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Re: Waterside Place Best Quote 2013

Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown Pardon the amateur question, but do the gray precast concrete panels get covered up? Walked by this building yesterday and the cladding had the dirty appearance familiar at Waterside.

Re: 319 A Street Rear Timelapse demolition and construction at 319 A St. Rear. http://youtu.be/wC-1p7NEFhM

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) Very true. As a resident of Fort Point since 1990, I can say that the events that transpired at these properties with the tacit support of the BRA put a hole in the heart of the neighborhood for a number of years. The loss of...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) No. A) At roughly the same time (2005/2006) a second Fort Point developer purchased roughly the same number of Boston Wharf buildings and spent 5 years developing buildings (including FP3) with ground floors including Drink...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) Thanks for the clarification, AFL. BTW, the Melcher St. buildings you were in are among the same portfolio (same speculator) as the others discussed above at 327 Summer, 337 Summer and 319 A St front. Vacate. Mothball. Upzone...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) Not sure why you're ranting AFL, but it is a problem when a speculator empties and mothballs an entire portfolio of buildings in your neighborhood, leaving entire buildings vacant for 5 years while the developer lives at the...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) The residential option still exists in the PNF as filed... http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/developmentprojects/devprojects.asp?action=ViewProject&ProjectID=1549 The BRA circulated an e-mail stating the residential...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) This developer has been through the ringer, essentially being strongarmed into a hotel project. From 2011: http://bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/2011/05/city_wants_builder_stick_hotel_plan During Menino's entire...

Re: Residences at 399 Congress St (formerly Madison Seaport Hotel) In a Seaport devoid of residential growth, it looks like 399 Congress proposal may be doomed. This continues a 20-year trend of political opposition to sorely needed housing in Seaport and Fort Point, even at a fraction of...

They are test panels, similar to final design but (as I understand) final design will be a muted version. Final design was selected through a competition held last year. I don't think renderings of the winning entry/proposal were published for public review. The artist is based in Fort Point...

The large lot on the right along the Channel is owned by Gillette. Massing has been fully approved through BRA's "100 Acres Plan" which was published as a coloring book for the public, along with a host of private agreements signed by Gillette, USPS and two other large property owners that owned...

I've heard there are plans afoot to convert the bridge back to vehicular and pedestrian use. As I understand, some advocates are proposing raising the middle portion and adding ramps (to meet navigability requirements) and others are proposing a restoration and full operation for navigability...

Does anyone know if the bright blue windows are peel-away film for protection during construction, or is that the final color?

I'm a harsh critic of the BRA when it comes to architecture and land use, but it's fair to say with respect to the park in front of State Street tower the planning was largely between the landscape architect and the community. Same goes for Wormwood Park, a small but highly successful park in...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport Massport is self-sufficient. That is, if being gifted FREE a few hundred acres of tax-free, zoning-free waterfront property for speculative development is self-sufficient. Of course, their competitors in the hotel/office development arena have to...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport I have no problem with luxury residential on the world's finest waterfront. My point is that housing numbers are scant, including luxury residential numbers. I have a problem with a politically driven process that has hampered construction of condos...

Re: Innovation Dist. / South Boston Seaport To put these numbers in perspective... 1500 units in an area of 1 x 1 mile (2/3rds the size of Charlestown). Of which... 1/3rd are under way in Fort Point. 1/3rd are luxury residential (Waterside, Pier 4). 1/3rd are 1 mile from Fan Pier (West 1st...

Re: Peabody Essex's New Gallery Sad to read of Mather's passing. http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2013/05/24/peabody-essex-museum-delay-expansion-three-years/f1tcYzOVDtA7ldUCHSf93I/story.html