Block G | 120 Seaport blvd | Seaport sq

[TallIsGood]

I generally agree with all you have written. I can't help but wonder what the Hyatt Regency and canal proposal of the late 1980's would have looked like. I tried to search for images online, but I can't quickly find anything. The proposed Hyatt Regency Hotel tower on the current site of the Federal Court House probably wouldn't have been able to be built because of Logan height concerns, but I thought all the canals linking Seaport with the Fort Point Channel would have been a better connection with the water's edge. The FortPointer has a VERY valid point that the park on Fan Pier seems more like an amenity for the condo owners rather than a word-class urban park by the water's edge. I think Piers Park in East Boston is the waterfront park we should emulate for any future waterfront park. It's simply spectacular and well maintained.

 

[nm88]

As I recall, including the designs of world-class architects - Gehry, RAMSA, Pelli, to name a few.

 

[cburns]

I was wondering what happened to this project and found an application to receive a waiver to build a 3 level, 587 space underground garage that was submitted in March of this year. Note that this schematic was updated in December 2023

The petition did appear on the APCC's (Air Pollution Control Commission) April 17, 2024 agenda.

Trail goes cold after that (minutes from the meeting are noted in the subsequent May meeting for committee acceptance, but couldn't get a hold of the actual minutes to see what happened).

 

[shmessy]

I was wondering what happened to this project and found an application to receive a waiver to build a 3 level, 587 space underground garage that was submitted in March of this year. Note that this schematic was updated in December 2023

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The petition did appear on the APCC's (Air Pollution Control Commission) April 17, 2024 agenda.

Trail goes cold after that (minutes from the meeting are noted in the subsequent May meeting for committee acceptance, but couldn't get a hold of the actual minutes to see what happened).

Hats off to ya. You're a pretty good sleuth!

 

[JohnAKeith]

Wait, did this get resolved? The 587 car garage would be .. surface (a parking garage)? You can't fit 587 cars under the surface, can you?

Edit: I see now that it was for approval of a three-level underground garage and that the building would still go up on top of it, with street-level retail (according to the application).

The point of the commenters above mine is that the garage is really big, I think, and not talking about what I'm asking; sorry.

 

[stefal]

Wait, did this get resolved? The 587 car garage would be .. surface (a parking garage)? You can't fit 587 cars under the surface, can you?

The point of the commenters above mine is that the garage is really big, I think, and not talking about what I'm asking, which is, does the parking garage mean there won't be an office or residential structure?

The application linked above still describes the project as a 16-story mixed-use building of approximately 650,000 square feet of Gross Floor Area of office and/or research, retail and civic uses within the cover letter.