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    One Post Office Square Makeover and Expansion | Financial District

    Do you mean "850" Boylston St., the one with the failed wind turbines?
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    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    To put the area in context: The grand old building to which you refer was the A.T Steward Department store and then the Record American newspaper. Trucks would line up on Otis Street to be filled with daily deliveries. The whole area was basically industrial by the 20th c, and rather run...
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    321 Harrison Ave | South End

    I keep thinking of how wonderful it could be if the Mass Pike were covered. The flow into the South End would be matchless. Yes, I know it's expensive...but down the line maybe...
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    Marriott Moxy Hotel | 240 Tremont Street (Parcel P-7A) | Theater District

    Okay, that strange back wall just got more acceptable. I actually like the fins and the textural effect.
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    Martin's Park | Children's Wharf | Fort Point

    Sweet looking park for a sweet kid who was forced into the ultimate sacrifice. Hope the story is told along with the tribute.
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    Education First (Phase III) | 10 North Point Blvd | Cambridge

    Looks too much like the ugly Lowell Wang towers.
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    On a recent trip to Boston I was particularly impressed by the lushness of the parks across from the Intercontinental as well as the abundance of flowers in the North End parks. Everything else around them fade into the background. The air even seems purer. Admittedly I was very afraid that...
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    The Sudbury (Bulfinch Crossing Residential Tower) | 50 Sudbury St | GCG Phase I | Gov't Center

    Great pics DZH22! Some of them are in fact wonderful abstractions, artistically rendered, that depict the uniqueness of Boston and her skyline. Great overlay of textures, patterns, shapes, and materials.
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    BU Data Sciences Center | 665 Commonwealth Avenue | BU Central

    Much better facade design. I am liking this building much more. I had hated it in its previous iteration.
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    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    Just for some perspective: There are parts of Florida that continue to boom non-stop. I live in Hillsborough county, where Tampa and St. Petersburg are located. Next door, in Pasco County alone (relatively small; there are 67 counties in FL, few cities and towns, lots of unincorporated land)...
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    Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | Boston Common | Downtown

    I love this sculpture. Right size, right placement, right color/finish, right material and most of all, the right abstraction to offer remembrance and tribute to MLK. He embraced all of humanity to encourage our better selves. This is the message I hope all will get.
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    Boston Common Overhaul

    Does anyone know what happened to the fourth statue in the set? It was removed when the new headhouse next to the plaza was built, but never relocated. Hope it hasn't disappeared as happened to the two lions of the set of 4 that were supposed to adorn the Chinatown gateway.

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