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This is the second ugliest building, just down the street from each other. The Hurley is worse than City Hall because it's in worse shape, with chunks of concrete falling off, windows that are so old/dirty/faded that they are almost translucent at this point, and the grounds around it that are...

I mean, I know there existed stats around listing "height to highest occupied floor" but it only seems relevant for safety's sake and when considering things like observation decks or penthouse heights, purely for claims on views. I definitely see how it is factored in though, otherwise it...

I agree with pretty much everything you're saying. I wasn't pondering just for the added height but rather how it could be more aesthetically pleasing (to some) if the messiness that's currently up on top were eliminated, to further amplify the effort they've put in to the observation deck, new...

I don't think any metric of measurement uses "habitable floors" as the rationale behind measuring a building's actual height. There are countless buildings with around the same number of floors as the Pru or Hancock that have structural elements (fins, stepped spires, crowns etc) that push them...

Without all of the many, many antennas that are attached to the roof now, it is great design, though one that certainly has some dated elements. I understand the necessity of them but there are certainly creative, modern ways to design a caging system or stepped design to encase all of them...

Yes, I said this on here awhile back. A more modernized, cleaned-up version of this Atlanta building's top would be great for the Pru.

So trust Wikipedia, a website that literally anyone can add information to, over actual university and government-conducted research?? Ok, great plan.

There's this: https://www.universalhub.com/2019/boston-keeps-growing-population-could-reach-760000 and this: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/220130679.pdf and many others that all show steady increases and predicted sharp increases over the next 5-10 years.

Where did you get this data from?? It's almost the exact opposite of what I've read.

I was in there yesterday and there is a big white wall in this spot with that logo on it. It's just off that 4-way hallway intersection, around the corner from where you go in to get to the Pru elevators.

Boston and the greater Boston area are steadily increasing in population and have been for the last 15 years. It is predicted that with the massive amount of bioscience and other tech companies moving into the area and the completion of the tremendous amount of housing and new neighborhoods...

The only practical amusement type attraction I could see here would be a large ferris wheel, preferably with enclosed capsule pods for year-round use.

All these stupid wires and poles in our cities- I can't stand it!! It just looks so developing-nationesque! It's one thing in residential home neighborhoods, but areas like this and a lot of Cambridge?! Ugh just bury them for fucks sake! I know others have brought up the investments the cities...

No no no. I'm sorry but if a massive amount of money is going to be spent to cover up that hole and cinch the neighborhood together, that building had better be top notch! Once it's built, we're stuck with it for probably the rest of our lifetimes, other than little updates. This is a MAJOR...

It looks almost like there's an attempt at spelling something out or initials of some sort. People will look at this puzzlingly and think, huh? What is it supposed to say? Oh it's actually nothing but bizarre design? Ok... cool... As much as I 100 million percent want that stupid hole in...

In the news today: https://www.boston.com/real-estate/developments-construction/2022/10/31/back-bay-development-peebles-hynes-affordable-housing/

I was born in upstate NY and moved around between that area and Mass as a kid, but I always knew my home was here in the Boston area and was never going to settle down anywhere in NY. I enjoy visiting NYC and have some family in the northern suburbs, so I am there often, but the entire layout of...

Where is that angled "A" shape in the corner shown in the render? That was the only semi-unique feature.

Yea it's not, I was just adding in my own opinions based on annoying interactions with New Yorkers in and around NYC. The last paragraph was what also irritated me, with "Boston has a reputation for being a bit salty and perhaps a bit mired down in its own history (there’s something about Happy...

That is the dumbest, most shallow article I've read in a long time. Jealous much?? Such a trash "newspaper"! As if Boston isn't a major American metropolis?! "Land of the Pilgrims and Dunkin Donuts" really?? Clearly written for low-IQ morons who have never left their dumpy backward suburban NY...