State Street HQ | One Congress | Bulfinch Crossing | West End

[DZH22]

It's interesting how many panels are still missing. Kind of reminds me of the delays with 1 Dalton.

IMG_0300 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0301 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0303 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0305 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[393b40]

The plain white exposed mech screen on the front of this thing is a real aesthetic killer... it's kind of worse than the Millenium Tower open roof because it's so visible compared to the Millenium Tower one only being visible from 93N.

 

[AndrewOnTheMBTA]

4/5/2025 last Friday on the mild sunny afternoon!

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[chrisbrat]

The single-best highrise in Boston. I wish it could have been the tallest in the city (yes, please dont "educate" me about FAA. I am aware).

@kz1000ps you are one hell of a photographer

 

[cburns]

Very lucky to have this tower; it’s really incredible and agreed: these photos are excellent.

 

[Equilibria]

The single-best highrise in Boston. I wish it could have been the tallest in the city (yes, please dont "educate" me about FAA. I am aware).

@kz1000ps you are one hell of a photographer

I might still be "educating" but it could have been taller, if not the tallest. The FAA limit was about 775'.

 

[chrisbrat]

I might still be "educating" but it could have been taller, if not the tallest. The FAA limit was about 775'.

I was meaing more that, while I'm not supertall-obsessed, having this design at significant height (900 ft? more?) and representing the pinnacle of Boston's skyline would have been stunning.

I love what we have -- just imagining what it could have been in a fantasy scenario.

 

[JohnAKeith]

Re: Bulfinch Crossing | Congress Street Garage | West End

So to clarify, I've followed this project from the time it was first proposed, about a dozen years ago (long before HYM's involvement). I see the folks from HYM often (at meetings about Suffolk Downs) and have cultivated a relationship with them. They're pretty forthright compared to many developers I've interacted with in the past. I've been told that the steel for the office tower has indeed been purchased, and that they're "getting close" on an anchor tenant (but who would even know how to assign value to "getting close").

Kids today.

 

[Trinitui]

I'm not super familiar with this project, but it seems like it's been a while since they took down the garage and nothing has taken the space of it yet - have there been delays here related to the safety incidents that happened while taking down the garage?

 

[stick n move]

I'm not super familiar with this project, but it seems like it's been a while since they took down the garage and nothing has taken the space of it yet - have there been delays here related to the safety incidents that happened while taking down the garage?

Yea the ground level of this has been kinda bad for a long time now. On the one hand getting rid of the garage over congress is one of the better things to happen to the city recently, but on the other hand this is what we have now…

Id still take it over the garage… but yeaaa.


And yes its temporary, but when is the last time anyone has heard even a rumor about the second residential tower starting any time soon or at all?

 

[chrisbrat]

Fair points and I'd like to see that second residential happen ASAP, but *NO* to the ugly labspace block that, aside from being gross on its own merits, totally ruins the best view of One Congress.