The Revitalist

WBUR has been running a week-long series called Boston @ The Crossroads during Morning Edition that "examines the forces shaping Boston's future." I'm a little unclear about what "the crossroads" are, but the series discusses the same topics (jobs, housing, education, population shifts, etc.) that have been fermenting lately. Local business leaders, academics and politicians are all interviewed about the current state of affairs and where the city might be headed. Despite the tone of the series, which seems to indicate that we are standing on a precipice of some sort, the interviewees don't express any panic and imagine a generally rosy future for Bean Town. The series is a nice survey of current issues with a lot of the local color and personal accounts that is public radio's specialty, but I don't think that it really contributes anything new to the discussion.