Recent content by Cortes

Thank goodness. Even though the consensus on Arch was that that the crown was just on hold, it is great to see it being actually constructed.

I can envision a few more buildings in this neighborhood with this kind of FAR. Really solid massing.

While I'm in no way excusing the idea that this area has high air pollution, I have 3 thoughts on that. 1st) all of Chinatown suffers from this level of air pollution, it's not like Kneeland St is some air quality oasis, 2nd) during the expected lifetime of this building (50+.years) all...

As long as they actually sell books instead of tea and a sandwich.

Woah. The Pru is a terrible location for Brooks. I was going to post today on this thread that Capital One Cafe has started renovating the spot on Boylston that used to be The Tannery (Exeter) even though they are already located in the old Anthropology building at the other end of the same...

I'm wondering about the gas station parcel being used for air rights. Given the recent trend to add green space along the Fenway and Park Drive (Samuels, Simmons, Landmark), and Scapes usage of really high quality cladding facing the Sunoco, I would think that the city would LOVE it if the gas...

I agree that we still need gas stations, but this is an extremely bad place for one these days. Before the recent boom, this part of Boylston was a relative pedestrian desert full of one or two story buildings surrounded by parking lots. It is not even close to that anymore, and land usage...

I can see that now, but if they can't even render brick being red I have zero confidence that this will turn out being anything interesting at all.

While I understand that a one story building is not acceptable on Mass Ave in Central Square this is the worst possible replacement. A short grey box. Wow.

Exactly. Copley Plaza will similarly see a reduction of grass due to large scale gatherings destroying it repeatedly.

Technically, as it is west of Mass Ave, it is in Roxbury. Other than that, the designation is absurd. The idea of "Roxbury Crossing" to me is where the Orange line station is. That is how you "cross Roxbury" between Mission Hill and Dudley Square. I will say though that this area, mostly...

When I think of "Landmarks"... I walk over there fairly often, and this always just takes the cake. On the "pg" idea, it reminds me of the children's books "Frog and Toad"; on the other idea... I'm just very happy that they went where they did with this. If it was up to me, Samuels and...

I was a little surprised when I took a look at the first little taste of exterior cladding going up. Instead of the blueish tint to the glass in the renders, it is decidedly darker (almost black like a tinted car window). I had forgotten where the mock up was; it's behind the Tasty Burger in...

arg...I was wondering when somebody was going to catch me on this. I walked out the door the next day and started counting floors on the various buildings I mentioned and pretty much immediately realized I was wrong. I'll own this one.

This is remarkable. Can't wait till this kind of thing comes to the South End. Cathedral Projects have got to be high on the "redo" list.