Best New Development Vote

Best New Development Completed in 2008

  • 1. The Apple Store

    Votes: 7 14.9%
  • 2. Battery Wharf

    Votes: 16 34.0%
  • 3. The Mandarin Oriental

    Votes: 8 17.0%
  • 4. FP3

    Votes: 12 25.5%
  • 5. 303 Third

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • 6. 1330 Boylston

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • Total voters
    47

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Best New Development Completed in 2008. Choose one:

1. Apple Store (815 Boylston Street) photo by kz1000ps
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2. Battery Wharf photo by DarkFenX
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3. Mandarin Oriental photo by Vanshnookenraggen
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4. FP3 photo by Scootie
fp3.jpg


5. 303 Third photo by Stellarfun
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6. 1330 Boylston Street photo by kz1000ps
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Once again, I rested my decision on urban planning, rather than architectural grounds.

I think 1330 Boylston does more for its neighborhood as one building than any of the others could claim - even 303 Third, which will help Kendall in the long run but which, for the moment, stands dreadfully alone. FP3 is by far the best architecturally, but it's a really limited intervention.
 
Yeah this was a hard one. I had to go with Battery Wharf tho. 303 would have been my #2.
 
FP3 was my favorite building, but I'm going with CZ's thinking and voting 1330 because of what it (hopefully) will do for the Fenway neighborhood (it's also a nice building).
 

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