BU Data Sciences Center | 665 Commonwealth Avenue | BU Central

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It made sense there when this side of Commonwealth was auto-centric.
The architectural aesthetic is cool, then and now. Really wish more buildings outside of LA or South Florida were saved from that movement.
 
Thank you for finding and sharing!

Man, what a major loss. I'd absolutely love it if that building were still there. That close to Kenmore, literally on the BU campus, and with that aesthetic, in 2024 that'd be a seriously hoppin' club/restaurant/whatever.
 
chrisbrat said:
Looks like Towers (Not "Warren Towers") is going up on Bay State Road to the right in this pic.
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Towers is further down Bay State Road toward Kenmore. The construction is for the Nursing College, which would subsequently be expanded, re-clad, and converted to house Sargent College. The original building looked more like the HoJos, but it has looked like the current version since around 1989-90.

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bdurden said:
It made sense there when this side of Commonwealth was auto-centric.
The architectural aesthetic is cool, then and now. Really wish more buildings outside of LA or South Florida were saved from that movement.
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AFAIK, we have one googie building in Boston, which is now the JP Whole Foods. I'd love to know if there are others--but this is threadjacking
 
Java King said:
Back to the BU Data Sciences Building: Anyone can vote for this building in the current 2023 Harleston Parker People's Choice Awards:
www.architects.org

Vote for the 2023 Harleston Parker People's Choice Award

The Boston Society for Architecture is a community committed to improving the quality of life for everyone through architecture and design.
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The BU building is honestly a shoe-in this year. Also the last year WRA's Berklee Tower is eligible.
 
HenryAlan said:
Towers is further down Bay State Road toward Kenmore. The construction is for the Nursing College, which would subsequently be expanded, re-clad, and converted to house Sargent College. The original building looked more like the HoJos, but it has looked like the current version since around 1989-90.

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The Sargent building, as you state, was a renovation and recladding of the nursing building. But the nursing building was a renovation and recladding of an industrial building built in the 1920's. In that picture it is being converted for nursing with a small addition being built in the rear.

And for those not around back then, BU closed its nursing school in 1987. The biggest academic mistake that BU ever made.
 
TomOfBoston said:
Just a throwback to the CDS site about 60 years ago. The little white building was a gas station that eventually became a parking lot in the 1970;s. The odd roof building became a Burger King in the 1970's too. Whatever your opinion of the CDS building, I think we can all agree that it is an improvement over this.

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These photos are so interesting to me as a BU alum who wasn't around back then. No security fencing around the tracks, the PCC cars, no pavement markings, the cars are small and don't all look the same... as far as street life I can say this has definitely improved the area, and people seem to adore the coffee/smoothie shop that went in on the first floor (though there's a lack of coffee shops on campus so it's not hard to have a popular one)
 
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