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That grey brick totally owns.

Re: Wynn Everett Casino | Everett In all seriousness, I don't believe this design is more dated than the current one in any meaningful way. Once you get past a certain point, dated is dated. The old design above may be pure, unadulterated 1970s, but at least it looks like a casino from the...

That gap in the facade on the right side annoys the hell out of me. It's like they need to remind you it's a shitty parking garage after going through all that trouble to hide the fact it's a shitty parking garage.

It feels like a time-traveler from the 1980s landed in the Seaport.

Alucobond mimics vinyl siding. It's makes the architectural statement, "Yeah, whatever."

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Maybe a min-trend? I recall the "bricks" on the Yotel's exterior were hand-placed (albeit with adhesive), while the church next door got real masonry. There have been a few other buildings recently that have chosen to go with more intricate facades.

That brickwork is lovely. (I assume it's the real thing?)

That white terracotta looks really nice - much better than I would've imagined.

Reading this thread is masochistic, but I appreciate the updates.

Re: Pier 4 Office Tower | 140 Northern Ave | Seaport I think we've reached peak glass box. The buildings are starting to blend together into a collection of indistinct cubes.

Are they skipping floor numbers on this building? It's one trend I'd like to see go away for good.

A parked cruiser would magically appear at the top of the ramp. After the tunnel panel collapse some years back, they did open the ramp to Silver Line buses for a while. It was fantastic. Then they stopped once the tunnel reopened, because someone's sad little fiefdom had to be respected.

2007 - "I can't wait until the area is built-up and these shitty, temporary Silver Line headhouses are replaced with entrances integrated into buildings!" 2017 - "LOL, what were the odds of that actually happening?"

Re: 61-83 Braintree st | Brighton It provides a bullet point on the list of amenities. That's really it.

The cheap vinyl siding look never gets old. Unfortunately.

The brown panels on the lower half look really nice. I'd like to see what they look like over more square footage.

It's good to see substantial window frames providing some texture, after so many buildings where they look like holes punched in the facade.

Far from it. Though, I think they went a little overboard with the variety of facade styles. Also, the tired, "large, multistory frame around the windows" motif on one side didn't need to be there, as it's not like the other elevations try to mask the true height of the building.

This is something LA standardized on long ago, and it's probably saved them a ton of money on street repairs. Bus acceleration / deceleration absolutely ravages asphalt. Concrete, not so much. (Unless you're using the garbage-tier quality concrete in the Silver Line Transitway.