Equilibria
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Are they getting rid of Best Buy ?
Sometime between 2023 and 2027. If it survives that long, I'm sure they can find a different space for it.
Are they getting rid of Best Buy ?
Luckily there's a circuit city building nearby in Somerville that would be great for a best buy. Only been empty for about 15 years.Are they getting rid of Best Buy ?
Luckily there's a circuit city building nearby in Somerville that would be great for a best buy. Only been empty for about 15 years.
Similar feelings here. It used to be a treat to go to the Galleria as a kid. Even though it was really any other mall on the inside, walking in was like going into a palace. I know post-modernism is considered gaudy and Disneyfied by most, but there's a pageantry to the style that will always be appealing to me. Well, that and unadulterated '90s nostalgia - you can almost hear the Windows 95 startup sound looking at a photo of the canal side of the mall.Wow! I completely missed this project. Back in undergrad I had an exhibit design internship at the Museum of Science. I would grab lunch at the Galeria every once in a while and would meet friends there after I got out a lot. While it was dated even back then it has a ceritian post-modern charm to it, like the Corner in DTX or the now demolished Worcester Galleria, than made me love it. Yeah it probably needs a lot of help to stay afloat but I can't help but feel a small pang of sadness that it is a goner. In the words of my favorite band, Phantom Planet, "I'm gonna miss the Galleria. It was the only place to go this side of town. Goodbye to the Galleria. I just heard today they are gonna tear it down."
The corner of the Sears store is one of the few PoMo confections around here that actually has any authenticity and merit, kind of too bad it's doomed.
They have every incentive to get it right, 1st is the main pedestrian conduit between Kendall and Cambridge Xing. Kind of hard to imagine they won't max out this opportunity.I agree this is a rare local example of decent PoMo. I'm not a PoMo fan, but I do have some fears about these CambridgeSide redevelopments in general: they've really got to get the ground level right and keep (or re-make, I should say) the 1st street corridor active. I'm worried, but am trying to be cautiously optimistic.