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Good question…

I’m sure the T’s senior leadership are gathering to discuss this most recent issue…

That’ll buff out…

I’d like to offer my thanks to all of our fine photographers who’ve worked so hard trying to make this building look interesting. When I think of Winthrop Center, why do I keep seeing this?

No idea if this book will qualify as “great” by any metric, but I feel morally obligated to purchase it immediately.

I referred to it the other day as Barad-dûr.

#ghettofabulous It’s worse than cheap. It’s careless.

Apparently it’s a library and event center by the mostly brilliant David Adjaye.

For anyone interested in hard modernism while scratching their SvV itch…

I’m fond of the “London montage” in Trainspotting - Rogers’ Lloyds of London makes a brief cameo at :37:

The bard of High-Tech Expressionism has set down his pen…

The old Ford assembly plant looks like St. Paul’s Cathedral by comparison.

Our best chance to get Ron Druker and his shitty project to fuck way off begins 11/16. I’ve discussed this matter in some detail with Mayor-elect Wu. I think she’d be interested in hearing from the preservationists among us.

^ This is precisely the tactic that Richard Fields and his business partners tried to use in East Boston, Revere, and surrounding communities to convince voters that bringing a casino to Suffolk Downs was the best idea since sliced bread. Fortunately, folks were smarter than the million dollar...

Pretty much what I inferred from Charlie’s post, but I’ll let him craft his own reply. All I can add is that people have the most difficult time accepting new ideas (especially good ideas) from “outsiders.” New England tribalism is a gargantuan obstacle to progress.

Addendum, and general reaction to the incessant height-lust, the counterfeit coin of our realm. Wouldn’t it be more rewarding if we focused our attention on demanding architecture of this quality from the BCDC/BPDA?

Thinking beyond the easy answer is the first stop on the journey to what you may be missing… We take chances in this town, but not with money, or with really improving urban functionality. There are obstacles, some even legitimate. The winters can be truly awful. Wide swaths of the working and...

David Adjaye is a much better architect than this scheme would suggest.