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They won the commission here, but didn't the design get radically value-engineered to the point that it resembled the SOM plan more than the Cook + Fox plan?
 
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I never heard anything about that...were there ever any images released?
 
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kennedy said:
They won the commission here, but didn't the design get radically value-engineered to the point that it resembled the SOM plan more than the Cook + Fox plan?
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That was the massing model you are thinking of, that even after cook and fox was chose, continued to accompany newpaper articles.

Massing model:
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Actual Design:

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My bad, that's exactly what I was thinking of. I am absolutely in love with the Cook + Fox design. God, take it away, I don't want to be reminded of what we could be building!
 
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And just imagine, filling in the far left edge of that picture, Chioforo's towers. That would make such sexy book ends.
 
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Love the actual design. Chiofaro Towers, SST would be the final completion on the Greenway. Too bad the BRA has no vision at all. Face it the GREENWAY $ucks.

At least they are building casino's in East Boston that should do wonders to that area.
 
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Wow, this thread hasn't been bumped in a while. Statler's article that he posted in the Greenway thread reminded me of this, since the BRA Greenway guidelines are set to allow 600' here.

Does anyone know whether the office floors of the garage have been re-leased since Raymond left? And if not, could an official designation for height here within the Greenway planning area revitalize this development?
 
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I googled this looking for how much it was to park and this was 3rd down the list. That didn't help much
 
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Google "government center garage" instead.

So, anyone know?
 
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We recently did some work for the top 2 floors of office space at the garage where I understand the tenant just extended their lease. By how long, I don't know. Basically just did some LEED type upgrades.
 
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Thanks - Would be interesting to know how long that lease was extended.
 
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June 9th, from the Custom House Tower.
 
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All I can think is....Soviet.
 
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MY EYES ARE BUGGING FROM SO MUCH BAUHAUS AND BRUTALISM!!

That vantage definitely has an eastern european look to it but it's honestly still a nice array imo....there is so much horizontal emphasis that it's almost hypnotic...

the only thing I don't like is...DEAR GOD LOOK AT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE GARAGE....ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?
 
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Nah, it's not very Eastern European. More akin to the ugly council house estates and other ugly nonsense built in bombed out spots of British cities after the blitz.

People, Soviet bloc communist housing didn't get nearly such nice concrete. It looks like it was built out of corrugated metal half the time. I was shocked by Warsaw...I thought it would look like Government Center, but it looks, well, way less structurally sound.
 
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People, Soviet bloc communist housing didn't get nearly such nice concrete. It looks like it was built out of corrugated metal half the time. I was shocked by Warsaw...I thought it would look like Government Center, but it looks, well, way less structurally sound.
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I agree. I felt the same about rebuilt areas of Budapest. Moscow, however, definitely has some serious concrete.
 
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