I-277, the low road or the high road?

Talking about whether to cap I-277 uptown and put something atop it, one commenter today (Anonymous 3:48 p.m.) said-

Mary, you forgot to mention the supermarket and hotel in Newton that traverse the Mass Pike as you drive into Beantown. This stuff makes sense guys.”

I appreciate the thought, but that hotel and grocery (Shaw’s, I think) look like rather awful places to hang out, I have to say. I much prefered the grassy lawn between Harvard’s Science Center and the gates of Harvard Yard and the Memorial Hall. That grassy lawn was a cap over a high-volume street in Cambridge.

In other words, design and location matter, too.

Note today’s article on the issue by Clay Barbour. It shows which developer is buying property where along tht section of I-277. I’d link to it, but it doesn’t seem to be appearing anywhere on CharlotteObserver.com that I can find. You’ll have to dig up the on-paper newspaper. Note, there’s a cool map with the printed story.