Atlantic Wharf (née Russia Wharf) | Atlantic Ave | Waterfront

[found5dollar]

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As i said before, it looks like when i would take the toothpick out of my sandwiches from the regatta deli in worcester and sword fight with it.

 

[Boston02124]

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[Boston02124]

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today also

final shape hieght ect

 

[czsz]

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Sometimes I think calling Boston Dallas-by-the-Sea is an insult to Dallas. Would that Fan Pier building be tolerated even there?

 

[stick n move]

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Sometimes I think calling Boston Dallas-by-the-Sea is an insult to Dallas. Would that Fan Pier building be tolerated even there?

Id say that calling it that is an insult to boston.

 

[bdurden]

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The only Southern city that remotely reminds me of Boston is Charleston, SC.

 

[statler]

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I think czsz is speaking only of that specific skyline shot, not the city as a whole. In which case I agree with him wholeheartedly.

 

[bdurden]

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^Well if that is the case, I agree. Fan Pier might as well be Hampton Roads, VA.

 

[mass88]

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Sometimes I think calling Boston Dallas-by-the-Sea is an insult to Dallas. Would that Fan Pier building be tolerated even there?

Have you ever been to, or spent a good amount of time in Dallas? Boston is a much better city.

 

[statler]

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Have you ever been to, or spent a good amount of time in Dallas? Boston is a much better city.

^^As I said be before, czsz is speaking about the photo in question, not the city as a whole.

 

[Suffolk 83]

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Yea and it's played out and annoying.

Make a photoshop and detail how it could be better.

Explain it out like Briv can when he criticises something.

Make a photo compilation of better examples and explain it

Hey czsz what do you think of the new Jets stadium on the upper east side? Let me guess....shit? (ya terrible movie quote by appropriate)

 

[czsz]

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Okay.

Here is an example of a better waterfront that is fully within the grasp of the mediocre architects, designers, and businesspeople who have built up the Seaport:

 

[itchy]

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Middling (at best) architecture (but then again so were the tenements and brownstones). Great density. Looks eminently livable, and 1000x nicer than what we're getting in the Seaport. Given the FAA restrictions, though, I don't know if it'd be possible there.

Vancouver?

 

[AmericanFolkLegend]

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Middling (at best) architecture (but then again so were the tenements and brownstones). Great density. Looks eminently livable, and 1000x nicer than what we're getting in the Seaport. Given the FAA restrictions, though, I don't know if it'd be possible there.

Vancouver?

Looks like only 1 or 2 of those buildings are over 20 stories. Massing is better, but it's still a lot of concrete and glass . . .

 

[kennedy]

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Definitely Vancouver. Canadian ensign on the boat.

 

[czsz]

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It's Vancouver. I didn't say it was award winning architecture or pre-20th century Boston quality urbanism. I'm just saying it's much better than what Boston has been building in the last decade, but still very much within the grasp of even its most thickheaded developers and planners.

Here's another one:

 

[Suffolk 83]

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Okay.

Here is an example of a better waterfront that is fully within the grasp of the mediocre architects, designers, and businesspeople who have built up the Seaport:

Kinda looks like the view from the Common. (1st post)

Second post might look like Fort Point (2nd post)

 

[ledjes]

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^^You had me with Vancouver, but lost me with these last two images - those are some butt-ugly, relentlessly repetative buildings.

 

[czsz]

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Yes, and wouldn't it be nice if the Seaport looked like the view from the Common?

I severely doubt Fan Pier will turn out like Hamburg, but here's hoping its plan gets hijacked, its architects fired, One Marina Park Drive gets demolished, and they start all over again.

^^You had me with Vancouver, but lost me with these last two images - those are some butt-ugly, relentlessly repetative buildings.

Again, this is not the ideal development, but I still think it looks better than the Seaport. At least it's aesthetically coordinated. It looks like it belongs in its home city without feeling dated at the same time. Can you say the same for Fan Pier?

 

[ledjes]

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No...at least not yet...still way too many parking lots to judge, but I agree that One Marina Park is not a promising start.