Wow. I really hope they build this as is. It’s absolutely huge though, I’m sure everyone’s going to scream and make sure it gets chopped down.Presentation
Hard to say. Washington Street between Forest Hills and Green Street has several recent projects of similar scale. Those were approved at a time when there weren't enough people living along that corridor to put up any significant NIMBY fight. Perhaps the people who've moved into the new buildings aren't interested in such fights, either.
Hatoff’s is a historic example of early-mid twentieth century, auto-oriented aesthetic. It should be landmarked as well.
True, but this is not Forest Hills. In Boston, even a quarter mile can make a huge difference. In any case, looking more closely at the pictures, this thing rocks. The architectural nods to 19th century industrial brick, the columns, the cornice (I don’t know what it is called, it’s close to the roof line on one of the brick buildings), the way the two buildings face each other across the narrow side street… Of course you never know until you see the materials, but this thing looks like a seriously positive contribution. So I hope the neighborhood sees it as such.
Yeah, it's nice. But there are hundreds, probably thousands of similar houses throughout Boston. My own house doesn't look very different from this one*, and I do not at all consider it to be any kind of preservation property.
