Boynton Gateway | 495 Columbia Street | Somerville

Just wow. It almost feels more transformative than USQ buildings, because this building has neighbors packed in around all sides.

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Dr. Rosen Rosen said:
Just wow. It almost feels more transformative than USQ buildings, because this building has neighbors packed in around all sides.

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Wow this area has changed so much. That red brick and white trim flat iron building is a nice touch too.

DZH22 said:
This isn't even what we're getting. The proposal was shortened (pic above is the first height-cut, but it happened TWICE!!!), somehow made even fatter, and otherwise dumbed down like most other projects around here.

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At this point it feels like a minor miracle when a proposal comes along that's taller than it is wide, and most of those don't survive to the final iteration.
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Does it have any ground floor retail?
 
The building looks huge (and very horizontal) from its convex side (like in the post above), whereas from the side view it’s at least more broken up and variated looking. Strange looking in fact from the adjacent neighborhood. Might also be the last two metal fab shops left in the area…

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