Recent content by dirtywater

I have heard that a full service restaurant is in the works for the space and possibly a few more food hall type operations in the future.

It was halted a second time a little over a week ago after a fire. They are conducting a safety audit. Not sure if work has resumed after that, or when it will if it has not already.

Building permit issued according to BLDUP?

The food court at the Hub on Causeway also opened during that period.

I thought SnowPort was great this year - much improved from the last time I went. I don't see why it cannot remain in the Seaport after the current site is developed. The expanded Seaport Common that is being created by abandoning the building proposal on the site adjacent to the existing park...

I'm pretty sure South Station Tower will still be under construction.

The seating areas are in the middle, with stairways on each side. The trees and shrubs separate the seating steps and the stairways.

Also, this building will reflect less of the sky because of its concave surfaces which will reflect more of the ground and lower buildings because the glass is angled in that direction.

I come to Archboston because I love Boston and I care about architecture. I also come to Archboston to get away from my constant monitoring of the troubling conflict between Israel and Hamas. You and I clearly have very different perspectives. As a proud Zionist and a Jew (I suspect I am not...

I don't know if that part of the Fallen Heroes project is still going to happen. It was supposed to be located in the low rise building to be constructed adjacent to the park. That building has been nixed in favor of a larger expansion of the park.

According to this article it will be located at 87 Pier 4 Blvd, next to the Institute of Contemporary Art.

I think you mean BC. Without judging whether this is the right design choice, the style is derived from the existing home on the site.

It wasn’t Hines. It was Vornado which held the controlling interest in the Filene’s project after making a deal with Gale (now BGI), John Hynes’ company.

I encourage anyone who has not seen it in person to do so. You may not love it, and you may even hate it, but the derision it has received based on terrible photographs spread through social media, necessarily rendering a sculptural object that can only be appreciated in three dimensions into a...