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    View Boston (Observatory) | Prudential Tower | Back Bay

    Personally, I feel the addition of the outdoor platform was a massive upgrade to the "viewing the city at height" aspect. I went to the old Skywalk (and the long-shuttered John Hancock Observatory) as often as possible (and when I got to be HS age, I'd drag my friends to Top of the Hub for...
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    The New Retail Thread

    This is truly the worst. At the very least keep Stratus with maybe a limited menu. WTF? "Boston's highest rooftop bar" -- I mean, I've been to observation decks in NYC (SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, Top of the Rock), Chicago (360 Chiago, Skydeck Chicago), Frankfurt (Main Tower), Shanghai (Jin Mao...
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    The New Retail Thread

    Same!
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    The New Retail Thread

    What?!?!?! Top of the Hub was jam-packed for decades. How could there possibly not be a bar/food option at View Boston?!?!?
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    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    The fat sides of SST are boring, the fat sides of JHT are offensive (in context of how amazing it appears from other angles).
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    High Spine

    It is very sad. Lots of "culprits" -- Wu, bio-tech boom ending, overall economy (in particular soaring interest rates, high material costs due to tariffs and the fatass ding-dong in the WH), increased city affordability requirements, market correction, etc. -- I hear and read compelling...
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    South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

    The fat sides of SST are boring AF.
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    High Spine

    I generally agree with you and also generally like skysrapers (nice ones...), but I disagree on this point. Boston's skyline doesn't have much in the way of serious height and likely never will, but it does have an aesthetically appealing and fairly unique/distinctive "flow" and that area you...
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    Kendall Common ( née Volpe Redevelopment) | Kendall Sq | Cambridge

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    Vega (MXD Residential ) | 121 Broadway | Kendall Square

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    Rose Kennedy Greenway

    Make it permanent (and bigger). Love this.
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    Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part XX (2026)

    Which one were you referring to? It may have been obvious (was on the redeye, still pretty fuzzy), but I can't tell which of the buildings/photos you're calling out as the best. Also, why the hate for One Dalton?
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    The New Residential Conversion Thread

    Yes! Whoops - pretty significant oversight on my part.
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    The New Residential Conversion Thread

    281 Franklin St. (15 units) was actually completed and opened back in September. The following are actively under construction: * 263 Summer St. (77 units) * 129 Porttland St. (25 units) * 615 Albany St. (24 units)
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    "Dirty Old Boston"

    absolutely love that building. one of my faves, as well (and Stubbins' favorite of his implemented designs fwiw).
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    Mixed Use (40B Fmr Star Market) | 299 Broadway | Winter Hill | Somerville

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    401 Park Drive (née Landmark Center) | Fenway

    agree to disagree, but i do concur that the specific former Sears building complex is better now than it was. most of the art spaces have moved to salem/peabody, fall river, quincy, new bedford. boston is less for the loss and i'd take some windswept and crumbling d'aneglo spots and auto parts...
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    401 Park Drive (née Landmark Center) | Fenway

    It got better? That area used to have three practice spaces, Curve of the Earth records, Woolly Mammoth recording studio, and WBCN. Better? If you're talking specifically about this building, then... I guess? I do miss the movie theater.
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    Union Square Somerville Infill and Small Developments

    There's a thread specifically for the Star Market redevelopment. Also, this area is as much "Union Square" as it is New Orleans.
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    Assembly Innovation Park | 5 Middlesex Ave | Somerville

    https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/business/transmedics-somerville-headquarters-move/

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