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Love this view of the swoop framed by the streetwalls. Looks awesome! I just hope there isn't some other part yet unbuilt that will block it. If it doesn't get blocked I can see this scene becoming a postcard view of Boston similar to Acorn St.

The Opera House needs a flashier sign. This one gets blasted to the phantom zone by the Paramount and the Modern.

Isn't Samuels kind of cheating, though? My understanding is that the deck is only for a plaza/park and doesn't have to support the weight of the buildings, which are on terra firma. The deck for the Viola has to support the whole building. And there's also a subway station to take into account.

For some reason I read this as a temple (not to capitalism) or similar religious building. I must have seen pics of some temple that resembles this but I don't remember what it was. Anyone have any idea what I might have been looking at?

Woof! The Sheraton, Hilton and 30 Dalton are a commieblock horror show from this angle.

I'm starting to read it less as a stack of books and more as a stack of wrapped Christmas gifts.

Maybe someone came up with the concept of a "soil feature" as a counterpart to the so-called water feature?

Are there special exceptions/provisions/requirements in the fire code for a residential building this tall? I can't imagine that if there's a fire the residents in the higher floors are expected to descend a thousand-foot high stair.

I'll counter that assertion by pointing out that the built environment of a metro area is directly shaped by innumerable factors other than politics and crime, such as the price of construction materials, but this board finds it possible to not discuss whether the price of steel or concrete will...

I actually don't know whether it does or not. My comment was based on some articles I've read in the SF Chronicle about how difficult and expensive it is to open and run a small business in San Francisco. None of the articles were specifically about outdoor dining or jersey barriers. They were...

Looks like Wu is trying to turn Boston into San Francisco. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/04/07/outdoor-dining-jamaica-plain-boston/

That's probably not likely to happen, but the next best thing would be if they closed Stanhope St. to traffic and turned it into something like Congress Square/Quaker Lane was supposed to be. Whatever happened to that anyway? Anyone know if it's dead, or just waiting for a stable post-COVID...

Good point. Boston is supposed to be the Athens of America, not the Rome of America. ;)

Looking at the last few sets of photos it consciously dawned on me for the first time that this project will have a tremendous visual impact from many different viewpoints.

Thanks.

Anyone have access to the Herald to see which project this is? https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/03/31/0401-bh-n-trade

Whenever I see "toy model" aerials like these I always imagine Godzilla entering stage left and stomping the whole thing flat.

I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand :love:! The city is creating new urban space to experience. On the other hand 😔! The city is losing the cozy, compact feel that's one of things I love about it. As usual, there always has to be a trade-off. Still, I'll go with the new urban space.

Oh God please, let's not have another open hole in the head like Millenium.

As great as I think Millenium Tower is, this looks like it's going to be even better. Thank God we didn't get those nightmarish early proposals.