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Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Damn, can't believe that trend has been around for so long already. I suppose it started out slowly, but has really picked up steam in the last 3 years or so (much to my chagrin).
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Ron Newman said:
BU owns almost this entire street. What BU doesn't own are a few MIT fraternity and coop houses. (I lived at 111 Bay State when I attended MIT.) The one house that BU demolished was not old or historic enough to be protected. So there's nobody around to protest, really.
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A few of the houses across from Myles are still privately owned. Lots of drs, based on the mailboxes.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

It looks pretty good from this angle. Nobody was ever going to be fooled into thinking that the "rowhouse" section was historic, but I think they do a decent job of bridging the actual rowhouse wall to the more modern building that emerges in the background.

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Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Irony? Palladio would want to rise from his grave and kill himself all over again over this building.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

WTF does Palladio have to do with this disaster?
 
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^ agreed...why is Palladio being dragged into this?

And whighlander, I'm once again asking that you not quote from posts directly above yours. It's annoying to have to look at the same picture twice in a row, and we all can figure out that if you don't include a quote in your post that you're responding to the one above yours. This is basic discussion forum etiquette.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

kz1000ps said:
^ ...why is Palladio being dragged into this?
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Anagram for "O pallid"?

(In fairness, like it or hate it, it isn't palid!)
 
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Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

The upper portion of the building looks like a rendering in that photo (North Side)!
 
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Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Despite the fact that it doesn't fit with the rest of Bay State Road (i know they tried?) it actually looks good.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

^ Strange sky at the time. The thunder storms were approaching.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Yeah, I'd give it a B-. It's good infill for sure but still kind of plastic looking.
 
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^ I agree it's plasticky, and I think a large part of that is due to the curiously dark shade of orange brick they chose. It looks like someone digitally turned its saturation value up way too high. On its own I don't mind it, but next to all its older, urbane neighbors it sticks out like a sore thumb. And I doubt that color will mellow very much with age.

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^ Strange sky at the time. The thunder storms were approaching.
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Very weird lighting, especially in that first picture. At first I thought you had gone way overboard editing the brightness and contrast, but now I see it was mother nature.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Detroit had/has a lot of yellow brick buildings. They just don't look as good as red, it fits in nice with the whole post-accoplyptic vibe out there, but it just has a feeling of a pollution stain to it.
 
Re: B.U. East Campus Center (100 Bay State Rd)

Today:

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Half of the parking lot fronting onto Kenmore is torn up...what's the story?

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