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Re: 45 Province St
They got the 2-3 spots in front (where the SUVs are) as valet only as well.
They got the 2-3 spots in front (where the SUVs are) as valet only as well.
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It doesn't really matter what they do to the street, it doesn't get much auto traffic and not an overwhelming amount of foot traffic. You can generally just walk in the street here. Chicken little the sky isnt falling everywhere give it a rest.
It doesn't really matter what they do to the street, it doesn't get much auto traffic and not an overwhelming amount of foot traffic. You can generally just walk in the street here. Chicken little the sky isnt falling everywhere give it a rest.
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Willis tower sky box can hold people, I would hope these awnings can hold some snow.
Willis tower sky box can hold people, I would hope these awnings can hold some snow.
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What is now in the former Littlest Bar space?
What is now in the former Littlest Bar space?
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I'm not complaining because it seriously compromises the safety of pedestrians (although ironically I think even the parking garage that had been here before was not as compromising of the sidewalk). I'm complaining because I think it's fugly and hate it when ostensibly urban buildings genuflect to the car culture.
The way Province St. has been redesigned irks me too. The bulbs at the ends of the sidewalks are meant to make it safer for pedestrians, but the new yellow lines scream "this is a highway for cars". Before, the street was more like an urban room that both pedestrians and cars could negotiate - and pedestrians often ruled here.
Just compare the similarly-treated street between the two Millennium towers to one like Bromfield to see how the city is cannibalizing itself with kerb cuts and formerly pedestrian streets marked up for cars.
I might sound shrill when I complain about every little thing, but a city isn't always destroyed by some massive West End-style demolition. Sometimes it's just death by a thousand cuts.
I'm not complaining because it seriously compromises the safety of pedestrians (although ironically I think even the parking garage that had been here before was not as compromising of the sidewalk). I'm complaining because I think it's fugly and hate it when ostensibly urban buildings genuflect to the car culture.
The way Province St. has been redesigned irks me too. The bulbs at the ends of the sidewalks are meant to make it safer for pedestrians, but the new yellow lines scream "this is a highway for cars". Before, the street was more like an urban room that both pedestrians and cars could negotiate - and pedestrians often ruled here.
Just compare the similarly-treated street between the two Millennium towers to one like Bromfield to see how the city is cannibalizing itself with kerb cuts and formerly pedestrian streets marked up for cars.
I might sound shrill when I complain about every little thing, but a city isn't always destroyed by some massive West End-style demolition. Sometimes it's just death by a thousand cuts.
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Like your crying of "ACK the pessimism!" isn't annoying at all...
*anyway*
The materials and landscaping are very sumptuous in person, but also rather foreign feeling... like it just got in from some tropid locale wearing nothing but shorts and a polo. Still, it isn't a bad thing as I find the overall effect rather exotic. Boston could use more breaths of fresh air like this.
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Like your crying of "ACK the pessimism!" isn't annoying at all...
*anyway*
The materials and landscaping are very sumptuous in person, but also rather foreign feeling... like it just got in from some tropid locale wearing nothing but shorts and a polo. Still, it isn't a bad thing as I find the overall effect rather exotic. Boston could use more breaths of fresh air like this.
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Ron, it's a sprinkler room / exit.
Ron, it's a sprinkler room / exit.
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I was just guessing. I actually know nothing about ADA or other building codes for that matter.
Was the Bunker Hill Monument completed demolishished and then rebuilt like the Littlest? Maybe State & Federal Monuments get some sort of exemption that private businesses do not?
I have no idea. I can't think of any other reason they would waste such a cool space.
I was just guessing. I actually know nothing about ADA or other building codes for that matter.
Was the Bunker Hill Monument completed demolishished and then rebuilt like the Littlest? Maybe State & Federal Monuments get some sort of exemption that private businesses do not?
I have no idea. I can't think of any other reason they would waste such a cool space.
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Probably just made the most sense and allowed direct access for the new fire pump room. Not a requirement probably when this was a garage predominantly. The lower levels could be fed off of street pressure while the garage levels could be served by a dry standpipe. Now they have direct access for the BFD, and they get to keep a little throwback to the former resident. Win/win for the architect/developer. Lose/lose for those who like to drink and then bump their drunk head because they forgot how low the entrance is.
Probably just made the most sense and allowed direct access for the new fire pump room. Not a requirement probably when this was a garage predominantly. The lower levels could be fed off of street pressure while the garage levels could be served by a dry standpipe. Now they have direct access for the BFD, and they get to keep a little throwback to the former resident. Win/win for the architect/developer. Lose/lose for those who like to drink and then bump their drunk head because they forgot how low the entrance is.
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