Cambridge Infill and Small Developments

[HalcyonEra]

150 Second Street 11/10

That brown siding is ugly. Looks like something you see on a deck off of a split level in Central Mass. Not sure why you spend all that money to build a building only to have the facade look out of date before it is even finished.

 

[kz1000ps]

1954 called...it wants its building back.

(snark aside, I must say it's an earnest and somewhat handsome building)

 

[BostonUrbEx]

150 Second Street 11/10

Danvers High School came out really nice, thanks for the picture.

 

[jass]

That sidewalk is missing a curb ramp.

 

[Smartiro]

>>That brown siding is ugly

I, actually, like that siding a lot. I think it's by far the coolest thing about this building...

 

[crash575]

Watermark this afternoon. I wish this was the finished facade.

 

[datadyne007]

That sidewalk is missing a curb ramp.

It's there. You can see the little hint of yellow of the tactile strip right at the start of the shadow.

 

[bolehboleh]

I thought you guys might be interested in this. It's the recommendations for the redevelopment of Central Square:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/FINAL_c2_design guidelines.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/C2_Plan_Final_20121130.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/C2_Comm-ltr_20121128.pdf

 

[jass]

It's there. You can see the little hint of yellow of the tactile strip right at the start of the shadow.

Nope, the other crosswalk.

 

[czsz]

I thought you guys might be interested in this. It's the recommendations for the redevelopment of Central Square:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/FINAL_c2_design guidelines.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/C2_Plan_Final_20121130.pdf
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49022719/C2_Comm-ltr_20121128.pdf

"stone and brick materials provides a sense of durability and stability"

Well said, report. The real aesthetic cancer in Boston was never redbrick, it was wood (or pretend wood). Why there are still apartment complexes in Southie being built like they're garden apartments off Route 2 in Leominster I'll never want to understand.

 

[Scott]

I agree that red brick has never been an issue. It is an excellent building material when utilized correctly for a properly scaled structure. Hi rises clad in fake New England Brick Face are bogus and are better off being covered in vinyl siding.

 

[AmericanFolkLegend]

I agree that red brick has never been an issue. It is an excellent building material when utilized correctly for a properly scaled structure.

That's the important thing. Brick becomes an issue when it's overused on large buildings (e.g., the Transportation building, the Clarendon).

 

[BostonObserver]

That's the important thing. Brick becomes an issue when it's overused on large buildings (e.g., the Transportation building, the Clarendon).

Don't forget at the time Dukakis had won the support of the bricklayer union during his re-election. Coincidence?

 

[jass]

Don't forget at the time Dukakis had won the support of the bricklayer union during his re-election. Coincidence?

Is the precast union running the show these days?

 

[czsz]

Would you guys rather the Transportation Building be built out of precast or cheap glass curtain walls?

Yeah, didn't think so.

 

[bbfen]

Is the precast union running the show these days?

Brilliant (and really the only sensible way to respond.)

 

[atlantaden]

Would you guys rather the Transportation Building be built out of precast or cheap glass curtain walls?

Yeah, didn't think so.

LOL, give a guy a chance to answer!! Imho, the transportation building is a hulking brick mass as is the Moakley Courthouse! I'll take glass curtainwall anyday over a heavy mass of bricks! I do, however, really like the glass rear-end of the Moakely but that shouldn't be a surprise!

 

[czsz]

Yeah, but I don't mean Moakley style curtain wall (which is nice, and rare) -- I was thinking more like today's par for the course, the Kensington's.

 

[datadyne007]

Hi rises clad in fake New England Brick Face are bogus and are better off being covered in vinyl siding.

 

[M80]

Is the precast union running the show these days?

Ironworkers set the precast.