briv
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I'm in total agreement with Justin regarding the Mandarin.
FP3 is also a great project. Sensitive to its surrounding fabric, yet unmistakably contemporary. Hopefully this project is used as a model for future Fort Point development. And next time you hear a developer or architect whine about how it just isn't possible today to do good-looking brickwork anymore, just point them to this one.
Also worth mentioning IMO, for their dramatically beneficial transformative qualities are 1330 Boylston and 303 Third St. in Kendall.
1330 Boylston, following in the footsteps of Trilogy, continues the urbinization of that bleak, autocentric strip of the Fenway. Both Fenway buildings are a result of smart new zoning, which has come under frequent attack by the owners of the Redsox. This zoning should not be scaled back, nor should development of this stretch of Boylston be slowed. To surrender the future of this area to a single, self-interested business owner would be an utterly disgusting tragedy.
"Kendall Square" has become a term of derision, and rightfully so. But there seems to be some indications that people have become aware of Kendall's shortcomings and are finally at least making attempts to remedy them. 303 Third is one of those attempts and it's exactly what the area needs. Get lots of people living there and some of the other things will start to fall into place all by themselves.
FP3 is also a great project. Sensitive to its surrounding fabric, yet unmistakably contemporary. Hopefully this project is used as a model for future Fort Point development. And next time you hear a developer or architect whine about how it just isn't possible today to do good-looking brickwork anymore, just point them to this one.
Also worth mentioning IMO, for their dramatically beneficial transformative qualities are 1330 Boylston and 303 Third St. in Kendall.
1330 Boylston, following in the footsteps of Trilogy, continues the urbinization of that bleak, autocentric strip of the Fenway. Both Fenway buildings are a result of smart new zoning, which has come under frequent attack by the owners of the Redsox. This zoning should not be scaled back, nor should development of this stretch of Boylston be slowed. To surrender the future of this area to a single, self-interested business owner would be an utterly disgusting tragedy.
"Kendall Square" has become a term of derision, and rightfully so. But there seems to be some indications that people have become aware of Kendall's shortcomings and are finally at least making attempts to remedy them. 303 Third is one of those attempts and it's exactly what the area needs. Get lots of people living there and some of the other things will start to fall into place all by themselves.