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One of the very few times I will say that a new building should actually be shorter. If the top third was cut off and they eliminated the stupid wavy line of the brick-colored portion then it would be a complete background blend and no one would even notice it from the water view. I also think...

In 10 years?? That long to make these mostly minor changes? Damn

Ugh how I wish they could've added some kind of cool looking screen above to hide all the mechanicals and various little antennas and turned the central one into an actual spire, incorporating the big antenna within. It could look so cool plus add on about 100 feet to the actual height. Plus...

Can't the cities themselves do it without the state's money? With all the life sciences/tech companies moving into Cambridge and Somerville, certainly the huge amounts of extra tax and revenue they're bringing in over the empty lots, run-down strip malls they're replacing can go into their...

I was literally just about to type this exact same thing! It is LONG past due for Somerville, Cambridge and many other urban areas to bury all of these power lines!

Painfully. Slow. Demolition.

Man! That Ground Round space was HUGE! Same with that Fleet Bank. Looks like they had larger footprints than the Pru itself! The Berkshire Grill was definitely not that big. I think it must've taken up the space of the former Dick's Last Resort as well. It's wild to think how much this area has...

Yea we've had a great run. There's still tons going up but nothing super impactful to the skyline (I know, there's a lot to be said about street interaction and the role new buildings play in their neighborhood, but I'm just speaking as somewhat of a height fetishist now). I'm hoping that in...

I can't wait til this tower starts to rise! Now that State St, Winthrop, and most other taller u/c buildings are topped off, I'm jonesing for a new tall one to watch!

I thought it was all of the Ground Rounds and their subsidiaries that closed but it was the corporate ones. According to Wikipedia: "On February 13, 2004 the franchisor for Ground Round filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In the process, all 59 corporate-owned restaurants (almost half of the...

I thought I read that Logan is the closest major city airport to the central business district in the world. I don't know that the article I read considers San Diego as a major city/airport, but having been there several times, I know it is quite close but geographically, it's a very different...

So in the late '90s to early '00s there was the Berkshire Grille in the back of the Pru on Huntington Ave across from the Colonnade Hotel, where 5 Napkin Burger was and now is Pressed Cafe, and that was owned by the Ground Round. I worked there as a bartender and server and I actually opened it...

This poor guy... you KNOW you're wiped out if you're passed out under that hot sun, in a jacket, in that position!

Is that your shirtless reflection in the State Street building??

Also South Station tower will be yet another tall all-glass addition to downtown.

i'd bet that yellow and green two-tone multifamily will get redone soon, even if it's just new siding and new steps/entranceways. Once that's done, it'll be just fine next to these new larger developments. They're probably nice and spacious inside and the windows look pretty new. Someone who...

It does appear that it's unfinished but they've removed all of the construction equipment from the top (at least from what we can see) so I was just questioning if anyone knew of the plan for up there. Chrisbrat's rather obnoxious replies notwithstanding, perhaps they've just paused for a bit...

So... they're just gonna leave that roof an unfinished mess with everything exposed and sloppy?

The grey mechanical screen has to be put in place first.

Parcel 15 plus that hideous old parking garage SHOULD equal Boston's tallest at about 1000'... nice setbacks along Boylston leading up to a unique-looking tallest tower just seems like a no-brainer.