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^ Doesn't Boston get completely smoked by King Ghidorah in the upcoming Godzilla flick?

^ We visited and photographed Geisel last August -- it's magnificent! After, we rolled over to the Salk Institute for a quick walk through. Concrete looks particularly lovely in the sunshine. I occasionally correspond with Alan Hess. I believe he's working on a book that chronicles Pereira's...

Well, I can't speak for Brad or Type001, but I do agree with them on the inherent value of the sculptural concrete form as an architectural artifact. The great irony here is that Cesar Pelli's career began with work on one of the greatest sculptural concrete buildings ever conceived. A decade...

Word up! Yup, or Java Island, Amsterdam.

Posting this here, because I didn't want to start a "Post-Retail Thread." There's a part of me that wishes that this "place" worked like a roach motel - "Narcissists check in, but they don't check out."

Your $0.02 is good by me. My only problem with it looking at it through the same lens as a park, library, ball field, or other public amenity. In both form and intent. The money for the City's coffers is certainly notable. And though I'm happy to see so many large projects move forward...

Henry, you and I are on the same page. The very idea that the City signed off on this farcical response to a "public amenity" requirement in the RFP is a preposterous intellectual insult. Clearly, a bad/dumb "ask" on the City's part has lead to a bad/dumb response from the Millennium. As my old...

Any chance that there's a protective film on the panels that won't be removed until construction is closer to completion?

^ For those of us who are less sanguine on the City's "public space" requirement for this project, can you help us understand why a retail corridor that can be repurposed as a yoga studio, fashion runway, or tchotchke bazaar presents real value for the average Bostonian? I understand that...

Where'd I ever mention a skywalk? I agree. And to clarify, in my view, nothing that Millennium's proposed addresses a "civic need" that I'm aware of. If Millennium were offering an equivalent amount of square footage devoted to financial literacy or home financing education programs, a library...

In case anyone's interested, we already had a pretty robust conversation about The (not-so-fucking) Great Hall/Connector/Tunnel of Loot, two months ago, beginning here, and dissipating here. A couple of salient points from that discussion: Carry on...

^^...or a frappe. When is this happening? I'm steps away from anything downtown.

Good call! I imagine that’s the origin of the gesture.

Now that yesterday's enthusiasm has quieted, I'm left with one observation: The designers clearly swiped the braced-up cornice detail on Gehry's (former) Tower Records building (now 360 Newbury Street) and used them as pilotis, creating a unified compositional motif. It's truly intelligent...

And now for something completely different... I had the good fortune to see Blomstedt direct the BSO in Brahms 1 earlier this season. He's 91 and appears to have more energy than I do... And on the piece, even if Dvořák didn't write another note, his 7th Symphony would still be one of the most...

Re: Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District My current areas of focus include studying the evolving plans for Suffolk Downs, better traffic management for the Sumner Tunnel, pedestrian and cyclist advocacy, and raising the aesthetic bar for new development in East Boston. I...

Re: Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District To be clear, I take this comment as good-natured ribbing. I agree that the current state of the building is nothing short of a toxic embarrassment. Our disagreement is over the value of correcting the obvious and well documented...

Re: Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District I just love how responses to the call for the demolition and replacement of four profitable buildings in the Back Bay has metastasized into an angry mob directing their bloodlust at one of the most significant examples of Organic...

The most stunning thing about this thread is that it's very nearly six years old. Six years to begin an adaptive reuse... And count me as not a fan of the terracotta fondant they're looking to apply to this concrete cake.

The Early College Academy is a very handsome building, though the landscaping is sorely inadequate to soften the strong lines of the facade.