Blackstone buildings in line for ground floor rehabs.

[bosma]

Walmart must have had a big clearence sale on white marble!

 

[kennedy]

Well, it is pretty damn pretty.

Imagine, for a minute, that the glass wasn't there, and the lobby was completely open. Had to either swipe a card or call like an apartment for an elevator to bring you to the 'real' lobby. Then let the space on the ground floor be rented to street vendors and the like.

 

[czsz]

let the space on the ground floor be rented to street vendors and the like

Way more of this should be happening here, obviously. In Hong Kong, landlords and temporary merchants are cooperating in a way that keeps retail spaces active:

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2009/05/04/temporary-stores-thrive-as-others-fade/

 

[kz1000ps]

All this white marble feels so damn corporate. I know, I know.. corporate feel for a corporate concern.

Say what you will about the design excesses of the eighties, but the lobby of One Post Office Square, bedecked in glitzy rose-colored marble, had an almost Rococo-like feeling about it, and it was easily one of my favorite lobbies in the city. Now, this new stuff is about as exciting as a slice of white bread.

 

[kennedy]

111 Huntington. That waterfall is nice.

 

[GMACK24]

225 Franklin

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmack24/3410429052/

 

[Boston02124]

^ cool pix^ more green windows

 

[Boston02124]

today don't mind the green windows,like if they re skinned the building though

 

[Boston02124]

Is One Federal a Blackstone building? today>

rendering>

the progress so far>

 

[bosma]

No, article says they are renovating large windowless floors that were used for check processing by previous tenants. The pics you took looks like a big improvement.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/2011/05/tishman-speyer-forges-ahead-at-one.html

 

[Boston02124]

thanks^ yes big improvement!

 

[datadyne007]

Huge improvement, but what an odd design to begin with. Imagine being one of the people working in that check processing area with not the slightest sliver of natural light? Talk about depressing.

 

[Boston02124]

yeah I always thought they should cut off this section and build another highrise,then again re lucky they did'nt fill the entire block with what they built ,that would have been a wide tower!