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What a disappointment. Personally, I hope MP never gets to build again in our city.

DS, thanks for the people-oriented pix!

I don’t get it. I admit that I’m as fallible as the next guy. My taste is just that – my taste. There’s no accounting for it… mine or yours… But this is our city. And some choices, as we all know, last for decades. To my eye, this is a fat generic box. Look at it. Design questions wrestled and...

I'm a broken record (I know). No person has ever moved/visited/worked/played in a city because of its skyline. We are the most walkable city in America. Skyscrapers almost never enhance Boston's diverse, eclectic street-life. Most often they present as landscrapers that diminish complexity...

DZ, always respect your thoughts... but does this really make us a laughingstock? Worldwide? People are finding it humorous... from some angles... so what... Is that really a bad thing? We host something that's purposefully different, that's meant to be about love and commitment - and, yes...

Many of us could quote Noah Cross - "... get respectable with time..." This memorial swings for the fences. I don't think we do that enough in Boston. How many of us over time have come around on buildings we didn't really care for when they first went up. I know I have. Too many to count. I...

By comparison, NEMA looks thin-skinned and temporary.

As I recall, including the designs of world-class architects - Gehry, RAMSA, Pelli, to name a few.

A quiet corner due to the owner. On a street that historically offered an eclectic mix of storefronts. We don't build eclectic blocks any more. The numbers don't crunch. For better or worse, we now build landscrapers. Cities need to grow and numbers need to crunch, no argument - but eclectic...

Yes. Thank you for the correction.

All three proposals were intriguing, as I recall. Architecturally fun. I remember as a kid going to see the glass flower collection with my grandmother - I think at Babson (?) - and being impressed, even as a youngster. I believe that remarkable collection was intended to be part of the Garden...

It's a fun riff, either way... The boat-shaped BOSTON MUSEUM and The Garden Under Glass would have been fine additions.

What do we miss that you?

Yes, two sides lack, but the point remains. A handsome, historical (modestly, okay) piece of Boston gets sacrificed. A fine street wall changed. Cities grow. Change is inevitable. Yes, that's true. We are all grateful for Boston's good fortune. But loss is still loss, especially when it feels...

Call it "Fenway Green" and many Bostonians may happily go your bail.

Vassar St has some of our most interesting recent architecture. Architect's row?

Remember, Thomas O'Brien of HYM Investments once ran the BRA. This design seems at odds with his past publicly stated intentions for our city. His city. This is a significant site. They have been given approval for enormous city-changing structures. This proposal is not what they presented...

When two historic enterprises - owners of world-famous, standard-setting properties - come together to build, one hopes, one even expects, an icon. The glass here is the least of the problem. The Saunders family and the Raffles organization have let us down. No matter how successful the...

I'd be happy to sit at his feet any time...

CCole, great photos! Thank you. Architecture aside, the quality of light in our city is so often truly remarkable. The Impressionists, I think, would have enjoyed it...