Recent content by stevemus

Agree completely. I'm in favor of tall buildings where possible but this is definitely not an appropriate location. 12 floors at most and a very good design using stone.

Public opinion always lags in matters of architectural taste: 30 years is too old to be considered new but too new to be considered old. In other words, it’s out of fashion. But the 50-year mark is the sweet spot when people come around to a style and our 50th for Boston City Hall was 2019...

This Peter Fuller building, built 1927 as a showroom for the luxury Cadillac line, was the last stop on a tour I took of Cottage Farm with an architectural historian. It was nicknamed "Fuller's Folly" because it was so far out in the country for such an opulent building (one of only a few...

Major cities around the globe are expanding their car-free zones; there is hope for Boston yet!

Looks like Warf

I noticed that floor last night walking across the street to Star and I assume it's an amenity floor for the condos above. Possibly for the whole building.

The residential tower on Sal's lot is dead. Samuel's website used to have a picture of this little building after the update in progress but didn't last time I checked. It's a glass addition on the side and over the top. Last I heard, Samuel's offices will move there. The park will be...

The Landmark plans include turning the suburban-style parking lot in front of the old Best Buy into a park. Looks like it's already done in the rendering above. Did anyone notice the sidewalk plan and furniture in front of Target and in front of Van Ness are almost identical? I hope this is...

Re: Landmark Center Expansion | Fenway The Point should be a fairly quick project, they're only going up not down. We're pushing to get the dumb on-street parking removed and finally get decent bike lanes installed.

Re: Landmark Center Expansion | Fenway The Landmark project is only waiting for the Blue Cross lease to end, supposedly July, then they shuffle some stores and others will move. I've heard some BC employees are already moving. The gym says they are not moving and I hope the theater stays...

I read recently that the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority and especially Kendall Square planners are extremely sensitive to ground level retail. I don't remember which building but the article said they were burned badly at the corner of Main and Vassar by a developer who promised retail...

This discussion prompted me to check Samuel's website; he's already advertising Wahlburg's! Click 132 Brookline, then property flyer. It's a pdf and I can't convert or copy on this laptop. It's in the art space not Sal's. Looks like Sal's space and the whole building will be modified and the...

I like this building because it blends in so well. I pointed the hotel out last weekend to a native Bostonian and he said 'That's new?'

Sign could be grandfathered in. Most residential neighborhoods won't allow a sign this size any longer. Sanofi tried at 640 Memorial Dr and gave up after fierce neighborhood opposition.

Just received a neighborhood update; the Point is actually next up and demolition for the old building is in a month. The Point will be condo. The real work on the Landmark won't start for another 4 years. Sal's Pizza rumored to become a Wahlberg's but that is just rumor for now.