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NHMaples said:
Wait a minute. They've actually put forth a design that fits with the location.
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An office building along Landsdowne in over-saturated market that blocks views of the Cito Sign "fits with the location"?

WS putting up same blocky cut-&-paste office/lab designs all over the Seaport & Fenway, when will city demand better? Sad...
 
JS38 said:
An office building along Landsdowne in over-saturated market that blocks views of the Cito Sign "fits with the location"?

WS putting up same blocky cut-&-paste office/lab designs all over the Seaport & Fenway, when will city demand better? Sad...
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I don't think the market saturation matters when they're planning on occupying all the offices themselves...

And WS is the best office developer we have going right now. This is similarly classy to their work in the Seaport.
 
Do we know for sure that this will block the Citgo Sign? Whatever your thoughts are on that sign, this is going to be very controversial if it does.
 
SteelyTom said:
No more long homers off the roof of the parking garage?

The developers have no respect for tradition!
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But it may well result in some window breaking homers, which would be a different kind of fun.

Overall, I think this looks great and absolutely will look as though it's always been there. As for concerns about the CITGO sign, I suspect the move it's about to make to a higher location will ensure that it remains visible. They can't possibly have not considered the question.
 
I think this looks excellent. Very respectful of surroundings, thoughtful, classy.

As for the Citgo sign and whether you’ll be able to see it from Fenway Park, post-construction, count me among those who consider that an embarrassing/ridiculous “Boston icon.” Nothing screams “Boston” quite like a large advertisement for a Venezuelan oil company. 🙄
 
chrisbrat said:
I think this looks excellent. Very respectful of surroundings, thoughtful, classy.

As for the Citgo sign and whether you’ll be able to see it from Fenway Park, post-construction, count me among those who consider that an embarrassing/ridiculous “Boston icon.” Nothing screams “Boston” quite like a large advertisement for a Venezuelan oil company. 🙄
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But it's true. It does. That's how culture just works sometimes. Things get associated because of proximity and repetition.
 
BronsonShore said:
Do we know for sure that this will block the Citgo Sign? Whatever your thoughts are on that sign, this is going to be very controversial if it does.
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Probably gonna get a lot of hate but never have I been in awe of the Citgo sign, especially knowing that it's a Venezuelan state-owned oil company filled with corruption. I realize its an iconic symbol in Fenway but honestly couldn't care less.
 
Looks WAY better than I expected. Also, I'm thrilled that they've turned away from a lab building and plan to occupy this one themselves. Ground level interaction looks great, and they're even keeping the graffiti on the back side next to the CR tracks.

Plans for the seven-story building include a two-story passageway that would connect to a building developed over the Turnpike — a building the Fenway Corners development consortium has air rights to build — and would, in time, create a pedestrian connection between Lansdowne Street and Kenmore Square.
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A seven-story office would be built between Fenway Park and the Turnpike — and could block views of the Citgo sign from certain angles.
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Looks great! I love the treatment at the top of the building and how it overhangs along the rail lines. Hopefully it's not VE'd. I'm surprised these aren't swanky condos. I keep hearing about the bad office market and how the city needs to adjust to a new world with less reliance on office.
 
Smuttynose said:
Looks great! I love the treatment at the top of the building and how it overhangs along the rail lines. Hopefully it's not VE'd. I'm surprised these aren't swanky condos. I keep hearing about the bad office market and how the city needs to adjust to a new world with less reliance on office.
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You have to keep in mind the expected tenant is the Fenway Sports Group, which desperately needs new/more office space. On spec, though, it would probably not get built in the current market.
 
The architectural style of Morris Adjmi fits perfectly with the Fenway area.
 

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BronsonShore said:
Do we know for sure that this will block the Citgo Sign? Whatever your thoughts are on that sign, this is going to be very controversial if it does.
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I know they are planning on moving the sign I think it was 200 feet sideways and 60 feet higher so maybe that would help. I’m sure the developers are aware of the blasphemy it would cause if they blocked it from the park so if I had to take a wild guess I feel like the notch on the roof is there for the sign to be visible in its new location.

Theyre moving it to the roof of the other new building that went up when the whoop building went up. This isnt in any way scientific, but I feel like if you draw a line from home plate to the roof of where that building went it should be visible. Hope so.

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I like the building a lot, actually. And as a straight up swap for the current garage, it's a clear upgrade. I'm generally very excited for most of the upgrades around Fenway/Kenmore (including the air rights, excluding Baseball Tavern location), and this is no exception.

That said, am I the only one who's a little concerned looking at the zoomed out aerial rendering? It looks so... Seaporty. So many of the buildings (this garage included) around Fenway Park aren't necessarily historic or even worth saving in their own right. But cumulatively, they add a level of character that's hard to replicate with modern construction in a 2025 market. Part of the park's appeal is its age and grit. You feel it on the streets around the park as well. I think the surface lots and even the air rights over the pike are far too valuable not to redevelop. But at some point, between the new construction and the gradual loss of some of these not-so-special older buildings, I worry that some of that Fenway/Lansdowne/Kenmore atmosphere will be lost.
 
Building looks great, I'm a little surprised The Sox have shown no interest in building residential here and just building the price of lifetime season tickets into the Condo fees. These would be fantastic luxury apartments for wealthy baseball enthusiasts.
 
It's fine, maybe good or great. It's a street wedged between a ballpark and rail/highway so something like this is a huge upgrade over the parking garage that's there now. Assuming the Red Sox are able to build everything they intend to around the park it's a massive upgrade to the area, which was largely parking lots and old run down warehouses not too many years ago.

The Citgo sign stuff is triggering Red Sox fans elsewhere on the internet, along with not being able to see HRs sail majestically into the dark night (boo hoo). I've had enough of people objecting to every development everywhere for whatever reason they can come up with. Probably preaching to the choir here.
 
JumboBuc said:
Looks WAY better than I expected. Also, I'm thrilled that they've turned away from a lab building and plan to occupy this one themselves. Ground level interaction looks great, and they're even keeping the graffiti on the back side next to the CR tracks.



www.bostonglobe.com

Red Sox ownership unveils new office building that would rise above Fenway’s Green Monster - The Boston Globe

A seven-story office would be built between Fenway Park and the Turnpike — and could block views of the Citgo sign from certain angles.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com

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SlothofDespond said:
The Citgo sign stuff is triggering Red Sox fans elsewhere on the internet, along with not being able to see HRs sail majestically into the dark night (boo hoo). I've had enough of people objecting to every development everywhere for whatever reason they can come up with. Probably preaching to the choir here.
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I dunno, since about 2009 I'd settle for watching HRs sail anywhere...
 
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