Recent content by statler

Thank you!

Sorry if there is a thread on this somewhere, but are there any rendering of what the Pit in Harvard Sq will look like when the renovation is completed? Obviously it won't be a pit anymore due to ADA, etc.

Sad news for some folks on this forum.

I am surprised Historic New England didn't pitch a fit about shadows on the Otis House.

I have a question for those of you that live in or around downtown. Are tourists a problem? I remember working downtown and being slightly annoyed by groups slowly walking four abreast on the sidewalks and stuff like that, but beyond that I liked the extra people in the city. However, I have...

I think the fountain has set a record for longest operating fountain in Boston without a year+ shutdown.

A little before my time but somehow I've never heard this story.

My mistake. I was reading the median and the unpaved road as the part of the property. :rolleyes: Don't get old, kids.

I could be completely misreading the photos but the street is much narrower that what was there before?

To be clear, I don't think the current building is anything special or needs to be preserved, I just wish it was being replaced with something better. The new building, imho, is not better.

I get the argument against faux-historicism and I get that the architect wants the building to be somewhat jarring, but this still feels like a downgrade (architecturally - the use is an upgrade.)

I was thinking more 1958