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North Residential Area Central Residential Area Northeast Residential Area The Haigis Mall, showcasing some of the egregious brutalist architecture that UMass is generally know for. If this is what you think of when you think of UMass I hope the rest of the photos here can...

Some shots of the campus core, including the library, pond, and old chapel among other things

There has been a lot of new construction in the past decade. The new buildings are very nice and have transformed a lot of previously empty or bleak areas of campus. Integrated Science Building Physical Sciences Building Life Science Lab Olver Design Building Studio Arts...

I have a bunch of photos of UMass that I've collected over the past year or so. First some aerial shots from the top of the library. The first one shows the two construction project currently in progress: a new student union with some extensive landscape work (foreground) and the new Worcestor...

Looks like there was some minimum scale, vaguely measured in "anticipation", required to make the list. Couple of my favorites from this year (Pier 4, Whitney Hotel) are smaller and probably not nominated for that reason. And I'm not sure how the Sudbury still being u/c is going to impact the...

Of course. Not suggesting that we prioritize occasional, unexpected views over the needs of the populace. Just taking a moment to appreciate the silver lining in what's there now.

^ The MacAllen Building? True, but there's quite a lot going on over there already. And I'm still clinging to the slim hope that we might someday see an extension of Fort Point Channel and some sliver of the South Bay restored in all the under-developed land.

Perhaps, but they create a wonderful layered effect juxtaposed with the mid-rise towers in 02124's photo above. Maybe it's the rain, or the curve of the street drawing the eye up and around the bend, but there's something almost fanciful about that picture. You lose some of the potential for...

I can't make up my mind on this. On the one hand it does feel irretrievably shoddy. But on the other hand the contrast is so striking I can't help but like it anyway. I especially like the view from this angle (from Friday):

I like it. Architecture isn't as important as cityscape, especially for a building this size.... the context, the continuity of the street wall, the sense of place, that all matters a lot. This may not be great architecture but it's gorgeous cityscape.

Wow, those 1966 and 1974 proposals are truly horrifying.

Chestnut Commons: Hard to believe there was an elevated highway running through here just a few short years ago.

BeeLine previously posted some nice picture of that Edsel here. I wasn't aware of the interesting backstory.

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before.... But is there a plan to add a third wing to this building in the future? I can't imagine any other reason why the core has those door/elevator holes punched into the exposed side.

I think what it does is take you to the first unread post in the thread. If there have been no new postings since you last looked at the thread (and thus no unread post) it dumps you on page 1. At least that's what I've observed.

Re the Mass Pike Towers.... Here are 2 incarnations of that concept that I've had stashed away on my HD for decades, like you said.... The one on the left is dated 2005, the one on the right is even older.

Thanks, yeah, something like that. I just assumed it was some kind of surveying equipment. Was surprised to see them all out there on a Saturday. We were there for a college tour today for my daughter, who's interested in the bio engineering program.

I was wondering the same thing. I guess because "...the 10th longest such run in any of the country's largest 40 cities" kind of undermined their point. It's terribly inconvenient when the facts don't support your argument.

You know, every time I see this building I think how much better the panels look in person than in photos. They really look like crap in most photos (including mine here), but in person they do a reasonably good job at pretending to be slate or something else much nicer.