Pierce Boston (née The Point )| Boylston St/Brookline Av | Fenway

stick n move said:
I think this tower gets the most pictures. Were really taking a ton of pictures of this building, shows how excited we are about it, how much its universally liked and how good it looks, it really is a photogenic building as well so its hard to take a bad picture of it.

I like how if its dark or cloudy the glass becomes a deep blue that you cant see through that almost looks painted on. Then in direct sun its a very light green/blue and very reflective.
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Except me ... I am the only one it seems that is completely disappointed. There is no slickness to a building thats only hope was to be super slick. Its essentially a kit-car in lieu of a Ferrari.

cca
 
The Pierce is going to help lead the way for the 360~400' Huntington, Dudley, 2 Charlesgate W and 45 Worthington residences. Shame we lost the iconic size off Tremont Crossing.


*Ferrari's were basically kit cars for many years. They pulled out the stops with the F-40. But, they continued building marginal cars (with the 348's, 512s, Mondials and F355s) before finally reaching minimally acceptable production-car quality with the 456s, 550s, and 360s in the late '90s. But the gap between those models and F-40 was egregious.

*the F-355 is a wonderful sounding machine thanks to it's 1-5-3-7-4-8-2-6 firing order and an outstanding 180° exhaust *(at least until you blow a hole through the header)... the heat buildup in the top half of the engines led to valve-seat failures and head warping with nearly 100% of the North American examples inside of 6~8 k-miles. (a few who were smart enough or lucky enough to remove the cats were spared from $40,000 overhauls after top end meltdown). The rest of Ferrari's late '90s fleet also fare much better and even experience fewer fires *(an added bonus) if the cats are removed – not to mention, the headers won't court melt through.

In any case, with all the 355s, it becomes necessary to replace the headers (w/ quality aftermarket units from Fabspeed or Capristo), which means shelling out $6-7k parts & labor. (best if done during one of the notorious, engine-out belt-change/H20 pump intervals).
 
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cca said:
Except me ... I am the only one it seems that is completely disappointed. There is no slickness to a building thats only hope was to be super slick. Its essentially a kit-car in lieu of a Ferrari.
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While I think this building is coming out fine, I too cannot help but feel disappointment. Every time I look at this I think more of the lost opportunities than the progress being made. The site was a unique opportunity, due to its shape, due to its prominent location, due to the essentially blank slate of the neighborhood emerging around it. We could have had something handsome and iconic. Instead we got a glass slab. A slab that looks nice from a few angles, but a slab nonetheless. I'd have gladly sacrificed the height to have something that responds to the uniqueness of the location.
 
odurandina said:
The Pierce is going to help lead the way for the 360~400' Huntington, Dudley, 2 Charlesgate W and 45 Worthington residences. Shame we lost the iconic size off Tremont Crossing.


*Ferrari's were basically kit cars for many years. They pulled out the stops with the F-40. But, they continued building marginal cars (with the 348's, 512s, Mondials and F355s) before finally reaching minimally acceptable production-car quality with the 456s, 550s, and 360s in the late '90s. But the gap between those models and F-40 was egregious.

*the F-355 is a wonderful sounding machine thanks to it's 1-5-3-7-4-8-2-6 firing order and an outstanding 180° exhaust *(at least until you blow a hole through the header)... the heat buildup in the top half of the engines led to valve-seat failures and head warping with nearly 100% of the North American examples inside of 6~8 k-miles. (a few who were smart enough or lucky enough to remove the cats were spared from $40,000 overhauls after top end meltdown). The rest of Ferrari's late '90s fleet also fare much better and even experience fewer fires *(an added bonus) if the cats are removed – not to mention, the headers won't court melt through.

In any case, with all the 355s, it becomes necessary to replace the headers (w/ quality aftermarket units from Fabspeed or Capristo), which means shelling out $6-7k parts & labor. (best if done during one of the notorious, engine-out belt-change/H20 pump intervals).
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There is a different forum for this ... carBoston.org I think. Looks like you had fun writing all that tough.


cca
 
Q: What happens when you post a bunch of pics around midnight?
A: Nobody notices.

;)
 
DZH22 said:
Q: What happens when you post a bunch of pics around midnight?
A: Nobody notices.

;)
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Well, most of us were asleep!
Seriously, glad to many of those, especially those from less frequently photo'd locations.
Can't wait to see the ground level finished and the landscaping done - yes, I know I'm will have to wait until next year...
 
Those grey panels arrear to be on a mech floor so Id guess theyre permanent.
 
Every time i see this thread my mind reads Pierce Brosnan.
 
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