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yeah, MUCH better proportions in the original. curious as to why they'd back off that design - does it save that much money?

Just too darn bad this is replacing a fairly contextual / aesthetically pleasing 19th century (?) historic structure, and not replacing Symphony Plaza Towers, which are up there with the Midtown Hotel in architectural / street awfulness.

agree - vertical AND horizontal seams!

I know what to think, and it goes something like: "Buzz. Your girlfriend. Woof!"

^^ I'd beg to differ. A rail link btw S Station and N Station creates a mass-transit connection for rail commuters for whom important parts of Downtown now require a car to get to. Anyone in Metrowest who works near S Station is currently going to drive into Boston, or get off their train at N...

Agree. On the plus side (or at least the 'mitigating side'), everything past the facade was even more cheap-looking in the prior iteration of this building. I suspect (but am not sure) that was the original design - a sort of 100-year-old industrial version of a mullet. This update could have...

^^ Not sure I follow why you're picking out this project to throw shade at. I'm sure parents will be happy to have a new playground. Ensuring the city is appealing to families is pretty important - and does in fact lead to greater dynamism in the city. Moreover, I'm fairly certain a majority...

Looks outdated and dilapidated. Can it be razed yet?

Haven't drunk the Kool-Aid Du Jour. It looks like the HBO Building at the corner of 42nd and 6th in Manhattan - an International Style-with-a-dollop-of-PoMo landscraper that doesn't look great when new and looks terrible when a little worn. It replaced a good stretch of historic buildings with...

Not to mention that discrimination is discrimination is discrimination. It begets more discrimination. Is it really a relevant point to say that if in 1980 when the US was 90%+ white, 90%+ of contractors were white? It's like saying >90% of construction workers in Kenya today are black, so it's...

^^ Wow, I imagine those have to come down by 50-67% to have a chance of selling. If any fool and his money are that easily parted, I'll hand it to the developer.

I said above that this is the kind of building we'll all be very happy to see torn down in 30-40 years. I think we may actually want to see it torn down and replaced almost as soon as it's built. Ugh.

Sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! In 40 years this will be as banal and "please bulldoze it now"-able as Druker's father's masterpiece, Tremont on the Common, is today.

How about an eyebrow-threading/nail spa? ... or a cannabis shop.

^^ Agree it's a great project, but the connection to biking / bike trails is fairly limited (the bridge as I understand would be a fairly short pedestrian/bike connection from the commercial, hotel and - soon - residential big-box buildings on Baker Avenue, to West Concord center / Concord...

Yeah, they exude a certain bougie-ness that gets my hackles up. There's something so forced-trendy about Tatte, like they're a Dubai import or something.

Too bad. Stately older home they're obliterating. They should be building on place of the CVS across the street - that would be a clearer net-positive for the area.

Yes, Boston city pols have no actual scruples or concern about the integrity of their city. They have magpie-like interest in shiny /trendy causes, and thirsty pockets - that's about it.

All correct - but a little nitpicky to expect an Instagram post to make that distinction, no?

What's incorrect about that statement? Samuel Francis Smith DID write that song, and he was from Boston.