Avalon Exeter | 77 Exeter Street | Back Bay
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yes I was Im always there and they always let me take a pix
yes I was Im always there and they always let me take a pix
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The city looks tired from this angle. Maybe it's the gray sky, the 1960' s architecture or both. This building is needed.
The city looks tired from this angle. Maybe it's the gray sky, the 1960' s architecture or both. This building is needed.
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Yep, that's my view all day. Not wanting to take a nice high-rise view for granted, but you're right that it's terrible, with the Hancock being the only saving grace. Other than that you're looking right at some of the most bland architecture in the city.
Yep, that's my view all day. Not wanting to take a nice high-rise view for granted, but you're right that it's terrible, with the Hancock being the only saving grace. Other than that you're looking right at some of the most bland architecture in the city.
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The 101 Huntington redo is pretty bad too. The original was nothing great but it wasn't trying to pretend to be anything other than what it was. Now with the dopey cornice and brackets it looks like a tired, desperate drag queen.
The 101 Huntington redo is pretty bad too. The original was nothing great but it wasn't trying to pretend to be anything other than what it was. Now with the dopey cornice and brackets it looks like a tired, desperate drag queen.
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How did the Pru center end up with such second rate modernism? The residential towers are mediocre at best, the Sheraton is awful, and the Hilton double downs on that awfulness. Bewildering.
How did the Pru center end up with such second rate modernism? The residential towers are mediocre at best, the Sheraton is awful, and the Hilton double downs on that awfulness. Bewildering.
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What exactly is so bad about these buildings?
What exactly is so bad about these buildings?
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From this angle, it looks like Chernobyl (save for the Hancock).
From this angle, it looks like Chernobyl (save for the Hancock).
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The residential buildings mismashed use of brick and concrete kills me. Classic example of someone saying, "This is Boston. We need to incorporate brick somehow .... anyhow."
I don't mind 101. That hat's a bit silly, but it's not in your face or anything. It was an OK building before and it's an OK building now.
The residential buildings mismashed use of brick and concrete kills me. Classic example of someone saying, "This is Boston. We need to incorporate brick somehow .... anyhow."
I don't mind 101. That hat's a bit silly, but it's not in your face or anything. It was an OK building before and it's an OK building now.
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I like the residential. It's sort of International Style, more of a play on it I guess, and Boston doesn't have a ton of International. Maybe it's just a personal style preference, but I a) like that style, and b) like that it adds some variety.
I like the residential. It's sort of International Style, more of a play on it I guess, and Boston doesn't have a ton of International. Maybe it's just a personal style preference, but I a) like that style, and b) like that it adds some variety.
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Thankfully the residential will be partially hidden by 77 Exeter street when looking from Copley Square
Thankfully the residential will be partially hidden by 77 Exeter street when looking from Copley Square
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For my money, the three residential towers are half-assed gestures to the wisely published work of Edward Durrell Stone and (to a very small degree) Louis Kahn.
For my money, the three residential towers are half-assed gestures to the wisely published work of Edward Durrell Stone and (to a very small degree) Louis Kahn.
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I've always hated (yes strong word) the residential high rises at the Pru for 2 reasons.
a. They're all the same. Boring, same height, same finish.
b. The finish is awful. It matches the Pru to my eye, but the Pru pulls off its ugliness somewhat by being unique, and above all stand alone tall. These pay homage to ugliness with their own, and it is horrible to my eyes.
I've always hated (yes strong word) the residential high rises at the Pru for 2 reasons.
a. They're all the same. Boring, same height, same finish.
b. The finish is awful. It matches the Pru to my eye, but the Pru pulls off its ugliness somewhat by being unique, and above all stand alone tall. These pay homage to ugliness with their own, and it is horrible to my eyes.
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Two of the residential towers could benefit (maybe even greatly) from a rehab of the rooftop mechanical boxes. They are big, dreary, ratty looking. On many buildings they can be treated as an unimportant afterthought but this is a prominent location and they are very noticeable. And as mentioned above the brick is a clumsy attempt to look Bostonian.
The Sheraton even when new already looked middle-aged. Uninspired filing cabinet.
The Hilton is the Kensington of its day. A down and dirty container built with minimal effort in order to maximize profit.
The Pru tower though is fun. It looks kind of like a blocky robot without arms. Someone needs to make a film with a chase scene climax of people jumping from letter to letter of the PRUDENTIAL sign in Hitchcockian tribute. Or a creature (an escapee from an MIT lab?) mutated to King Kong size climbs it and throws a deserving villain off the top. Marty Walz! The Pru deserves this.
Two of the residential towers could benefit (maybe even greatly) from a rehab of the rooftop mechanical boxes. They are big, dreary, ratty looking. On many buildings they can be treated as an unimportant afterthought but this is a prominent location and they are very noticeable. And as mentioned above the brick is a clumsy attempt to look Bostonian.
The Sheraton even when new already looked middle-aged. Uninspired filing cabinet.
The Hilton is the Kensington of its day. A down and dirty container built with minimal effort in order to maximize profit.
The Pru tower though is fun. It looks kind of like a blocky robot without arms. Someone needs to make a film with a chase scene climax of people jumping from letter to letter of the PRUDENTIAL sign in Hitchcockian tribute. Or a creature (an escapee from an MIT lab?) mutated to King Kong size climbs it and throws a deserving villain off the top. Marty Walz! The Pru deserves this.