fenway is just so newly developed as well. That area has really become the hot spot for young people, along with the Seaport. It used to be a wasteland more than a block from the park, now it's packed with restaurants and bars and residential. [USER=10]@HooperScooper[/USER] my wedding reception was at the World Trade Center in Southie in 2001. From our ballroom we had an uninterrupted view of the Skyline. Ned Johnson started it all with the Seaport Hotel, then the convention center came in. Frank McCourt owned almost all those parking lots, when he failed to buy the Sox and build a stadium on the seaport, he sold it all and bought the LA Dodgers. Then the new Seaport was off an running. I hate all the new skyscrapers. Boston is and was best when trying to build more like European cities. I find the Seaport a little soulless and lacking in character, but certainly nice. Now there's the new monstrosity going up over South Station. [/QUOTE]