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This looks far shorter than it is from almost every angle, looking shorter than MT from most sides. Even from the places you see it the clearest, it's underwhelming and will look like in-fill. I doubt the 20-30 feet extra of crown will make much difference. It's not offensive, it's just... there.

There has to be a better way they can incorporate the mechanical screen up there. One corner of off-colored screen and the rest windows? And it's on the most visible side as you come into the city on the Pike! It's extremely poor design and definitely can be disguised better. Just open it above...

I actually like the changes to the plaza better now. It looks a bit more open and inviting. Plus the spiral staircase around what I'm assuming is an elevator and a little cafe is a nice touch. I definitely miss the reddish coloring of the portion above the highway as now the browns look like a...

I like setbacks in certain locations but Morissey Blvd is not really a walking street, other than those who walk to UMass from the train station, so to me, it doesn't seem like having a street wall, setbacks or not, doesn't really make sense along such a big driving boulevard.

No city needs a 950' tall tower. Even NYC and Shanghai have enough available space and (re)developable buildings/plots to make up for the shorter heights. They are symbols of success and wealth, something that Boston has in spades nowadays. So why not? Everyone who drives a Mercedes, BMW, or...

What an interesting angle this is taken from! It took me awhile to figure out the perspective because I was initially sure that this was the Union Sq tower core.

The current and soon-to-be previous State Street building is actually on Lincoln Street (1 Lincoln) and not on State Street, so I don't think anyone, tourist or not, is going to look up to a skyscraper and see "State Street" and automatically assume that's the address. I think it's a very...

I'm also a "lib" as you say, as are probably most of the people on here, but we all share a similar vision of growth for our city, so please don't cast these huge blankets implying that liberal, progressive people are all somehow anti-growth, because that's extremely false.

These developments all look identical. No matter whether they're in the city or suburbs, they're the same height, same design, same color palette. I don't know what the height limits here are but being as UMass Boston's new-ish dorms are taller than this, I'd say this is ridiculously small.

I was thinking the signage actually helps break up the fatness a bit too and hopefully will do the same on the taller north facing side. The horizontal lettering draws the eyes away from the swoopiness and white vertical lines which kinda tricks the eye into thinking it's a bit taller, giving...

I seriously doubt they would put lab space there- it is totally out of place and context. But the Viola is certainly viable as hotel/condo/office/retail still. It could be all 4 at its current design and would do just fine. It doesn't need to, nor should it be, super high-end like 4 Seasons or...

Where? I don't see it.

Yes, that angle with the light/shadows on the scallops actually looks good! Too bad it doesn't look like that from every angle all of the time!

This corner ^ doesn't seem to be making progress at all. They haven't even started construction of the bump-outs to fill in those 2 indented corners. I think entire buildings in the Seaport have finished in the amount of time it's taken them to reskin 75% of an existing building. And half of it...

Yea that is a great idea! There has to be away to arrange the multitude of antennae around the big central one in such a pyramid design, spacing them evenly and even adding fake ones to balance out the design if need be. With some multicolor LED lighting at night, that would be incredible and...

Are there any renders of how these towers will look from the above angles, looking down Mass Ave/ across the Charles? I wonder how tall they will look from the side profile.

Two words- public transportation. My best friend lives down the street from here in Beachmont and he doesn't own a car for that reason. This neighborhood is being built around the idea that people working there will either live in or around there or rely on buses and/or the T to get in and out...

Agree with all of you guys. I was just lamenting what it could've been aesthetically and impactfully (is that a word?) and not acknowledging the benefits to the Greenway and other aspects it could bring, hopefully. I must've misread the info from earlier on because I too thought the max FAA was...

The more I see how this is coming together, the more I'm convinced that this should've been 75-100' taller. I realize the FAA constraints but this is not pushed all the way up to its very maximum allowable/doable (with FAA approval) height and that is a detriment of what should be one of...

These views make me long for the potential MotorMart Garage Tower... taller and much more attractive than the thing that went up across the street from it.