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Re: Back Bay Garage Tower (Dartmouth and Stuart)
Get those wind studies out then! And just think of the SHADOWS!!!
Get those wind studies out then! And just think of the SHADOWS!!!
And just think of the SHADOWS that will be cast to the south!!!
Nice, but I don't think shadows would ever reach as far as Union Park. Remember, the complaints about Columbus Center (and, for that matter, the Simon Tower) were from abutters.
^I've always felt that the Hancock Garage site is the perfect spot for a 1000' tower. Far from any Logan flight paths, across the street from an existing 800' (and future 600+') tower, and replaces a cement brutalist monstrosity. Nothing but win.
I wouldn't want a building in that location to be taller than the Hancock, or even within 100 feet of it. I don't want anything to detract from the Hancock's ability to soar and dominate its immediate area... ESPECIALLY because whatever we get will most likely not be as good as the Hancock, both in terms of design and materials.
Sometimes you guys are the architectural equivalent of NIMBY's. Seriously.
I would like something to pass the Hancock, but it has to be the right skyscraper in the right place. Literally right next to the Hancock itself is not the right place. Location matters.
Some people here would be all for a skyscraper made of feces if it was 1000' tall.
I would like something to pass the Hancock, but it has to be the right skyscraper in the right place. Literally right next to the Hancock itself is not the right place. Location matters.
Said this before, but personally would like to see a reflecting glass tower in the shape of a sleek obelisk, about 900'-950', at Winthrop Square.
I think you could count on one, maybe two hands the number of sites in Boston that can potentially support supertalls, and we're going to worry over the supposed sanctity of the John Hancock?
Well, the FAA won't let you have Winthrop Square, as nice as that would be (just directly transplanting the London Shard to Winthrop Square is pretty much what I have in mind). Congress St. Garage might be the best we can get, if it ever gets off the ground.
I agree that what's around a tall building matters. The close proximity of the Pru and 111 Huntington detracts from both, IMO.
Some people here would be all for a skyscraper made of feces if it was 1000' tall.
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