40 Rugg Road | Allston

6/23 (I’m not sure I captured how big this is)

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GW2500 said:
Oh wow, the place I used to sometimes rehearse at still stands. That was quite the place.
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a fellow Denby st. alum?

that place (now a bio/med/something - of course) was an absolute shit-hole, but definitely had some fun times there.
 
diggity said:
This thread is suddenly giving me Noise board vibes
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ah, the noiseboard...

t max really did the community, his magazine, and himself a disservice by screwing over the girl who had been running that thing. went from the most trafficed, vibrant space to a ghost-town in less than a week.

i miss it b/c that was where i used to go whenever it was like "i wonder if there are any good shows tonight/this weekend/whatever." now, that's the one and only reason i go on assbook -- and with folks departing that platform in droves it's... IG i guess?
 
Looks like someone folded time and space and instantly transported us from Allston to Greystar in Everett.

I kid though. I lived in a new 5 over 1 a few years ago after living in Hudson Yards and honestly, it was perfectly fine. Lifeless outside aesthetic, but the apartments were quite nice.
 
Looking good. This area has transformed like crazy in the last few years. Even though youre getting a lot of 5 over 1’s here theyre on normal sized, normal shaped lots so youre getting many different buildings per street and its allowing a much better neighborhood feeling compared to when you have single sprawling buildings taking up entire city blocks like youve seen in some other areas.

For example:
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Having an existing tight street grid, with normal rectangular shaped lots, and many different lots to build on allows for a lot more diversity of the streetwall, more small breaks in the street wall, different roof heights/shapes and leads to a more organic feeling neighborhood. Especially with existing buildings being mixed in with the new buildings.
 
FK4 said:
Used to be raves here
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The neighborhood is practically unrecognizable for those of us who knew it back in the day. But change is a good thing. I recently had reason to walk the length of Braintree Street and was simply astonished by the quantity of new, dense, quality housing that has risen from what had been kind of a no-man's land for most people. We need more of this (and in every neighborhood).
 
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