Additionally, we already have an "Uptown"......in the outer reaches of the Back Bay...remember the Uptown Theatre, etc. ...and "Leather District" has been in use at least as far back as the Fifties.
Re: Liberty Mutual plans major Boston expansion
Agreed, although I'm not so sure it'll be the last building clad with limestone. Who knows? This could be the start of a trend.
Re: South Station Tower
As late as the 1960's the Channel extended all the way to Massachusetts Aenue near what was then known as Boston City Hospital. It was beyond foul at this narrowed location most of the time.