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It's comically out of scale, lacks any congruent form, and the louvers just annoy the roving eye. But I'll say this: it admirably distracts from the far uglier BU buildings in its midst. A tiny feather, but in the cap it goes.

It struck me right away that the revised designs don't feature any real custom steel, the kind that's experiencing significant and costly delays. Boxes get built faster and cheaper I'd guess.

What about a dedicated thread for height discussions? If mods are flexing on anyone who veers off-topic, wouldn't it be fair to let height howlers have their own safe space, and clean up so many bloated threads?

I recognize pedestrian islands are a necessity on a road heavily used by cars and walkers, and I don't think they need to be anything other than useful. I've stood there 1000s of times, no worse off for it.

Respectfully, I'm glad none of you in favor of messing with this stretch of Boylston could bring your ideas to bear. This bridge over a river/floodplain doesn't need a starchitect redesign or a bunch of gimmicky kiosks, it's great as it is.

I ignored him like a day after I joined AB, and it's made this site so much more enjoyable. I recommend it.

Well, they're offering a free month on vacant apartments provided immediate move-in, so I'd imagine the banner will go once X% occupancy is reached?

If we're hopping up on soapboxes, homeless encampments occupy/obstruct public ways, and I never saw a curb cut leave a pile of excrement on the pavement.

Waste not, want not, at least for the natives.

The hotel gels nicely with the parking garage next door, especially the underlying 1980s suburban vibe. Funny that one was (likely?) built then, the other just meant to evoke it.

People listened to music here.

#toomany...

I used to live just down the street from Larz Anderson, I miss the great park and great views. Thanks for the shot.

I had to go back and look and I agree, it's similar to Northland. Still, there's something annoyingly anodyne about this, like inoffensive...in a pushy way? Maybe I'm nuts.

Is the approval process over for Newton? After all the sturm und drang, they're getting an ugly mess with serious Midwest office park vibes.

Tall and skinny where it's not demanded by location and/or economics is just architectural fetishism that quickly turns Vegas-esque. Not twisting the knife, but Dubai is the perfect example of that...

Agreed. Thankfully retail is thriving, high end retail in particular.

Please, no more about Moakley Courthouse. It's there, you have zero control over it, quit whining.

Posts 1761 and 1762 are the best in an awful bunch, as they took a minute to give a contextual damn. At least when Southie was poor the sad state of housing made sense; whatever hipster disneyland exists now is just pure prefab schlock shamelessly hawked to the greedy and the dumb.