Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

It's been so long that I forget... is this building coming down, or are they preserving parts of the façade?
 
This building is definitely a loss, especially with a garage and pike parcels next door. Just like 315 on A that had acres of empty lots but knocked down a fort point building and built the tower in its place...
 
stick n move said:
This building is definitely a loss, especially with a garage and pike parcels next door. Just like 315 on A that had acres of empty lots but knocked down a fort point building and built the tower in its place...
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Stick -- money is fungible -- real estate -- not so much -- if you don't control or own those other parcels -- well they could just as easily be on the Moon as next door

and then of course there are all the well known issues associated with building on top of the Pike
 
Wish they didnt have to tear this down but I'm excited to see some new projects underway, I'm bored of the seaport development at this point
 
I have mixed feeling about losing the prewar structure. In a odd way, I would rather see the city lose A FEW brownstones than a pre-war midrise. Buildings like this are in shorter supply and they help ease the transitions between 3-story 19th century brownstones and 21st century glass and steel high rises.

But, what's done is done. My main hope now is the new building gets out of ground before the next recession hits.
 
Agree with those lamenting the loss of another pre-war structure.

It's great (well ... kinda ... I guess?) that Boston will have a new ultra-expensive glassy hotel. It's very unfortunate we have to lose a history-laden masonry mid-rise for it.

I'd be in favor of a blanket protection for pre-war buildings. Continued development and innovation in our build environment is important, but there are enough parking lots, unused air rights and post-war dreck whose replacement can keep the high-end hoteliers' and future pied-a-terre condo owners' demand met for some time.

For this particular one, I just wish the developers had worked with Simon (the mall owners) to build the Raffles over the Copley Mall...
 
KriterionBOS said:
What is Raffles and is it really such a big deal?
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Raffles is a high-end hotel chain with a large presence in Asia. It would presumably matter to those who think $400+/night is a reasonable price for temp lodging.
 
KriterionBOS said:
What is Raffles and is it really such a big deal?
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Raffles is a Singapore-based luxury hotel brand that is part of the Accor Hotel group. If you look at their locations on their website, they are all over Asia, parts of Europe and exotic places like the Maldives and Seychelles. They have no other locations in North America. By planting their N. America flag in Boston, that says a lot about the vibrancy of the Boston hotel market, especially on the high end and the city in general.

https://www.raffles.com/
 
Sad for me. I remember going in there for the first time in 1960? when it was the main part of the University Club. It was the most “big city” club of Boston clubland. UC kept the low rise, sold the main building to Hancock because the club was broke.
But everything changes I guess. There was good sneaky parking in the back if you wanted to swim a few laps or playing squash. Gone!
 
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