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Has there ever been any talk/actual plans for redeveloping some of the smaller empty spaces/parking lots in the Triangle? I know smaller lots are tougher to redevelop, but I had such high hopes for this area once the expressway came down and very little has changed. Is this all just part of...

This building has offically become the architectual embodiment of the 90's dry-humping the 60's....

So I looked around the corner on friend street and realized that the building that the Holiday Inn is going into is actually the Shawmut Inn - so googled for The Shawmut inn which has a website. the message on the site is as follows: "Thank you for your interest in the Shawmut Inn. We are...

Re: New BU Tower haha thats an awesome angle - makes the pru look like a triple-decker ;)

Imagine for a moment what this shot will look like with all of the bullfinch traingle plots filled in...I think that alone will change the entire feel of the area and REALLY bring some continutiy between Bullfinch and the North end...

I'm in North station every single day, and the retail expansion has been great as far as I'm concerned. having the news stand there is great - it sucked before not being able to get a magazine or something to eat (thats not a donut). I will say I worry about the location of the new Dunks - a...

yeah, I work in that travesty known as the navy yard, and will for the next 18 months minimum. I swear I would sacrafice my virtue for someone to put some effort into that area. I would possibly sacrafice more than that for a starbucks...

for factual purposes, the Burger King next to Mulligans is gone.

whats cool about that pic is that half that block actually still exists. that tree in the upperleft hand corner is well preserved on the Registry building. Too bad the pilgrim theatre isn't still there - I've never seen a pic of it before!

Re: Mandarin Oriental I'll clarify - parking lots AND parking structures. seeing the province st. garage go down was very exciting, and seeing the gov't center garage go down (hopefully!) will bring me the same warm fuzzies.

Re: Mandarin Oriental ^^ I think this is brings up an issue with Boston. until all the small parking lots where buildings used to stand have been infilled, (ie the western side of bullfinch triangle) i'm not sure if we have any right to be tearing things down for aesthetic reasons. its like...

Re: Nashua Street Residences (North Station) Does the first shot still show the hotel madison? I see what looks like a smaller version of the tip Oneil building, but there's nothing between the Oneil and the garden, right? was the madison originally supposed to stay standing? and now that I...

Re: 45 Province St hey man, my parents own a Jewelery Store, so I grew up in the combat zone/diamond district...fond memories of hearing gunshots mid day...ah memories... if we're related, then you'll fondly remember Ruggles Pizza on Washington St...I say a little prayer every time I walk by...

Re: 45 Province St I remember my mom and dad telling stories about the Marlaive too - those stories were about cockroaches running across plates however ;)

Re: 45 Province St Ok feel free to call me ignorant and tell me I don't deserve my Boston accent, but can someone please explain the significance of these steps to me?

I dont remember who mentioned the plastic Jersey barriers infront of the Tip O'neil building, (too lazy to search) but they've since been replaced by these gargantuan concrete topiaries and a few concrete benches. it looks really odd, but honestly anything to make the area look less like a...

I agree westy - theres really no reason for this not to get a rebirth - cool old pre-war buildings shouldn't be sitting dormant like this. for as bad as the scar in the middle of the triangle is, has anyone heard of any infill projects on the west (Merrimac st) side? I took an unfortunate walk...

Re: Mandarin Oriental wow...those last two pics really drive home what an impact this building is having on the street- that part of back bay has been totally transformed! and yeah, I agree that something more interesting could have gone there, but if it does nothing else but fade into the...

I was playing around with googles groovy new streetview tool just now and it occured to me that the view down the other streets in the triangle that were never demolished for the highway is rather bleak - canal st. is the only one that seems as if it wouldn't take much to make it feel like a...

because the LAST think we would EVER want to do is compete with a world class city like NYC....