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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    I watched the foundation go in and remember newspaper pictures of the twin building proposal. One garage was built under the entire block (both buildings) as I recall.
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    The Mason | 85-87 & 111 Boston Street | Everett

    seriously hilarious!
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    Assembly Square Infill and Small Developments | Somerville

    To a large extent pictures are what make this board interesting, much better that whining and ranting. Keep on posting!
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    7INK (née Ollie) | 217 Albany St | South End

    Stupidity, glorified and proudly displayed front and center, welcome to the 2020s...
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    Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

    This is a nice looking building, nothing daring, certainingly not jarring. It does not match the color of the JHT nor does it clash with with the colors of surrounding buildings. The Boston area could use plenty more buildings with this level of architecture and materials quality.
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    Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

    When I look at this building, that IMO is better than average and a net positive to Boston, it's the parking garage that grabs my attention as the real eyesore.
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    Bay Village Apartment Tower | 212 Stuart St. | Bay Village

    It looks great compared to the Kensington. Just another lost opportunity. When our corrupt, incompetent politicians go back to living on graft from greedy developers instead of trying to design buildings and the city itself, we might see some inspired innovation and grandeur. In 10 years...
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    10 World Trade | BGI Office Tower (Massport Parcel A2) | Seaport

    Looking at the street covering designs for this project and Foundation Medicine, along with all the bridges/overpasses on Summer St, here and around the Seaport, I wonder if the net effect will result in a lot of potentially dark creepy spaces for pedestrians at street level. It would be cool to...
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    State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

    odds appear favorable. Confucius...
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    The Hub on Causeway (née TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End

    From right out front on Causeway St. this project looks pretty good in person, better than in pictures IMO. It really needs its windows washed.
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    Amazon Office Tower I | 111 Harbor Way (Seaport Square Parcel L4) | Seaport

    My office is near here and it's been fun to watch this project progress. The seaport was beginning to have a really dynamic daytime restaurant and retail scene pre-covid and the addition of new buildings like this should help that take off again this summer. The two new buildings a block (450...
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    The Hub on Causeway (née TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End

    I wonder, in 5 years will it be a jolly old friend and a beloved part of the Boston landscape or reviled? It is uniquely ugly and comically out of proportion and sometimes that's enough for people to fall in love with a place and make it part of the local lore. Soon, when people get out again...
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    The Alcott (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End

    ^^^A good visualization showing how different height buildings enhance the look of the city skyline and highlight its architecture. It's hard to understand how our planners and decision makers cannot put this simple, cost-effective concept into our urban planning and design.
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    Lyrik Back Bay | 1001 Boylston Street (Parcel 12) | Back Bay

    Was the development of the curvy building in the lower left of this shot also suspended?
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    Cambridge skyline photos

    While there are some nice buildings in Kendal, the place is overthought and over-compromised by control freaks, inflexible academics, and political extremists. The result is a rigid, anemic realm with a failed skyline and boring, largely lifeless streetscape. Not a bad place but certainly one...

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