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Yeah, I dislike the Boston is gradually losing some of it's pre-war mid-rise stuff to be replaced with stumpy boxes. I know I'm in the minority, but I wish the South End has been developed into more of a higher-density mixed use style. It takes up so much of Central Boston with 3-5 story...

Just to clarify,by "big urban" I basically am asking about the most urban cities in the country. Although LA is huge and far denser than a sunbelt town like Dallas or Atlanta, I just don't consider to it to be "traditionally urban" in the way NYC, SF, Bos, etc are. Yes, as a city LA is...

Yeah, that is what I'm getting at. More in terms of function and built environment than GDP or whatnot. I think Boston's relative wealth (or relative lack of deprivation) has helped in so far as it contributes to safer streets, more retail and better kept architecture and generally higher...

Fair enough, this is somewhat subjective. But, there is a clear clustering of downtown office space, downtown shopping, transit usage and city pop density around 5 or 6 (depending on DC). I generally see these same 4 or 5 cities compared in various "which is the most urban city in the US...

When I say Top 5, I'm talking more qualitatively. Not so much based on population or GDP. Atl and Hou are economic and social powerhouses, no doubt about it. But, they just don't give you the classic walkable urban city feel. LA is a bit of wild card. It is huge and has lots of walkable...

It is generally considered than NYC, Chi, SF, Philly and Boston are the top 5 most traditionally urban cities in the US. They are the only cities that really offer the complete packaged: buzzy big cities downtowns with dense residential neighborhoods. Subways, Chinatowns, Skyscrapers, shopping...

Re: The Boston Garden (TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End Does anyone know the motive behind the drop in height? Was it to tamp down neighborhood opposition or a downsizing to make it easier to finance?

Re: Longfellow Place (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End Isn't this sort of the pattern? I believe this happened with Copley and the TD Garden Tower. They were rejected or tabled at the first meeting and then they came back and were approved with virtually no changes...

For some reason, this reminds me of a stumpy, scaled down version of the Time Warner Center in NYC. Something about the glass over multi-story retail below.

Re: One Seaport Square | Parcels B-C@Seaport Sq. | Seaport Coming from DC, Seaport looks pretty familiar to me. Seaport seems to be shaping up as a perfectly fine axillary "spill over" zone for Central Boston. It will never really have the character or active street life to have the "bright...

Re: Back Bay Garage Tower (Dartmouth and Stuart) yeah, but I feel like this is more than simply gripping about the skyline. This is literally the last tall spot in Back Bay for a tower. After the active projects, we are basically down to SST, South Bay, 111 Federal, and this. Beyond that is...

Re: Back Bay Garage Tower (Dartmouth and Stuart) Given than this is the last big developable parcel in one of the nation's strongest office districts, I just can't imagine they wouldn't try for an iconic 700-850 footer. After SST, 111 Federal, SB Tower and this site, I just don't know where...

That seemed to be the case with the Liberty Mutual Tower as well. I guess the ticket to quick approval is propose a stumpy, inoffensive tower and tie it to job creation.

Re: The Boston Garden (TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End In practice is there any similar precedent for this? When I hear "back to the drawing boards", I think major multi-month (if not year) setback. But, that just doesn't seem possible that the project could have gotten...

Any takers on which will top out first this 4-story addition or the 38 floor Avalon North Station?

This seems to be the ArchBoston motto.

Re: The Boston Garden (TD Garden Towers) | 80 Causeway Street | West End In Chicago and Toronto, 600 footers pencil out for merely "luxury" $2,000-2,500/mo apartments. I get developable land is in shorter supply in Boston. So that is going to drive up per unit prices due to land. But, land...

Here is the building on google maps. Looks like they own about 2/3 of the block on Harrison. Wonder if the developer will also buy out the Hong Kong Bean Sprout Company next door and take the whole block...

I know this is fantasy, but I wish JH would at least present 2 proposals: the current one and an alternate Russia Warf-style one that converts the existing building to housing and then builds a comparable office tower on top of the historic base. If the powers that be nix the preservation and...

Although, it is theoretically possible for Boston to be much denser without height, in practice the Paris analogy is only of limited use. Paris is built out with a dense vernacular of tightly packed 5-7 story apartment buildings. In Boston, only a tiny portion of the city is comparable...