State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

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It would totally suck to live in the north side of the Sudbury and have to look at the reflective glass of 1 Congress, practically a mirror reflection, as your view.
 
citydweller said:
It would totally suck to live in the north side of the Sudbury and have to look at the reflective glass of 1 Congress, practically a mirror reflection, as your view.
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A renter on that side of the Sudbury could move fairly easily if they don't like the glass view, but for a condo owner there it would be harder.
 
It's not too bad. The profile of One Congress arcs away from a viewer's perspective in most locations (there are several as spots on the curtain wall where the reflectivity is more playful, but the setup for it to be defined, persistent problem is complex). The angle of solar incidence could be an issue in units further northeastward (aimed more at the North End), but even then the expected irritation rate would be very low.

For example, when I considered a unit there, one of my top two choices was positioned where the above could have mattered (1/3 occluded/reflected view) for a few minutes/day. However, in another life, I was a practicing cosmologist. And this still didn't bother me. Other things did - but not that! :unsure:

Charlie_mta said:
A renter on that side of the Sudbury could move fairly easily if they don't like the glass view, but for a condo owner there it would be harder.
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This appears to be a very “new South” facade — hopefully an outlier overall in Boston. It gives some meat to this part of the skyline and some buildings that rise around it over time may soften its appearance.
 
bdurden said:
This appears to be a very “new South” facade — hopefully an outlier overall in Boston. It gives some meat to this part of the skyline and some buildings that rise around it over time may soften its appearance.
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Can you exlplain? Why would you want to soften its appearance? Why do you want this to be an outlier? You prefer squat brown boxes?
 
bdurden said:
This appears to be a very “new South” facade — hopefully an outlier overall in Boston. It gives some meat to this part of the skyline and some buildings that rise around it over time may soften its appearance.
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A good mix of glass towers and non-glass towers creates variety. This glass tower interjects some much needed vibrancy into Boston's backdrop of greyish/brownish boxes.
 
sure, but fuck the glass bit -- that this *isn't* another rectilinear nightmare is, itself, a home-run. add in that it's super elegant and conveys motion and doesn't suck sweaty donkey balls like 99% of new development... who the fuck wants this to be an "outlier?" i guess there's no accounting for (lack of) taste.
 
chrisbrat said:
sure, but fuck the glass bit -- that this *isn't* another rectilinear nightmare is, itself, a home-run. add in that it's super elegant and conveys motion and doesn't suck sweaty donkey balls like 99% of new development... who the fuck wants this to be an "outlier?" i guess there's no accounting for (lack of) taste.
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Taste is entirely subjective, as evidenced by how many people here strain their zippers at the sight of the Sudbury.
 
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