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I'll agree with Beton Brut here and double down on the point I think people are missing: the scale is what makes it feel cartoony. In context, all of the buildings going up in this style across the West Village and SoHo have floor heights that aren't drastically larger than their neighbours...

It's really weird the effect of removing the windows on the Marriot in this render... from hotel to sudden Long Lines building that really makes this project look like some seriously needed street activation.

I assume that from the MassDOT presentation, they'll be doing the lane takings to do tunnel upgrades for all three parcels all at once. We'll see what gets said at the next joint meeting. There'll also likely be impacts on commuter rail, but they don't mention how long and when. Weighing in on...

I'd love to see this simulated, too. Just for fun. In theory, I guess you could shutter the ramps and dig up only the ramp parcels and redevelop on them to justify the cost of doing that. This also helps to knit back the urban fabric. You could even go a step further and turn both Atlantic Ave...

^ Yes. We can and should aspire to have both.

^ Stop inducing driven trips. Stop justifying the 'need' for the parking. This is accommodating MORE trips by car, not backfilling some lost capacity. Being covered up by other buildings isn't the problem. The additional vehicular trips is the problem. This could be mitigated by a reduction...

^ Agreed. The street interface is very bleh. I can imagine these buildings undergoing a similar lobby/ground level facade as several buildings are seeing downtown with cafes and retail spaces either being built into existing lobbies (225 Franklin, 100 Federal) or capacious lobbies being shrunk...

That's a handsome angle! Agreed ^ would love to see more, massing is appropriate, though I'm worried about those north-facing units overlooking the adjacent single-story retail. What happens if/when they decide to redevelop that as multi-story mixed-use? Or are they the same landowner, now?

At first glance, it really reminded me of yet another SOM bunker, New York's PSAC2, which itself reminds me of WTC1's bomb-resistant base. At least they've really mastered the art of gussying up a federal building? It is shame that it has to be so set back from the street. It really does project...

Ah, the perennial subject... Yes, the Greenway is no doubt better than what it was before, but the highway underneath is at odds with it. Even if you cover the onramp parcels with something like Jersey City's Embankment, the adjacent streets and feeder roads to the on-ramps are still...

These turned out disappointingly a lot like some newer housing I've seen around JP, much of it is starting to show its age including an affordable housing development catty-corner from Jackson station. I'll say there's widespread underappreciation for the incorporation of income-restricted...

I finally found this thread and I appreciate all the interior photos! The bike infrastructure is such a gimme, but I hope it gets put to good use by whatever seasoned bike commuters who don't already use Bluebikes end up parking here and not in their own building's garages. I'll only be happy...

I thought I remembered an earlier proposal for this site that was controversial and I'm glad I'm not going crazy. Apparently, people were up in arms about the 2014 proposal for housing with some arguments about 'disrespectful' architecture and opposition from the adjacent park's trust for ANY...

As someone who crosses the Greenway on a daily basis, a lot of the green space, especially on and adjacent the blocks with ramps, feel like a gimme - at best I'm still crossing a gussied up highway. My concern there is echoed with the park planned here. The street wall is certainly closer here...

Accurate... I'm also just realising I can see the top of this building from Oliver St/Seaport Boulevard as I cross the Greenway to work. From that vantage point, it feels like it encloses and fills in a skyline void between the Seaport towers and the older buildings closer to the Fort Point...

Looks like its mainly pile work for the foundation.

I'm wondering if I like the earlier render because it's a better render and not because the new render feels lazy ...

We're talking about transit access to office parks 'near' Littleton like they were TOD... Let's not delude ourselves: these people likely drive to their current office in Westford at the end of 'Lyberty Way' (what a name 🙄 ) amidst a cluster of car-oriented stuff off the same 495 exit. I mean...

Woman sitting opposite him is looking away and grimacing because she's ashamed of her over-the-top boyfriend. Really, this just looks like a vignette of a bunch of 'influencers' clipped from Instagram.

Late to the thread... I was in public meetings for this up until approval since I live across the street from this (225 Centre) and don't recall anything in the MBTA area across the head house that would be touched as part of this project. In a parallel universe where the MBTA's chief of...