Recent content by blitzen13

Well, I guess the shade-throwers have helped me see the light of day (at least until all that pesky sunlight is blocked!). Hopefully someday ALL sidewalks and outdoor public areas in Boston will be free from the annoyance and harmful effects of sunlight! Maybe then we can stop being distracted...

Kind of surprised at all the praise for the cantilever OVER A PUBLIC sidewalk. Does the public realm have to suffer, in the shade, for commercial interests? (Plus a pretty mediocre facade at street level to boot)

Re: Offical City Hall Plaza Proposals Did anyone make it to the City Hall meeting last night? http://rethinkcityhall.org/assets/BCH-Community-Meeting-2-advertisement_square.pdf

I have to lament the "mirrored-blue-glassification" of all the new towers going up in Boston (& Manhattan for that matter, ie: EVERY new tower at Ground Zero). The Filenes tower, 888 Boylston, the Seaport towers, the Christian Science towers, the W, etc all appear to sheathed in the same...

Re: Millennium Place III | Hayward Place Took a walk around the building a couple weeks ago, and while I very much like the sidewalk hugging, curving street-wall along Washington St., the obvious VE phase the exterior materials went through do the building no favors. I agree that a one material...