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Boston looks like such a small time city from that perspective (see picture above)
Boston looks like such a small time city from that perspective (see picture above)
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today from Dot
today from Dot
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your right! lets hope something gets built!
your right! lets hope something gets built!
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nice shot!I snapped this while stopped at a light.
I couldn't stop to take more, but the sky was perfect for the reflections.
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03-18-09 today from 99 High st
from Pearl st
03-18-09 today from 99 High st
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Artists channel anger
Russia Wharf changes draw fire
By Thomas Grillo
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Harbor advocates and Fort Point artists say proposed changes at Russia Wharf will limit access to the waterfront building and may even violate state law.
Boston Properties, owner of the $500 million development under construction near the Children?s Museum, has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection for approval to move its multimedia center to the second level. DEP approval is required because the state?s Chapter 91 statute mandates public access to waterfront properties.
?I have raised lots of questions,? said Vivien Li, executive director of the Boston Harbor Association. ?Boston Properties has moved the water transportation waiting area to accommodate a larger restaurant and they moved some public uses to the second floor. Everything is supposed to be on the ground floor.?
In January, the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved changes for the mixed-use project along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The 31-story tower would now feature 65 condominiums, office space and up to 17 units of artist/work space.
But Fort Point artists say they don?t want private spaces. They prefer the previous plan, which allowed for gallery space on the first floor.
?We never asked for artist work-only space,? said Paul Bernstein, president of Fort Point Arts Community. ?Workspaces would help a few people, but a gallery would serve the community.?
Another artist asked, ?How do private studios create a public destination??
Michael Cantalupa, senior vice president at Boston Properties, said the plan will increase the publicly accessible space by more than 40 percent.
?We believe these are positive enchancements and will create an active and vibrant space,? he said. ?And if there?s any need to clarify for the public, we are more than happy to meet with anyone at any time.?
The BRA?s Richard McGuiness said the city supports the changes because the latest revisions accommodate multiple uses for the site.
A DEP spokesman said the comment period is open until April 3. A decision is expected later this spring.
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Artists channel anger
Russia Wharf changes draw fire
By Thomas Grillo
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Harbor advocates and Fort Point artists say proposed changes at Russia Wharf will limit access to the waterfront building and may even violate state law.
Boston Properties, owner of the $500 million development under construction near the Children?s Museum, has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection for approval to move its multimedia center to the second level. DEP approval is required because the state?s Chapter 91 statute mandates public access to waterfront properties.
?I have raised lots of questions,? said Vivien Li, executive director of the Boston Harbor Association. ?Boston Properties has moved the water transportation waiting area to accommodate a larger restaurant and they moved some public uses to the second floor. Everything is supposed to be on the ground floor.?
In January, the Boston Redevelopment Authority approved changes for the mixed-use project along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The 31-story tower would now feature 65 condominiums, office space and up to 17 units of artist/work space.
But Fort Point artists say they don?t want private spaces. They prefer the previous plan, which allowed for gallery space on the first floor.
?We never asked for artist work-only space,? said Paul Bernstein, president of Fort Point Arts Community. ?Workspaces would help a few people, but a gallery would serve the community.?
Another artist asked, ?How do private studios create a public destination??
Michael Cantalupa, senior vice president at Boston Properties, said the plan will increase the publicly accessible space by more than 40 percent.
?We believe these are positive enchancements and will create an active and vibrant space,? he said. ?And if there?s any need to clarify for the public, we are more than happy to meet with anyone at any time.?
The BRA?s Richard McGuiness said the city supports the changes because the latest revisions accommodate multiple uses for the site.
A DEP spokesman said the comment period is open until April 3. A decision is expected later this spring.
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^I look forward to this summer when the steel frame will rise above the old buildings and the outer support steel comes down,though I don't know if that will also happen this summer? Today going home on the T just started to rain
^I look forward to this summer when the steel frame will rise above the old buildings and the outer support steel comes down,though I don't know if that will also happen this summer? Today going home on the T just started to rain
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I think I remember reading somewhere that it's laid out like that due to security concerns...
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Sure, but that doesn't mean it can't at least touch the street...or make an attempt at windows. Anything to pretend it's actually in a city, rather than a vacuum. Even the literal fortress of the New York Federal Reserve does that:
Sure, but that doesn't mean it can't at least touch the street...or make an attempt at windows. Anything to pretend it's actually in a city, rather than a vacuum. Even the literal fortress of the New York Federal Reserve does that:
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nice ^building!
nice ^building!
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Re: the Fed. Res. Boston: I especially like the machine gun port near the bullet-proof glass window on the Atlantic Ave. side near the corner of the plaza! At least the new plaza is colorful and inviting!
Re: the Fed. Res. Boston: I especially like the machine gun port near the bullet-proof glass window on the Atlantic Ave. side near the corner of the plaza! At least the new plaza is colorful and inviting!
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I at first did'nt like the IC(felt it was to short) but now it's grown on me and I like it! when Russia wf. is done this should be an interesting corner of Boston
I at first did'nt like the IC(felt it was to short) but now it's grown on me and I like it! when Russia wf. is done this should be an interesting corner of Boston