South End Infill and Small Developments

mssrro said:
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440-450 Tremont Street (Deep retrofit - 102 apartments)




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88 East Newton Street (Renovation - Newton Pavilion Building - Lemuel Shattuck Hospital relocation)

(Main thread: Shattuck Hospital Relocation and Redevelopment | Jamaica Plain)




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575 Albany Street (Renovation - 44 units)

(Main thread: The Smith | 660 Harrison Avenue | South End)




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1395-1405 Washington Street (33 units)




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85 West Newton Street (Villa Victoria Community Arts Center)




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10 Chandler Street (Animal Rescue League of Boston - new facility)

(Main thread: Animal Rescue League | 10 Chandler Street | South End)




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615 Albany Street (Renovation - 24 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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157 West Springfield Street (Former Ebenezer Baptist Church - conversion to 9 units)




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587 Albany Street (6 condos)




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403-405 Shawmut Avenue (6 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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8 East Springfield Street (4 units) and 4-6 East Springfield Street (Roof addition & facade renovation)




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840 Harrison Avenue (Renovation - BMC Menino Pavilion)




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558 Massachusetts Avenue (Renovation - League of Women for Community Service Building)




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Crite Park (Renovation)




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144 Worcester Street (Renovation - 8 units changing to 5 condos)

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Just want to say I love the way you organize your posts. All the detail and organization is much appreciated!
 
Yea adding the project addresses and links is awesome. Otherwise it can end up as just a wall of posts where most ppl dont know what theyre looking at. Especially when a project is just a hole in the ground if its not labelled nobody would know which hole it is. So def helps a lot!
 
Finally some noticeable progress of the facade—looks really nice!

1395-1405 Washington Street (33 units)

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Last renders on BPDA showed this a lighter/gray brick, but the red looks great. Hand-laid or panels? These articulated facades have done a good job blending old and new in a few spots (townhouses on Arlington St in Bay Village are probably the best example).

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Justbuildit said:
Last renders on BPDA showed this a lighter/gray brick, but the red looks great. Hand-laid or panels? These articulated facades have done a good job blending old and new in a few spots (townhouses on Arlington St in Bay Village are probably the best example).

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A rare case of when the constructed building looks better than the renders!
 
commuter guy said:
A rare case of when the constructed building looks better than the renders!
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Much better


-Edit: looking at this render that building all the way to the right caught my eye. Somehow I dont remember this project happening.
Justbuildit said:
Last renders on BPDA showed this a lighter/gray brick, but the red looks great. Hand-laid or panels? These articulated facades have done a good job blending old and new in a few spots (townhouses on Arlington St in Bay Village are probably the best example).

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-Apparently its from 2007, guess thats why. Penny Savings Bank condos. This must be one of the first facadectomies in the whole city. Either way very cool, I had never noticed this building before.

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Penny Savings Bank Condos; Joe Wolvek, Gibson Sotheby's

The residences at Penny Savings Bank offer contemporary style in Boston's South End real estate market. View all active and sold Penny Savings listings here. Combines modern glass construction with Renaissance revival!
www.bostonrealtyweb.com www.bostonrealtyweb.com
 
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So good and so much better than the renders. More please! I wish more modern buildings had examples like this with modern takes on older building forms/materials. Something like this, tubman house etc are still brick mid rises, but have a modern twist to them. Id love to see a lot more attempts. You dont always have to copy older styles to make successful masonry buildings with that similar feel and shape. Most developers these days seem to think its one or the other though, if you want modern you get glass/steel or fiber cement panels and if you want traditional you get brick/wood.

 
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440-450 Tremont Street (Deep retrofit - 102 apartments)




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88 East Newton Street (Renovation - Newton Pavilion Building - Lemuel Shattuck Hospital relocation)

(Main thread: Shattuck Hospital Relocation and Redevelopment | Jamaica Plain)




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575 Albany Street (Renovation - 44 units)

(Main thread: The Smith | 660 Harrison Avenue | South End)




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1395-1405 Washington Street (33 units)




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85 West Newton Street (Villa Victoria Community Arts Center)




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10 Chandler Street (Animal Rescue League of Boston - new facility)

(Main thread: Animal Rescue League | 10 Chandler Street | South End)




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615 Albany Street (Renovation - 24 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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157 West Springfield Street (Former Ebenezer Baptist Church - conversion to 9 units)




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587 Albany Street (6 condos)




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403-405 Shawmut Avenue (6 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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8 East Springfield Street (4 units) and 4-6 East Springfield Street (Roof addition & facade renovation)




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840 Harrison Avenue (Renovation - BMC Menino Pavilion)




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558 Massachusetts Avenue (Renovation - League of Women for Community Service Building)




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Crite Park (Renovation)




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85 Chandler Street (Emergency structural repairs)



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A Struggling Street Corner (Massachusetts & Washington)
  • Left: Hotel Alexandria (abandoned for decades)
  • Middle: 7-Eleven (closed a few weeks ago)
  • Right: Nan Xiang Express (closed after less than a year)



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Inactive Projects
  • Exchange South End
  • 52 Plympton Street
  • BFIT Redevelopment
  • 65 Wareham Street
  • 50 Herald Street
  • 80 East Berkeley Street
 
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I’m looking for myself in those photos since I was wandering through the South End this afternoon.
 
curcuas said:
Nan Xiang is not closed. They are renovating to be full service and serve alcohol.
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Thanks, noted! I saw it was closed, then checked Yelp and it was listed as Permanently Closed there. Glad it's not then.

RandomWalk said:
I’m looking for myself in those photos since I was wandering through the South End this afternoon.
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Saw the first flurry of the season while out that day! (even if it only lasted for a minute)
 
I live around the corner and that's what our neighborhood association was told. It hasn't been that long either.
 
curcuas said:
I live around the corner and that's what our neighborhood association was told. It hasn't been that long either.
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Looks like they closed September 1 according to what the flyer had said. They were deferred for an incomplete application at the August 6 licensing board meeting and have not yet returned for approval of an alcohol license. As far as I can tell, no work has taken place since the closure.
 
Confirmed that Nan Xiang is not reopening, at least under that name. New restaurant "Novo Lantern" taking its spot. Signs are now up.
 
3/21:


440-450 Tremont Street (Deep retrofit - 102 apartments)

For comparison, see here for a view of this property before renovation.




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88 East Newton Street (Renovation - Newton Pavilion Building - Lemuel Shattuck Hospital relocation)

(Main thread: Shattuck Hospital Relocation and Redevelopment | Jamaica Plain)




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575 Albany Street (Renovation - 44 units)

(Main thread: The Smith | 660 Harrison Avenue | South End)




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1395-1405 Washington Street (33 units)




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85 West Newton Street (Villa Victoria Community Arts Center)

(Main thread: La CASA | 85 West Newton Street | South End)




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10 Chandler Street (Animal Rescue League of Boston - new facility)

(Main thread: Animal Rescue League | 10 Chandler Street | South End)




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615 Albany Street (Renovation - 24 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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157 West Springfield Street (Former Ebenezer Baptist Church - conversion to 9 units)




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587 Albany Street (6 condos)




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403-405 Shawmut Avenue (6 units)

(Main thread: The New Residential Conversion Thread)




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8 East Springfield Street (4 units) and 4-6 East Springfield Street (Roof addition & facade renovation)

Unfortunately, it seems like this project might have gone inactive...it's been months since any progress on the exterior has been made.




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558 Massachusetts Avenue (Renovation - League of Women for Community Service Building)




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Crite Park (Renovation)




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85 Chandler Street (Emergency structural repairs)




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