⚪ Boston Freedom Wheel | Long Wharf? | Waterfront

[vanshnookenraggen]

Worked so well in Staten Island https://ny.curbed.com/2018/10/23/18014572/new-york-wheel-staten-island-end

 

[dunsarelli]

I like the name, but spell it Freedom Whail, as in trail ;-)

 

[cadetcarl]

Van, how is that analogous? None of the places being floated are as far/hard to get to from Downtown as Staten Island is to the Battery. And it's not a full development--a wheel and some landscaping isn't going to cost $450M.

 

[goody]

I like the name, but spell it Freedom Whail, as in trail ;-)

How about naming it simply "The Hub"?

I would be interested to see how it could be integrated into a Museum of Science overhaul/redevelopment. They have that god awful parking structure and generally lack street activation/outdoor programming which is a shame because that area it is so high traffic and also in the middle of a growth corridor.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Van, how is that analogous? None of the places being floated are as far/hard to get to from Downtown as Staten Island is to the Battery. And it's not a full development--a wheel and some landscaping isn't going to cost $450M.

It was the construction costs and mismanagement which sunk the project, not the location. That can happen anywhere.

 

[tobyjug]

I like the name, but spell it Freedom Whail, as in trail ;-)

That's a good one. Or "Baby Wheel"?

I'd rather have a roller coaster from North Station to South Station.

 

[statler]

^^That's a great idea.

Then, maybe over time, we can lower it, then flatten it out, add enclosed cars and eventually put it underground.

 

[tobyjug]

Now you're talking!