30 Dalton St. Residences | Back Bay

the one positive thing i can say about the facade that faces the plaza is that if that facade had included more glass, it mightve been more interesting but wouldve also distracted the eye away from the plaza more - which with this building, not being anything special, would be a negative. at least as is, the boringness sits in the background.
 
In a few years the view from the plaza would include the all glass 1 Dalton (am I getting that right?) tower so I bet they had that in mind when they designed this. Doesn't make it right that the design sucks from 2 sides but maybe it softens the blow.
 
Suffolk 83 said:
In a few years the view from the plaza would include the all glass 1 Dalton (am I getting that right?) tower so I bet they had that in mind when they designed this. Doesn't make it right that the design sucks from 2 sides but maybe it softens the blow.
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The 1 Dalton skyscraper will be to the right of this tower. It won't be blocking the backside of 30 Dalton from the plaza.
 
I may be the minority but very dark blue to black glass to me is very welcomed because it just looks serious. Every time I am in Manhattan even the old boring boxy black glass towers just scream serious business occurs here and bring a no frills feeling of money and productivity. Too many blue glass buildings look too light and airy and I feel you need some anchor black glass to tie it together. Obviously this is not an office tower and it has silver accenting but I like that it brings some darker glass to the back bay to contract the majority blue and red palette that is common here.
 
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I went by the other day. It may come across not the greatest in photo, but it looks really nice in person.
 
The change in facade up top helps. Haven't seen this in person for a while- certainly looking forward to it.
 
This building looks much taller in person and much more dramatic. When looking from afar you can barely tell it exists. Still I'm excited to see what a plaza looks like when you add this in with FS. This is going to bring a ton of life to the area that traditionally has been a lot of large concrete plazas.
 
stick n move said:
I may be the minority but very dark to blue black glass to me is very welcomed because it just looks serious. Every time I am in Manhattan even the old boring boxy black glass towers just scream serious business occurs here and bring a no frills feeling of money and productivity. Too many blue glass buildings look too light and airy and I feel you need some anchor black glass to tie it together. Obviously this is not an office tower and it has silver accenting but I like that it brings some darker glass to the back bay to contract the majority blue and red palette that is common here.
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Nice take on that. i can see what you're saying.
 
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