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looking better every week
Wow, this render really captures the growth happening here. Also a pretty solid design for infill. More of this.
Though... I can't help but wonder how they could better execute those setback floors. Is it trying to mimic those height extensions on older buildings?
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“Brighton’s Speedway project sets a date for groundbreaking”
“The redevelopment of the old racetrack at Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road will include a Notch Brewery outpost”
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This is really cool. There's another brewspace just down the road on Western that I walked by the other day, and it was a very nice little nexus of activity. Western Ave is actually shaping up to be a potentially lively little zone in 5 years.“Brighton’s Speedway project sets a date for groundbreaking”
“The redevelopment of the old racetrack at Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road will include a Notch Brewery outpost”
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Current condition.“Brighton’s Speedway project sets a date for groundbreaking”
“The redevelopment of the old racetrack at Western Avenue and Soldiers Field Road will include a Notch Brewery outpost”
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Charles River Speedway was a former racing track designed by a firm cofounded by Olmstead. The structure in question is all that remains, the former superintendent's building.That's really cute. I'm glad they are going to reuse it. What's the old racetrack they mention?
Im confused: the speedway should be right next to Western Ave/Arsenal St, but I dont see a bridge there, and you can trace Western Ave as continuing further out of view of this image. So, is it possible this is actually a different racetrack? Or was the superintendant's building not actually all that close to the Speedway?
Aerial from a balloon, 1899. One can orient the Speedway by its proximity to Harvard Stadium.
Im confused: the speedway should be right next to Western Ave/Arsenal St, but I dont see a bridge there, and you can trace Western Ave as continuing further out of view of this image. So, is it possible this is actually a different racetrack? Or was the superintendant's building not actually all that close to the Speedway?
Edit - after some googling, I am not actually sure if the Speedway was that oval track, or the segment of SFR from Western Ave to the tip of the bend in the river — the old maps I found seem to call what now is SFR the Speedway. Any info, anyone?
Wow, this render really captures the growth happening here. Also a pretty solid design for infill. More of this.
Though... I can't help but wonder how they could better execute those setback floors. Is it trying to mimic those height extensions on older buildings?
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The statue, whose real name is “Quest Eternal,” occupied the Boylston Street side of the Prudential Center, depicting a large, nude male reaching to the heavens. The sculpture was moved in 2014 when the Pru began construction on a new entrance on Boylston Street.
Brad -- It doesn't fit in a Playground -- But the Seaport -- its gradually acquiring significant and non-significant public art -- Questman would be excellent in the Seaport -- both thematically [Innovation -- Quest] and artisticallyQuite a downgrade for QE, why here at such a non-place location. It belongs back at the Pru.