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You mean art-deco? I understand that the design was dictated by Verizon. Just unfortunate that the standard we have to set is "the least bad". Then again, I work in the telecom industry and Verizon's headquarter is on par with other telecom headquarters I've seen or visited.

I always thought the second iteration of the office tower was a play on the NBC tower in Chicago, though much wider and with fewer setbacks, with both incorporating flying buttresses in their design. They are both near identical in height with the NBC tower being slightly taller at 524 ft to the...

For sure, give it a few years and Boston will grow out of it's boxy reputation but prior to the latter half of this cycle, Boston was essentially a bunch of boxes and flat tops. Actually, a better term might be monolithic but that doesn't roll off the tongue as easy as boxy.

Here's where the hate for the Verizon building is coming from: It's a glorified Jenga Tower crossed with a Rubiks Cube. That being said, it is the most Boxton tower that you can get. Literally the design comprises of boxes within a box within a box. The most uncreative design imaginable that is...

The way the towers are aligned and angled due to the non-gridded streets in the first picture is messing up my depth perception, making it look like several towers of significantly different heights. I also love the step up view in the other two.

I think you missed the point of what I'm saying. I'm not saying Bay Village isn't an attractive area, I'm saying this building, which tops out at a modest height, have apartments that are speculated to be the most expensive per square feet in the city, beating out penthouses and condos in...

It's because the architects for both knew how to emphasize verticality with thin vertical lines. The Verizon building is the anthesis of that during the current building cycle. I'd take a 2 for 1 I guess.

He's clearly arguing for the sake of arguing. Like I said, his type is to be in perpetual opposition, whether the majority people support a bill, movement, etc or not

You're really dumb since cryptocurrency are already taxed if you make gains on it like every other investments such as FX trading. And you do realize investments aren't restricted to one country right? I can assure you a large proportion of bitcoin investors are not US investors and as such...

Also pretty wild that a conservative gets bent over the government "confiscating rental properties" while the wealthy gets a huge tax cuts that allows them to buy back/up stocks, real estate, etc while the working class that these conservatives "champion", in their view, don't even deserve a...

No lie, I'm not too crazy about the lack of varying height at North Station. Looks like a vertical walled city. A missed opportunity there.

Does it count if I put a filter on my pictures that make it look like it's painted? :LOL:

This, in my opinion, is the problem with Boston. Having the most expensive rental building per square foot in an already expensive city should not be praised in any scenario. And I agree, it's crazy, crazy and a problem that a place in Bay Village should get such a nod.

Can probably fund that 1.9 trillion dollars by ending those Trump Era tax cuts for the wealthy

I thought some people at this forum might find this interesting: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/zillow-ghost-maps-displacement?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&&fbclid=IwAR17lIZyJI4q11Emh-87SjZVqtPJhV8LU7Yqvn9PdNWgQv_zc8RkbBq3tB8

In case you want to see what the tower actually looks like: Sky Tower Everett (skyeverett.com)

I did stay completely locked in during quarantine and had everything delivered. Unfortunately, not everyone who has it has a home or a mask or a job that allows them to work from home.

The state of the housing stock is my number 2 gripe in regards to renting in Boston, behind the high cost of rent. Actually they go hand in hand. High price point for low quality and landlords and property managers have 0 incentives to renovate these apartments because they know they would have...

The absolutely absurd monthly rent in Boston. I recently got an application approved for a studio apartment in DTLA, not some random area of the city, but in a high-rise building in DTLA with concierge for $1,495/mo. The studio is 555 sq ft. Granted rent is down 10-20% in LA due to the core...

Isn't it because some of the towers in Financial District provides radar support through their antenna which gives the airport visibility of planes and thus allowed for higher height? Also IIRC, several of the flights I've taken have paths that crosses N to S behind the Pru. That would explain...