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Keep in mind it is about every aspect of the built environment not just tall buildings and that facts rule over mere opinion

What would you say to someone who said it is coercive, that people shouldn’t be blackmailed by the government and denied the tax dollars they worked for? Or that the state does not have jurisdiction over local zoning so this is a back door way of negating that prerogative?

However. It should be mentioned that light pollution is a thing that cannot be just dismissed out of hand. Remember the Seinfeld episode?

From some angles it actually makes the Hancock look taller

You may have a point so contact your local representative and speak to the people in your neighborhood and start a grass roots movement.

Yes, think of the birds not the pretty lights. Cambridge may be full of crap but we do have bald eagles on the Charles. Something to consider when designing buildings.

The lolipops were a sculpture and this isn't the pregnant building. How wouldn't you know that? Are you even from here? Also, it's rude to mention people's age. We are all young or old to someone. My teenage calls Millennials grampa.

That's your opinion for what it's worth. The actual reality is nobody but the our domestic height fetishists are calling for it to be torn down.

If the devil himself tells you the truth it doesn't make it a lie. But you should wonder why he is telling a truth

That would be a sad end to a significant part of New Boston

Yes, we will gate it and call it Gelato Village

The conversation was about making Hanover Street pedestrian only

You don't understand I am saying that either the neighbors want it or it shouldn't happen. We should stick to knowing what is good for where we live not other places

We can't criticize the criticism of a building as being a negative attitude and then negatively critique a bunch of buildings with no self awareness. Nobody is immune. I have been on here over 15 years and have verbalized my dislike for only a handful of buildings. I used the term "gateway" but...

You can dismiss opinions as knee-jerk hate but this building, in a prominent place, fails as a gateway from the Back Bay and to Bay Village. It takes chances and gets away with it only because the city around is so forgiving

I think most buildings styles today will age as well as the mid-century modern ones. This building is a good example of that. The windows are not great but the totality of the building really looks cheap and plastic and many of its cousins around the city will be absolute crap in 40 years...

And this state has been so good to his Trumpy pencil pushing ass

But the momentum to do that has to be grassroots not via edict from city hall.

Maybe the money should go to the neighborhood to mitigate the impact of this instead of just to the city

I lived in the area too for quite a while and that comment based solely on the recent history of how Bedford has been zoned not on how much I like the town. I think Bedford is cute with a number of pretty good restaurants.