TheRifleman
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Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage)
Until Hynes fumbled and ran the wrong way which he ended up scoring for the other team in the Filenes development deal and completely destroyed Boston's Downtown District. Also I remember Hynes quoting everybody in the paper that he Built State Street without a tenant and he just had instincts to build on spec. Then to find out the tenant was renting space at IP before they just left for State Street. Then Chiofaro sues.
I do give Hynes credit for getting the deal done and there is also two sides to every story. I'm assuming Commercial Real Estate industry is pretty much cuthroat industry.
The sick part out of all of this is the BRA gives him the greenlight to develop part of the Seaport District. Hows that going?
(Liberty Mutual is a billion dollar company which got tax breaks which brings down the costs of everything in building & with the support of the BRA greenlight to do whatever they need to get something built) Greenwayguy what don't you get? Give me free money and I will build something cool with no risks to my personal fortune.
The FAA has no problem with anything under 600ft in this location. How do I know this. Common Sense...... since Harbor Towers are next door at 400ft and IP is across the Street at 600ft.
The problem with you Stellarfun is besides the personal attacks on Chiofaro which your having trouble getting past.
I want answers on why the city planners would rather ruin an area that is prime spot for something unique which they are looking to settle on a 200ft reskin box garage. The BRA & Mayor have been against this development from the beginning. This is not about the BRA & Mayor, this should be about the taxpayers, citizens of Mass which have funded the entire Greenway & Big-Dig with their hard-earned money.
So why 200ft? This not the best interest of the city or the taxpayers to leave a wall of concrete with condos on top of it. This is the Mayor just flexing how much power he has and could careless what people think. This dictator has to go.
So we have to deal with a situation not to better the Greenway or Waterfront because the Mayor claims it will cast shadows, or he thinks the building is too big. Who the fuck is this guy a professional architect designer. The mayor was an insurance salesman. Let the citizens of Mass decide what is good for this location not a bunch of Political lifers that can't make it in the real world.
Nothing happened until John Hynes picked up the ball and ran down the field with it for a touchdown with State Street. Big developments don't need to take two decades to happen. Again, look at Liberty Mutual - less than a year from proposal to groundbreaking.
Until Hynes fumbled and ran the wrong way which he ended up scoring for the other team in the Filenes development deal and completely destroyed Boston's Downtown District. Also I remember Hynes quoting everybody in the paper that he Built State Street without a tenant and he just had instincts to build on spec. Then to find out the tenant was renting space at IP before they just left for State Street. Then Chiofaro sues.
I do give Hynes credit for getting the deal done and there is also two sides to every story. I'm assuming Commercial Real Estate industry is pretty much cuthroat industry.
The sick part out of all of this is the BRA gives him the greenlight to develop part of the Seaport District. Hows that going?
(Liberty Mutual is a billion dollar company which got tax breaks which brings down the costs of everything in building & with the support of the BRA greenlight to do whatever they need to get something built) Greenwayguy what don't you get? Give me free money and I will build something cool with no risks to my personal fortune.
In essence, he is back to where he was in the year before he bought the garage, when he and the BRA sat down and discussed his plans for the site, which in essence, was for a building(s) that was as high or a bit higher than Harbor Towers. Based on those conversations, he apparently felt confident enough to pay $155 million for the garage. Once the garage was his, and without further conversation with the city, he basically doubled-down on the height. So six years later, we're probably back to those pre-buy-the-garage conversations.
The FAA has no problem with anything under 600ft in this location. How do I know this. Common Sense...... since Harbor Towers are next door at 400ft and IP is across the Street at 600ft.
The problem with you Stellarfun is besides the personal attacks on Chiofaro which your having trouble getting past.
I want answers on why the city planners would rather ruin an area that is prime spot for something unique which they are looking to settle on a 200ft reskin box garage. The BRA & Mayor have been against this development from the beginning. This is not about the BRA & Mayor, this should be about the taxpayers, citizens of Mass which have funded the entire Greenway & Big-Dig with their hard-earned money.
So why 200ft? This not the best interest of the city or the taxpayers to leave a wall of concrete with condos on top of it. This is the Mayor just flexing how much power he has and could careless what people think. This dictator has to go.
So we have to deal with a situation not to better the Greenway or Waterfront because the Mayor claims it will cast shadows, or he thinks the building is too big. Who the fuck is this guy a professional architect designer. The mayor was an insurance salesman. Let the citizens of Mass decide what is good for this location not a bunch of Political lifers that can't make it in the real world.
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