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    MassDOT Pike Parcels 12 - 15 | Boylston St. and Mass. Ave | Back Bay

    I think the selected proposal was by far the best from an urban design sense and it will help knit Boylston St together. It also seemed to be the most interesting architecture of the 3, I'm surprised at the negative reaction here. The development is starting from a good spot, the key to success...
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    UMass Boston Developments | Columbia Point | Dorchester

    A good article about the projects at UMass Boston and the opening of the Science building in today's Globe. Some good pictures too, that I can't figure out how to upload. Should be cool to see this one up close...
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    Ferdinand Building Renovation + Addition | Dudley Sq | Roxbury

    Re: Dudley Sq's Ferdinand Building to be Restored/ Renovated This is the best building I've seen built in Boston in a few years: a real attention to craft, scale and materials while respecting the historic fabric. And very good to see in the investment this part of the city; Dudley Sq...
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    Hong Lok House | 11-31 Essex Street | Chinatown

    None of them are particularly beautiful in their own right, but this was a big win for Boylston/Essex Street to preserve the sense of scale and rhythm of the original facades. This is exactly what would have saved the Radian from itself.
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    Portside at Pier One | 29 Marginal Street (Pier 1, Pier 5) | East Boston

    Re: Portside at Pier One A 4 story building doesn't overwhelm Maverick, it points to what the square was before and what it should become again. That is exactly the type of development needed in Eastie.
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    Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

    Any project that has 4 tower cranes rolling at once (and when they're still primarily doing below grade work) is going to fly up. For several million dollars of tower crane rental, the contractor means business.
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    Gardner Museum Expansion | Fenway

    Re: Gardner Museum to undertake $60 million expansion The magic of the Gardner is entirely on the inside. The outside of the building has always been quite banal. If one were to agree with that (and I'm not sure you do), then I really can't see that it's a giant f you to the original. Like...
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    South Boston Infill and Small Developments

    Re: MacAllen II and all things South Boston Does anyone have any new photos of Old Colony Phase 1 redevelopment (project above)? I happened past it this weekend and it is one of the more impressive redevelopments in Boston given the challenging circumstances. Sort of falls off our mental map...
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    315 on A | 315 A Street | Fort Point

    Re: 319 A Street Rear What an stunningly myopic worldview. Do you mean apart from being globally recognized for architecture, art, cuisine, nightlife, or its position as the economic engine of South America?
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    You seemed to miss the point of my post and zero in on one sentence. I didn't say that it was the root of the issue, just an observation that urban living in Boston is 'urban lite'. If more residents were actively using the streets and parks 24/7, then we'd have better, more lively spaces. The...
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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    This had been discussed ad nauseum, but the parks in and of themselves are fine. Not great, but fine. The city needs to fill in any parcel abutting it with density and active uses, and give up on the idea of a continuous greenway and infill specific parcels to knit the fabric back together. It...
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    One Canal (formerly Greenway Center) | Bullfinch Triangle | West End

    Re: Greenway Center (Bulfinch Triangle) There is a big difference between trips to the supermarket and the development of real estate, although given that the latest round of posts had to do with the lack of a supermarket tenant for this site, perhaps it was a clever analogy. A single large...
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    One Canal (formerly Greenway Center) | Bullfinch Triangle | West End

    Re: Greenway Center (Bulfinch Triangle) The architecture is fairly horrific on this. Both the original and the revised version, though the original seemed slightly better. Without excusing the poor architecture that they've come up with, this is a challenging parcel given the multiple vent...
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    Gardner Museum Expansion | Fenway

    Re: Gardner Museum to undertake $60 million expansion Isn't that half the reason that it was held away from the original building and separated by a 50 foot glass connector, so as to stand apart? Can we clarify what the critique is: That it looks attractive when not seen in photos that show...
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    315 on A | 315 A Street | Fort Point

    Re: 319 A Street Rear I used to be against this project because it seems absurd to demo an existing warehouse when there is a sea of surface lost surround it, but a friend of mine who has a studio in the 319 front building said that the rear property is beyond repair and been almost entirely...

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