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    On The Dot | 505 Dorchester Avenue | South Boston

    Pretty massive - Iron Works, the Village and "On the Dot" (assuming they'll rename it to something say-able once they move from "project" name to an actual destination?) will create something truly massive and transformative in scale, rarely seen wedged into an existing residential neighborhood...
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    Iron Works | 323-365 Dorchester Ave | South Boston

    I jog by this area almost daily and it's fun to watch people (especially the kids from the Boston Children's Chorus) interact with all the public artwork. It's like ghosts of Southie's past are haunting the place. "Iron Works"... it has that "Ink Block" attitude that National Development is...
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    Iron Works | 323-365 Dorchester Ave | South Boston

    Have you all see the incredible street art that has popped up all over this development? The instagram feed is embedded on the project's website: https://ironworkssb.com/
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    For those who have the stomach for it, there’s yet another public hearing tonight at 6 to discuss the harbor planning, specifically, the need to not throw out six years of planning. I’ll be joining. Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 06:00 PM...
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    I wonder what's going to happen with the Aquarium in the long-term. Caging animals for entertainment in circuses, aquariums and zoos continues to be frowned upon and I don't see that trend abiding. Do those seals and penguins look happy to be in those little tanks, or do they look terrified...
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    Assembly Innovation Park | 5 Middlesex Ave | Somerville

    Haha, well you asked and now you'll be sorry. The rebrand of "Partners HealthCare" to "Mass General Brigham" was very smart. The dumb brand was "Partners" in the first place. I meet people in the life science clusters in San Diego or Toronto who know (and have always known) "Mass General" but...
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    The greatest thing to come out of this proposal will be the Blueway and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the New England Aquarium to step up to the plate and face its future. This is the one shot they have at a huge infusion of money and a complete rebuild of their public realm master plan...
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    I think my biggest issue with Millennium Tower is that angular roof thing shape is such a gimmick that it's popped up in almost every major global city. It's just so... generic. For me, One Dalton commands such an important place in our skyline that there's no excuse for it to be so basic and...
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    Anybody know of Mark Sandman from the Cambridge/Boston-based band Morphine? He played a 3-string bass guitar, he removed the other strings (and removed the guitar completely from the band). Why limit himself to only 3 strings? Because he felt that creative people are more creative when boxed in...
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    Pinnacle at Central Wharf (Harbor Garage) | 70 East India Row | Waterfront | Downtown

    The old "Harbor Garage Project" website has just switched over to the Pinnacle with some preliminary information: www.pinnaclecentralwharf.com There's an interactive slider on the website that shows the current view overlaid with the new water view. Now imagine that same view in the future...
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    Four Seasons Tower @ CSC | 1 Dalton Street | Back Bay

    Haha - brilliant observation. Says as much about the state of journalism and public relations as it does about the state of design and architecture. Not knocking this building, I just chuckled at this diatribe about the theory of triangles. What would be so wrong with stating the authentic...
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    Four Seasons Tower @ CSC | 1 Dalton Street | Back Bay

    You may be the only human being to use 200 Clarendon who isn't contractually-obligated to not say "The Hancock". And you listed a bunch of office buildings, so not sure of your point. I was asking about the Four Seasons - it's a hotel and attached condos. The Ritz, The St Regis, The Taj, the...
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    Constellation Center | 43 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

    You're right - and they agree with you! The previous developers named their parcels "Kendall Square" which is the root of all the confusion. So the private-development previously known as Kendall Square at Kendall Square is now renamed. The whole thing was a total clusterfuck. Kendall Square...
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    Four Seasons Tower @ CSC | 1 Dalton Street | Back Bay

    Interesting that people still call this "1 Dalton" and not the "Four Seasons". We don't call the Ritz "1 Avery" Or is it just us development people who use addresses? Does the everyday person just know it as "The Four Seasons"?
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    Constellation Center | 43 Thorndike St | East Cambridge

    You can download the development presentation here (no fun renderings though): https://www.canaldistrictkendall.com More detailed reporting from last night here: http://www.cambridgeday.com/2019/06/27/biomed-rebrands-canal-district-in-kendall-seeks-ideas-for-former-constellation-center/ It...

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