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Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center Thankfully the residential will be partially hidden by 77 Exeter street when looking from Copley Square

Re: Trans National Place (Winthrop Square) Part 2 Some of this discussion seems useless. Tall buildings and culture/street life/pedestrian experience aren't mutually exclusive - see NYC, which does both IMO better than just about any other city. In terms of simple supply and demand, it makes...

From my iPhone:

Here are some lesser-quality pictures that I took weeks ago with my iPhone:

WOW, amazing! I need to get a high-quality camera soon

Is this free and open to the public?

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion What kind of building is this architecturally? It's incorporating classical materials and lintels with the Sullivanesque emphasis on vertical lines with slightly recessed window bays ("[A skyscraper] must be every inch a proud and soaring...

:) I'm working at the IBM Littleton office this summer. IBM does encourage flexible schedules ex. work 10 hours 4 days, take Friday off, work at home, etc. It's a great office to work in if you're in your 40s and are living in the burbs with your kids. Hopefully when I get my first full-time...

Re: Filene's The design's not bad, and I am happy that it got taller. I wish that the Financial District/DTX had more tall buildings...this building would be excellent if it could just be sort of "lost in the crowd" among towers.

Re: New residential mid-tower set for Pier 4 Quoting the 2008 Globe article on Kairos Shen: My question: How much does Shen control the aesthetics of new developments? After reading this article about him, I can't help but feel that he is part of the reason why we can't really expect much...

Would this have looked better if it didn't have the terra cotta panels? This thing looks like a big POS

I have a question for the many here who are much wiser than myself: when the city/landowners sell land to developers, why do they sell the whole piece of land to one developer? This results it seems in projects like Seaport Square the don't provide adequate density, or projects like The Avenir...

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) I agree (my exaggeration), it's not in the part of the Greenway with the most problems. Getting the original proposal built however would be a big step in the right direction :)

Re: The Boston Arch (Aquarium parking garage) Well, it doesn't sound like it's a sure thing that Chiofaro will just build on top of the garage - but regardless, this is horrible news! While I sort of agree with Shepard and underground that, ceteris paribus, re-skinning the garage, moving...