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And they make a mean negroni!

I like how the two towers in Boston that have the most drastic "I love it!"/"I hate it!" dichotomy between their "good" and bad" sides -- SST and 1 Financial -- are grouped so closely together, geographically.

New signage from this weekend

100% Get the damn cars off 80% of the roads downtown, period.

Haven't all of those been there for... forever? I guess maybe I don't specifically recall a Nero, but Starbucks and Dunks have been there at least since 2020 (and given that it's Boston, I'd wager there's been a Dunks at SS since the '70s).

Disagree -- being able to see the setbacks is really cool.

Seems like there are more than a few good pix of Raffles that have been posted here.

Anyone know anything about what term or terms apply to what they are doing with this type of bracing to support the upper arches/interior domes? I'd love to know more about what this support technique is all about.

Mad respect to all you expressed. Totally true and I feel similar ways about of certian aspects of the Boston of my youth, as much as I love today's city. Your insights are always really well expressed and give me a real sense of stuff I'm more ignorant about than I like to think I am. I'm...

Appreciate the context and insight. My only vague memories of it are from the tail end of its life and I saw nothing redeeming about the building -- not its details (I saw none), massing, shape, materials, or height. Time and place and state-of-repair can make a difference. I'm trying to see...

No disrespect intended -- truly; this question is driven by sincere curiosity: Why, exactly?

I like that angle?

This would be an example of Tracking, rather than Kerning — a common confusion, though.