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I think the integration of the embraced hands within the landscape of the last one with the bridge would be quite powerful.

Re: 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District The allowable is 710' above sea level. Average grade is up about 19' from there. Hence the 691' building height. They're using every inch the FAA gave them...

Elevated transit is banned in Boston?!? Is that just based on the experience of the past, or is there something out there that actually bans it...?

Re: One Seaport Square | Parcels B-C@Seaport Sq. | Seaport Does anyone have a link to the PNF or other documents of these blocks specifically? Thanks!

Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion You guys are keen to blame only the architects - don't forget that cost, contractors, owners, etc are all involved...

Re: Filene's I think much/any taller than it was before could cast shadows on the common....

Re: Parcel 25 - Southern Gateway Original BRA-led planning study report can be downloaded here: http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/Planning/PlanningInitsIndividual.asp?action=ViewInit&InitID=105 There was one response to the RFP. Boston Residential Group. Design team was Handel with...

Boston Harbor Islands Harbor Park Pavilion http://www.utiledesign.com/projects-featured/institutional-projects/harbor-park-pavilion/

Re: 45 Province St The 'blank wall' is indeed where the core of the building is - elevators, mechanical shafts, stairs, etc. The lot is very narrow - only about 50' - so wrapping units around the core was not possible. The lot is hemmed in by an alley on that side, separating 45P from the...

Columbia Point Master Plan Final community meeting for master plan being held this Thursday, December 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Corcoran Mullen Jennison Community Building at 270 Mt. Vernon Street. To see and/or download the Draft Master Plan, or to review any materials from Task Force meetings...

In a way, it's all art. Like all art, these works can be evaluated against multiple criteria, and, much of that criteria is subjective (eye of beholder and all that). Some criteria, like certain technical performances, are objective. Not all their failures or successes as buildings can be...

Perhaps skateboard stops and barriers to letting anyone sleep there (read, homeless)

Re: Looking Good (Attractive Affordable Housing)

Re: Suffolk Dorms / Modern Theatre Pretty sure that tall model on site of modern theatre is a misplaced 45 Province Street model.

School House Lofts Not quite scale of City Square, but check out these new rehabs... www.schoolhouse-lofts.com

I think it generally has to do with the 'highest occupiable floor'. You can put certain mech. penthouses (usually with their own height restrictions), antennas, etc up there without adding to the defined height of the building. As a side note, this is also why there's debate about how to...

In most municipalities, mechanical 'penthouses' do not count towards height limits, whereas if they are located in the body of the building, they push up the highest floors and add to the overall height. Some systems are put in basements, but it's more expensive. Others have to have access to...

Leventhal's development company was Beacon Capital. They recently sold most or entire portfolio to Blackstone Group.

The Trust for City Hall Plaza disbanded years ago after they failed to affect change with their scheme.

Project Oppostion "will there ever be a project that happens in Boston that goes unopposed?" democracy is messy. but if we don't allow voices to be heard, we risk losing our own voice to someone else who decides what's best for us. at its best, democracy is about who's voice is louder and...