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So very flat, in all the senses of the word.

I don’t think anything from Las Vegas or Steve Wynn should be used as a stylistic touchstone.

Some variant of Mitchell-Lama would be an improvement on the current situation.

The colossal order does this building no favors, hat or not.

I forgot about the IBM Palisades Conference Center. It was built in 1989 and abandoned in the mid-aughts. They used it for customer trainings. https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/ibm-abi-palisades/

They couldn’t even be bothered to continue the rhythm of the windows on the second floor.

Between this and Takeda, Cambridge has entered its blue-green period.

108 Prospect is moving quickly. The foundations are not the standard type for this area.

Last thing standing amongst the rubble is the old bank vault. I think Flora used it as a wine cellar.

Bostonians are stupidly territorial about their cars. They must have *their* parking spot, and *their* routes. Any changes are an unmanageable burden upon them.

I can’t imagine the demand to AK is higher than HI. Personally, I never managed to get my vacation plans to line up with the nonstop to Hawaii. The prospect of a one seat there was tempting.

What’s the temperature of Needham and Newton residents to a Needham branch conversion?

Operationally, what would a routine short-turn at Kenmore for one of the GL branches look like? Would it break more than it fixed in a GL-to-Needham world?

The core is topped out.

At least they set the modern bit back from the front facade. The backside is ugly, though.

The pseudo-mansard treatment on the top floor looks goofy in the render. Otherwise, it’s a nice bit of height.

Clearly the model is not trained on Boston or Cambridge. A large, legible, sign plainly identifying the square would never exist in reality.

Wow. That’s a depressing turn.

That floor plan is straight out of The Apartment. I can’t imagine being productive in that environment.

The former Arlington Five Cent Savings (aka Flora) is no more.