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Commuting by redline this week so taking some pics

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Dr. Rosen Rosen said:
So do I. Architect is Nader Tehrani, a real designer’s designer. Used to be head of Harvard and MIT architecture schools. He also did this building in the South End in 2007, another dark jagged one.

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The MacAllen!!!!!!

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Set in the streets of South Boston, THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE is a feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, The Macallen Building, from the perspective of the men and women who bring it to life. With its wheatboard cabinetry and recycled steel, bamboo floors and living...
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Set in the streets of South Boston, THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE is a feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, The Macallen Building, from the perspective of the men and women who bring it to life. With its wheatboard cabinetry and recycled steel, bamboo floors and living roof, The Macallen Building is a revolutionary model of environmentally friendly design. But building green has its challenges, and the jobsite has its skeptics. And when things on the building star to go

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The Greening of Southie: Directed by Ian Cheney. Set on the storied streets of South Boston, The Greening of Southie is a feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo...
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3/26 From the Madonna Shrine

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There's a perspective you don't see every day. What an interesting vantage point. And we even get one of the radio/TV towers out on 128 in the shot (not sure of this, but drawing a straight line across a map it looks like it would be the WBZ/CBS tower in Needham).
 
sm25 said:
There's a perspective you don't see every day. What an interesting vantage point. And we even get one of the radio/TV towers out on 128 in the shot (not sure of this, but drawing a straight line across a map it looks like it would be the WBZ/CBS tower in Needham).
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I added a wider shot to the Cambridge skylines thread and you can see 3 out of the 4 supertall towers. (would have seen them all if I panned more to the left)

Cambridge skyline photos

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The specific viewing location is from the plaza here:
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Interesting, just noticed an application filed with the Historical Commission to install a mural in the alleyway between the NoMa tower & the old American Red Cross building (on the side of the Red Cross building), roughly here:
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(via google maps)

My first thought was "no way" this is getting approved, that's one of the oldest buildings in the area, then I noticed they are proposing first applying a layer of removable sacrificial coating so that the mural can be easily removed. I suppose I like the thought of adding some vibrancy. Here's the application:
 
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