Seemingly nor does Amtrak... and they're setting the tone for the industry/leading the pack. This sounds like it's practically lifted from Amtrak's plan for the Intercity Trainset configuration (PDF pg 128, doc pg 126), due to replace the Northeast Corridor equipment (among others). The...
Commute to Boston or Cambridge? It's a 10-15 min walk from the new location of the new Chelsea station, which generally has 15-30 min weekday frequency and is only slated to go down with commuter rail modernization. Silver Line is a 20 min walk for folks going to downtown or Seaport. 0.5 spaces...
If the Pentagon were an apartment building... It's... obscene, but it'll be a boatload of housing so I say let's build 10 more. Though maybe not with so much parking with a decent amount of transit and impending walkability. 564 spaces to 450 units still makes me gag... encouraging that many...
With the insanely 'architecty' discussion that happens at the public BCDC meetings, I can't even begin to imagine what happens in their 'committee' meetings, let alone how we still end up with stuff like this.
I get the complex nature of the site and the pedestrian realm actually isn't too bad...
Could a mod update the thread name? It was a little difficult to find... 😅
Might I suggest: Beth Israel West Campus Inpatient Building | 111 Francis St | Longwood
These are from Sunday. The contrast between this very straightforward glass curtainwall (for now) and the... contemporary 1990s...
Solid stuff from Samuels, again. Just homes for people to live in. I'll never applaud any development for off-street parking, but at least it's all tucked on the inside of the block and fits neatly within the same 1.5 floor height of the retail frontage.
78 spaces to 273 units is a decently...
it's too modern
it's too tall
you're ruining the character of the neighborhood
can you imagine the shadows this will cast on Newbury Street???
there's too much density
where will all these people put their cars?
I think 'distinctive' is a very charitable word for this infill tower, but it certainly stands out among its neighbors and breaks up a bit of the monotony of the block as it is today. I think it'll be most effective at doing that in this angle from Boston:
Always love to see parking go away...
I feel like this zoomed-out view from the D Street bridge really shows how this building and its neighbor are filling in a gap where it previously felt uncomfortably open on this side.
17 floors still feels so short, but I know that cost scales with height. I'm just happy we're continuing to get more infill housing downtown here, especially with all the folks (grad students rooming together, international students with deep pockets, software developers and other knowledge...
Sorry, late to the party... I'm really loving how they've managed to fit all the BOH loading and garage entry into a relatively compact corner facing onto Boston Wharf Road and the rest of the base of the building is wrapped in retail space. I especially appreciate how they're having the office...