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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Looks outdated and dilapidated. Can it be razed yet?
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Haven't drunk the Kool-Aid Du Jour. It looks like the HBO Building at the corner of 42nd and 6th in Manhattan - an International Style-with-a-dollop-of-PoMo landscraper that doesn't look great when new and looks terrible when a little worn. It replaced a good stretch of historic buildings with...
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    Quincy Market Update/Renovation | Faneuil Hall Marketplace | Downtown

    Not to mention that discrimination is discrimination is discrimination. It begets more discrimination. Is it really a relevant point to say that if in 1980 when the US was 90%+ white, 90%+ of contractors were white? It's like saying >90% of construction workers in Kenya today are black, so it's...
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    Wellesley Developments

    ^^ Wow, I imagine those have to come down by 50-67% to have a chance of selling. If any fool and his money are that easily parted, I'll hand it to the developer.
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    I said above that this is the kind of building we'll all be very happy to see torn down in 30-40 years. I think we may actually want to see it torn down and replaced almost as soon as it's built. Ugh.
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Sometimes the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! In 40 years this will be as banal and "please bulldoze it now"-able as Druker's father's masterpiece, Tremont on the Common, is today.
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    The New Retail Thread

    How about an eyebrow-threading/nail spa? ... or a cannabis shop.
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    Biking the Boston 'Burbs (Trails, MDC, & Towns beyond Hubway area)

    ^^ Agree it's a great project, but the connection to biking / bike trails is fairly limited (the bridge as I understand would be a fairly short pedestrian/bike connection from the commercial, hotel and - soon - residential big-box buildings on Baker Avenue, to West Concord center / Concord...
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    Harvard Square Infill and Small Developments

    Yeah, they exude a certain bougie-ness that gets my hackles up. There's something so forced-trendy about Tatte, like they're a Dubai import or something.
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    Allston-Brighton Infill and Small Developments

    Too bad. Stately older home they're obliterating. They should be building on place of the CVS across the street - that would be a clearer net-positive for the area.
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    Shreve, Crump & Low Redevelopment | 334-364 Boylston Street | Back Bay

    Yes, Boston city pols have no actual scruples or concern about the integrity of their city. They have magpie-like interest in shiny /trendy causes, and thirsty pockets - that's about it.
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    North End Cross Street Boutique Hotel | 42 Cross Street | North End

    All correct - but a little nitpicky to expect an Instagram post to make that distinction, no?
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    North End Cross Street Boutique Hotel | 42 Cross Street | North End

    What's incorrect about that statement? Samuel Francis Smith DID write that song, and he was from Boston.
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Spot on! Good to see someone finally acknowledge this. JetBlue's planes are TIRED, at least short- / medium-haul trips out of Boston. They're really a world apart from any other airline I've flown in recent years (AA, Delta, United, Spirit and international carriers) in terms of modernization...
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    Logan Airport Flights and Airlines Discussion

    Apparently Delta is opening a new A330 hub in Boston. Announced a few days ago, not yet clear what it means in terms of new routes, etc. https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2024/07/06/delta-opening-new-a330-pilot-base-at-boston-airport/
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    Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

    Agree, it's very nice. And high end without being suffocating or intimidating (IMO).
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    Wakefield Developments

    Interesting that they scrubbed out the Jordan's Furniture from the render. I assume that's not going away in reality?
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    Tishman Speyer Lab/Office | 232 A Street | Fort Point

    ^^ Ah, thank you - that's helpful. It's a disappointing (d)evolution from the initial schematics presented, IMO...
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    Tishman Speyer Lab/Office | 232 A Street | Fort Point

    So is the approval only for Building G8 on the site, with Building G7 to follow (or not)? And did the entire site move from an originally planned 4 buildings to now just 2?
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    10 World Trade | BGI Office Tower (Massport Parcel A2) | Seaport

    I've become convinced the most important test of a building's architecture mettle is whether it looks good in cloudy weather. And the overwhelming majority of postwar structures (unlike their predecessors) do not. Anything can shine on a sunny day (sorry for the pun) - grey days are much...

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