Recent content by JS38

Had forgot about this site for awhile, but new May '25 aerials for Boston (CBD, Back Bay, Seaport) and Cambridge (East Cambridge/MIT & Alewife) now up... www.lesvants.com/stock_files/stock_files.html

This is what imagined a Safdie-designed replacement for horrible old MIT West Campus grad housing could look like, instead we got the ugly wall along Vassar - anyways, looks cool so prob wont happen...

New design for this project: www.sga-arch.com/projects/dyer-wharf/

Underground, is where that goes

Post of the thread lol

Sorry if anyone on here works there, but Payette are certainly the masters at fugly-ass designs, why is this trying to force curves into a rectilinear landscape? And why build on this sliver of site when could replace that ugly parking garage right next door?

Just drove by this from Pike side yesterday, much like the photos of Pru looks much more interesting under construction! Like a Rodgers/Foster high-tech tower...

Archpaper story: www.archpaper.com/2025/04/cbt-architects-south-boston-gillette-plant/

Boston Globe story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/business/gillette-pg-south-boston-redevelopment-waterfront/ Now screed time: I mean what the hell, line of towers in a park? CBT glass & steel copy-paste boxes? Some pasted-on green space, offices & labs and so little housing in a prime spot...

Regardless of the prime aB cliche, the proportions and massing of this tower would just be so much better if it was like 20 percent taller, thanks Cambridge NIMBYs/zoning, FAA or whoever at fault for that...

So when are we gonna get rid of the street in front of BPL already and connect the urban realm/plaza to Copley, like they did in front of the National Gallery/Trafalgar Square in London? Sad how long it takes to do the obvious around here, if ever...

Globe also recently covered this news: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/21/business/nvidia-boston-quantum-computing/

Like how this is looking, just some interesting massing and facade treatment makes building so much more quality addition to the urban fabric as opposed to the bland residential in Seaport, labs in Northpoint and Assembly etc. ...

New Globe story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/25/business/simmons-dorms-longwood-redevelopment/

Yes sorry couldnt find the project thread, feel free to move there!