Boynton Yards | 99-101 South/808 Windsor | Somerville

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shmessy said:
The leaning light pole next to all the garbage in that first pic is sweeeeetttttttttt! Very impressive🥴

Seriously does the T even give a shit? Have a modicum pride in your work, people.

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Probably because it's not their pole? The light post in the foreground almost certainly is, but I'm pretty sure all the power poles in Somerville are owned by Eversource. Looking at that image I'm guessing it's just outside the project boundary so it wasn't addressed. Why would the T be responsible for Eversource's infrastructure? (Granted, perhaps Eversource should do better at maintaining it themselves or burying it.)
 
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Probably because it's not their pole? The light post in the foreground almost certainly is, but I'm pretty sure all the power poles in Somerville are owned by Eversource. Looking at that image I'm guessing it's just outside the project boundary so it wasn't addressed. Why would the T be responsible for Eversource's infrastructure? (Granted, perhaps Eversource should do better at maintaining it themselves or burying it.)
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I didn't word it well - the part about the T was referencing that garbage pile/parking/chain link fence area next to the pole.
 
stick n move said:
Dont remember seeing anything about this before but when looking for recent updates for boynton yards I came across some new renders for “building six” the planned residential tower.

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Also a few renders for “building 5”
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Ambitious thought that they would move the Fluff Festival there...

They also come very close to suggesting in the full site render that South Street will punch through to Webster. That's currently a parking lot driveway, so it would take some doing to make it happen, but it should.
 
Equilibria said:
Ambitious thought that they would move the Fluff Festival there...

They also come very close to suggesting in the full site render that South Street will punch through to Webster. That's currently a parking lot driveway, so it would take some doing to make it happen, but it should.
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I was more interested in the boardwalk/overpass thing connecting the station, running over the proposed park and over the tracks.
 
The site materials are great! It is an office park but some serious craftmanship got put into these concrete terrace and planters.
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That brick building in the background has always intrigued me. It looks like any other normal, 1950’s vintage, brick public housing apartment building. Then up on the roof it has these two very prominent white steeples that can be seen from pretty far away. It makes it a pretty unique building, I dont think Ive seen another building with this same combo of architectural features. Anyone know why it got the extra detailing added to the roof? Too bad more of these 50’s era brick buildings didnt get the same treatment. It definitely makes the building look a bit more… proper I guess you could say.

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That brick building in the background has always intrigued me. It looks like any other normal, 1950’s vintage, brick public housing apartment building. Then up on the roof it has these two very prominent white steeples that can be seen from pretty far away. It makes it a pretty unique building, I dont think Ive seen another building with this same combo of architectural features. Anyone know why it got the extra detailing added to the roof? Too bad more of these 50’s era brick buildings didnt get the same treatment. It definitely makes the building look a bit more… proper I guess you could say.

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Roosevelt Towers is the name of the housing project. I just hope they don't tear down these fine buildings and replace them with new generic Lego-Land apartment blocks.
 
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A quick search -
Roosevelt Towers typifies the so-called New York garden court. Groups of U-shaped apartment houses, each with its own garden court, are arranged with an overlay of streets separated by wide, open lawns. The main block, a ten-story structure with twin wedding cake cupolas, occupies the farthest end of the lot from Cambridge Street. Twin roads separated by a broad green space provide an axial approach to the building. On either side of the central boulevard, two sets of U-shaped blocks stand four stories high. The configurations of all the buildings were intended to maximize the open space and light available to the apartments. Minimal Georgian Revival elements ornament the brick exteriors.

Desmond & Lord Architects Link They are the architect of record. Looks like they were big on projects in Maine, but no mention of Roosevelt Towers. Probably a "bread and butter project" for their firm at the time.

Sad story of troubling times in the early 70s. LINK
A more positive note, Cambridge Housing Authority is in the planning stages for a gut rehab of the mid-rise towers. LINK The four story buildings were rehab'd within the last couple of years.
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That brick building in the background has always intrigued me. It looks like any other normal, 1950’s vintage, brick public housing apartment building. Then up on the roof it has these two very prominent white steeples that can be seen from pretty far away. It makes it a pretty unique building, I dont think Ive seen another building with this same combo of architectural features. Anyone know why it got the extra detailing added to the roof? Too bad more of these 50’s era brick buildings didnt get the same treatment. It definitely makes the building look a bit more… proper I guess you could say.

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A quick search -
Roosevelt Towers typifies the so-called New York garden court. Groups of U-shaped apartment houses, each with its own garden court, are arranged with an overlay of streets separated by wide, open lawns. The main block, a ten-story structure with twin wedding cake cupolas, occupies the farthest end of the lot from Cambridge Street. Twin roads separated by a broad green space provide an axial approach to the building. On either side of the central boulevard, two sets of U-shaped blocks stand four stories high. The configurations of all the buildings were intended to maximize the open space and light available to the apartments. Minimal Georgian Revival elements ornament the brick exteriors.

Desmond & Lord Architects Link They are the architect of record. Looks like they were big on projects in Maine, but no mention of Roosevelt Towers. Probably a "bread and butter project" for their firm at the time.

Sad story of troubling times in the early 70s. LINK
A more positive note, Cambridge Housing Authority is in the planning stages for a gut rehab of the mid-rise towers. LINK The four story buildings were rehab'd within the last couple of years.
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Awesome, thanks for the detailed story behind them. I really miss ornamentation on buildings. With precast, 3d printing, prefab, modularity…etc we could be in the golden age of ornamentation if we cared. Things come and go and hopefully well swing back in that direction.
 
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