They note a material for the facade has not yet been selected, but they want to respect the warm colors of Boston's copper, wood, terra cotta, etc.
This.Its a box just like everything else in the city so it is in fact boring. Boring can be done well and its still fucking boring.
Yes, I heard $20M and they refused. I think they do very well selling sandwiches there in normal times. Bet they wished they sold.
Dumb. Take the money and run. Or if you really want to sell sandwiches, rent a place nearby.
have you looked at the building in question?Dumb. Take the money and run. Or if you really want to sell sandwiches, rent a place nearby.
The building is wicked pretty and probably would've fallen into disrepair like the others on the block if it had been sold, so color me glad that it wasn't.
The PNF is up.
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They note a material for the facade has not yet been selected, but they want to respect the warm colors of Boston's copper, wood, terra cotta, etc.
Hope they really push for some pretty drastic redesigns here, overall...
Very unusual to see the coveted 'corner office' space taken up by egress stairways.
Very unusual to see the coveted 'corner office' space taken up by egress stairways.
I'll go through the plans again later, but I have a feeling all of the circulation is moved to that wall. i.e. the elevators are next to the stairs in that render. It may have added some more usable square footage than a traditional layout, perhaps.
LaGrassa's should have sold. Their product is incredible but they could very easily have rented nearby and all of their catering (the vast majority of their business) would continue (post-COVID, of course). Any walk-ups would have been fine.
They do ~$10MM a year in sales is what I heard. And they're only open Mon-Fri for lunch only. Crazy.
Something tells me it was a business move on their part - not their attempt to preserve architecture. But hey, you never know. I always sort of wonder when people in this situation (or in the case of KO Pies in Southie) don't sell -- they have a gigantic development around them -- and who else will buy their parcel/property in the future?I appreciate they stood firm and that another pre-war building survives. I can respect not selling out.