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It's not a plaza--it's a major bus hub. They should have designed it with a great roof structure. The T certainly isn't going to allow allow all of the planting they are showing.

This is one I'm really excited about. Getting rid of all of that surface parking is great. I do wish it wasn't just being replaced, but the MBTA here (other than commuter rail) is terrible. As far as I'm concerned, our public transit really holds Boston back.

It's such a good point. And in this case, I think, better than what's there isn't an accurate assessment. What is there is a nice, inward looking college residential campus. It's extremely pleasant in the interior of that space and makes a good street edge. It would be better if the building...

I think we can be confident that is exactly what that space is intended for.

I went to a public meeting on this project and the developer (so take it with a grain of salt) said that they had been trying to get the T to shut down the line so they could speed up the demo all of last year but that the T refused. There were a lot of North End residents who were really...

Okay, who approved the white sealant? That's such a simple thing to get right. The CA on this on is not great but I hope they fix that.

I love that image showing the imprint of the demoed part of the building.

Agreed about Studio Gang doing the lab. Boston is lab central these days but I don't know how much that applies in the rest of the country--so is this an opportunity where they are in the project team and they get to do a lab in essentially a safe space. But there are other firms around that do...

It's so funny that all of these places are based on the original idea of Faneuil Hall Marketplace. It is the one that started the idea of reusing spaces with small, local businesses. But that is hard. So the current owner/leaser started out by bringing in big brands like Uniqlo while completely...

Nice to see that temporary structure going. Thanks for the great pics (as usual)

Does anyone know what the webbing (?) straps hanging out of the structure where the columns meet the slab above are? I'm not that familiar with the details of concrete construction.

It is really odd to watch a ZBA meeting when the only questions from the board are about the amount of parking. Even BTD has new, lower parking rates. The ZBA is really out of touch

Mods: a lot of the recent posts in this thread are about the 1550 SFR and 26 Soldiers Field Place project not the 44-46 Soldiers Field Place project. Could someone move them?

Yeah, it's really odd and makes the whole think look shorter than it is, in a location where height would have been really appropriate.

No, corners are a really important part of architecture (think of old residential architecture and quoins or the difference between glass that turns the corner on a tower or a column at that corner)(to be pedantic). They often get just ignored and I appreciate that this designer thought about...

Those corners are really nice.

No, it's not Landmarked You can see all of the Boston Landmarks on the BLC map here.

It's pretty prominent from the air and from ferries. Massport as a developer is pretty much immune to anyone else's comments. The project is also hampered by the crap job the did over the past few years on the existing building.

Agreed. A tall, slim building would be nice here.

I believe there is a Silver Line headhouse going in on Seaport Blvd