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And the triple-deckers that remain in most non-CBD areas of metro Boston were only estimated to have a lifespan of 50 or so years. Not everything can be built with the highest-cost and highest quality materials and this fact has been true since... forever. Plenty of "our city" is being built...

You make it sound like they'll ultimately slash initial asking price in half. They won't. This will be a desirable spot and the units will be very expensive, whatever the ultimate pricing.

I was at S Station this morning—objectively a very cold one — and the actual station was plenty warm. The outdoor track area was cold, sure, but it’s, y’know… OUTSIDE. Not a big surprise or a big deal.

It's clearly a "nice weather" amenity and of COURSE potential litigation and liability plays a role. FWIW the last three(!) times I was in NYC, the "Red Steps" in Times Square were blocked/closed to the public. For the exact same reaons. "Occasionally, you may arrive at Times Square and find...

um... what?

ding ding

That is beautiful (the video) and, in general, I agree that Boston -- overall -- needs to step up its nighttime illumination game. The Common is very "classic" New England city winter, though, with the lights and tree. So much so that one recently conducted survey found Boston to be the most...

I stand (sit) corrected.

Thank you for succinctly summarizing this entire situation honestly. Everyone against this project should sit the fuck down.

Presumaly you know that is literally impossible due to radar/FAA nonsense related to the proximity to Logan. Were it not, Winthrop would have been a super-tall, as originally intended.

As explained, narrower dimensions make for better residential layouts.

Really?

Eh... not quite a decade since wrapping up and only two years before MT, which we're deciding (or DZH has arranged as such in his graphic) is part of the current boom, so you could be forgiven for having that impression. I also consider Avalon as being a significant part of the big influx of...

Storrow Drive sucks.

“that building with its window unit air conditioners, sloping/crooked signage and two story billboards in that location.” Way more interesting than some prefab Alucobond-heavy, offset window boring nothing like 99% of what’s going up these days, including the upcoming development of the old...

so dumb. bubble-wrap everyone.

I like Winter Hill Liquors and the building. Also - who needs 9 minutes to walk from Gilman sq station to get there?!?

Center Plaza is - to me - ugly. And I like brutalism. Moreover, it blocks the gorgeous courthouse and is way more disruptive to the street-level urban fabric than even City Hall Plaza.

Some of those are excellent examples of well executed brutalist design. Center Plaza, however...