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FutureBoston: Creating Competitive Edge in the Global Economy
FutureBoston examines the competitive challenges Boston faces in an increasingly globalized world, and how the city and region can address them.
Boston 2017
Renderings of Wharf District Park (left) and a Boston history museum on the Greenway.
VISIONS OF DOWNTOWN: Renderings of Wharf District Park (left) and a Boston history museum on the Greenway.
An altered skyline. A new waterfront. New Hampshire as a big bedroom community. Some predictions for our city and suburbs a decade down the road. BY DOUG MOST
It's no small task, but in order to thrive in the 21st Century, Boston must fight to become Tech Central for the US.
BY KIMBERLY JONES
International, multilingual neighborhoods. How immigration is changing Boston's suburbs. BY PEGGY LEVITT
Tired of going in and out on the T's spoke-and-hub system? The old idea of a new commuter ring just might be coming back. BY KEITH O'BRIEN
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A NEW ADDITION In 2017 the 1,000-foot-tall Trans National Place will dominate the Boston skyline. (Globe Staff Graphic / Javier Zarracina)
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