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It's intentional--note that the uplighting exists above unlit/unfinished floors. And I think the marble is garish too, but overall I'm satisfied with the result of the building, not bad. I'd also like to call attention to the recessed bottom track of the glazing at the lobby. It totally...

+1 for Costco, they seem to at least give a damn about the people who work for them.

These are not all moves that can be completed by a single agent and also ignores several laws but: -Expand the Home Depot at Assembly into the (still, how?) empty former Circuit City, and kill the one at Gateway. -Build a single lane road + pedestrian/bike bridge north of the dam connecting...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Not 22 anymore but not too far from it--plenty of people come out of school making that much I'm sure but I didn't know any. More like owe it. I sure as hell don't. I post on a site called archboston.org, three guesses what I do. Your larger point...

I think it's possible to think this building is a positive for Emmanuel, and the Fenway, and good on its own merits, and also that the architect let up at the 5-yard line instead of punching it in. It's called nitpicking, and it's part of why I like coming here. Another one, also mentioned...

That's some Chinatown-level corruption, holy hell.

The no-cornice thing had to have looked better in the elevations than it does in real life; big misstep for me.

Given that the airport is right across the way and the Seaport will never see the benefits of height as long as it remains there (which is fine), it is an abject planning failure that they laid out tower-scale blocks for a place with no towers. If the conditions give you a low ceiling, plan for...

Like FK4 said, there was nothing there before and a lot of the property was state-owned. So as a starting condition they could have planned for more and smaller streets and more and smaller parcels.

lol it's 2018 and we're being told to be more sympathetic to motorists. As a motorist, no. I don't know if the leap to Trump is the most apropos, but here is a similarity: using a system which was built with your express purposes in mind, which favors you to such a degree that you can't even...

This building is not good.

Correct. It took over a year for some reason and is abominable.

I feel something close to this sentiment. Architecturally, I have to admit it's coming into its own and will over time start to take on the trappings of a real neighborhood. Street walls are filling in, good restaurants, a couple fun night spots, and the waterfront is a real asset for the...

Beton Brut and CCA for consuls, there were always two of them right?

Re: Site in Hub top choice for a soccer stadium This is definitely not big enough, but it would be cool to see something of the sort done with Draw 7 Park at Assembly. Used to be a nice little pitch until the Snowpocalypse of 2015, when it was used as a dumping ground for plow operations. And...

Why stop at Siena? I'd like to see these architects try to abstract the facade of the Duomo in Florence. Actually since we love doing multiple facades on large buildings, let them be inspired by the Basilica of San Petrionio in Bologna. Call the whole thing the Cathedral District.

Re: Six West Broadway Hotel |South Boston Hot take: The Standard is only a building people talk about because it straddles the High Line and has some nice interiors. It is not that much of a marvel.

Re: Six West Broadway Hotel |South Boston I think it's totally fine. Bout time we had some restraint. Could do with maybe one design flourish, but that's something signage and lighting could solve. Not really seeing anything to be mad about. If I had to try, I'd say the facade could use some...

I thought we had a terrible winter and spring with mechanical delays, and then late spring/early summer was really awful with crush loads and bunching thrown into the mix of disabled trains. Then it was absolute bliss the last three weeks between the end of school and everyone leaving town for...

Totally dated, but also seems appropriate here as a way to block a little bit more road noise from 93.