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Denver has a massive international airport that's connected to city by an actual metro line. The Broncos stadium (what I'd assume they'd use??) is like 15-30 minutes out of downtown, also connected via metro and bus. Philly is a similar story. Gillette is almost an hour outside of Boston. I'd...

Still feels like an office park design. The cheese-grater facades don't help. I'm sure the interior is pleasant and well appointed. This space should be much brighter than the photos show it as and I think the materials and colors choices are unfortunate. The black/dark window mullions were a...

Just adding one thing here. But a major barrier to Assembly feeling "soulful" to me is the over abundance of chain stores. It's a glorified outlet mall on some level. No mom & pop stores. I feel like I'm walking through a corporate marketing bubble with big brands charading as mainstreet.

Man, this building is an absolute mess. Such a nonsensical massing without any consistency. The angled glass faces date it by 20 years. The dark green hue of the glass is about all I can find redeeming or interesting. I don't understand how Google could put their name on this. Really...

The good stuff is mostly historical and in Back Bay/South End/North End, etc. Most of the low and mid-rise buildings from the last 50 years or so are pretty garbage/generic as well, not just bad high-rises. Brutalism is insanely problematic, but at least it's interesting (Boston has arguably the...

It vaguely reminds me of Zaha Hadid's Port House project in Antwerp.

Man, that might be one of the most visually unappealing presentations I've seen from a practicing Architect. The building looks like it was designed by a zoning code algorithm.

They must be moving the tracks, no? The current tracks run down the middle and share the lane with cars. The little rendering is taken from here btw...

Separated tracks at the side of the street looks both more dangerous for bikers and more likely to get stuck in traffic or the inevitable illegal parking. I understand their priority is accessibility but it seems that they'll sacrifice a lot of safety and service quality to a larger detriment...

Temporary scaffolding.

I think it's important to note that these projects have their own design architect that Beal just works as the developer with. Kenmore is by Roger Ferris & Partners, LoveJoy was designed by Robert AM Stern, and the Berkley St project is by Hacin + Associates.

Yeah, that's the one in their most recent presentation on June 3rd: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/awm5nuszjre1wbya614q3mpoezepj2bg I didn't go through the rest of the comment and presentations files starting in October, but I can guess most of the neighbors NIMBY'd about "too tall", "muh street...

It's functioning as a rain-screen so water penetration isn't an issue with those gaps. Doesn't need to keep the water out because the barrier is behind it all.

It's depressing to see the tweet use an image of the original proposal. Then compare it to what actually got approved...

I was wondering when the BPDA was going to pick this up. A couple of the proposals got a brief showcase online a couple weeks ago. https://www.baystatebanner.com/2021/05/20/proposals-for-crescent-parcel-center-black-and-women-owned-businesses/ Have a friend at one of the development firms who...

That's 340 Flatbush by ShoP Architects. One of the most beautiful modern skyscrapers in the country in my opinion.

I think there are a lot of necessary compromises regarding geographic accuracy. The whole design theme relies on orthogonal linework which helps legibility. But unfortunately the Boston metro is more like a pile of spaghetti so the disconnect is unavoidable. That video from a couple weeks ago...

I think your plan might have a fatal flaw in the east bound lane. It's shifted south into a non-existent archway and the bridge slopes down pretty aggressively there. Let a lone the new pedestrian bridge structure landing right in that pathway :/ Would need to be a tunnel at that point. So...

F-Line, while I appreciate your thoroughness and contributions here, sometimes I think your takes are overly data-centric, over confident, and rigid in any sort of slightly emotional/aesthetic topic. I also don't have the time to write out a few essay replies here a day unlike you, so I'll keep...

Are you trying to tell me you don't? Or that you don't think anyone else does? I think 90% of people would tell you the pole is ugly and looks like it's falling apart. I'm sure it's not issue #1 on their mind, but the accumulation of these things (tracks/poles looking decrepit, train cars...