BU Development Thread

jass said:
It's a should, not a shall. So the installation isn't illegal, but it is poor practice. The engineer who drew up that ramp interface didn't give a shit about best practice. Flexibility is allowed to accommodate cost issues (ie drainage), but thats not the case here.

We should expect better in a walking city in 2018
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How else would you align it though? At the last minute, the City had them redesign the crosswalk and add a curb extension at Charlesgate West. The dome panels they ended up building would have lined up with the old poorly-placed crosswalk in the original proposal. I think we ended up with a better project in the end, especially for walking. You no longer have to walk 120ft down a side street to stay on Beacon St.

The curb extension for the plaza on Beacon itself was cut back in anticipation of continuing the parking protected bike lane further down towards Kenmore Sq.

See page 12 for the original proposal: http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/f1ca271b-b701-4c78-92e2-4bcded3f0bfe
 
sm89 said:
How else would you align it though? At the last minute, the City had them redesign the crosswalk and add a curb extension at Charlesgate West. The dome panels they ended up building would have lined up with the old poorly-placed crosswalk in the original proposal. I think we ended up with a better project in the end, especially for walking. You no longer have to walk 120ft down a side street to stay on Beacon St.

The curb extension for the plaza on Beacon itself was cut back in anticipation of continuing the parking protected bike lane further down towards Kenmore Sq.

See page 12 for the original proposal: http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/f1ca271b-b701-4c78-92e2-4bcded3f0bfe
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Very interesting. The original design is certainly more aesthetically pleasing, but youre 100% correct that the final design is better for pedestrians because it allows for a direct path of travel.
 
Rover said:
Went there for the reunion last weekend. They did a stunning job on the Castle and the Pub. Very, very well done.
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Agreed - it really gives Bay State Rd a much needed focal point. The pub and back patio are going to be very popular.
 
So is this going to be a 19 story educational building as opposed to residential/dorms? If that's the case it could be absolutely enormous and would probably be the 2nd or 3rd tallest building on campus.
 
DZH22 said:
So is this going to be a 19 story educational building as opposed to residential/dorms? If that's the case it could be absolutely enormous and would probably be the 2nd or 3rd tallest building on campus.
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Since I am likely the oldest person on this thread I will bring up an old proposal for a new BU building. It was made in the late 1970's and called for a 40 story academic building with a spire. It looked like a rocket ship! It was to be located on the old Sargent block next to the BU bridge. I have searched the internet to no avail for information on this.


There were stories about it in the Boston Globe and the FreeP. If anyone has access to archival copies of those publications you may want to try and locate it. I distinctly remember a photo of then BU president John Silber standing next to a model of the proposed building.
 
DZH22 said:
So is this going to be a 19 story educational building as opposed to residential/dorms? If that's the case it could be absolutely enormous and would probably be the 2nd or 3rd tallest building on campus.
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Given Boston if this gets approved it will likely end up as a 10 story building. Oh the shadows on the Esplanade!

According to the 2013 IMP this site was to be two separate buildings.
 
TomOfBoston said:
Since I am likely the oldest person on this thread I will bring up an old proposal for a new BU building. It was made in the late 1970's and called for a 40 story academic building with a spire. It looked like a rocket ship! It was to be located on the old Sargent block next to the BU bridge.
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http://buquad.com/2012/04/30/the-campus-that-could-have-been/
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it was to be built between University Road and the BU Bridge, Comm ave and Storow Dr. if you have access to old Boston Tabs or Boston Ledgers you may find info.
 
KPMB architects did the original schematics for this building years ago. Not sure if they are still involved. A rendering should become available on Oct 1st.
 
What the hell is that supposed to be?

If that's a render, it scores a 0.00001 on a scale of 0.00 to 10.00.

Dead on arrival @ BCDC.
 
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