Children's Hospital Building | Longwood

[kz1000ps]

 

[BeeLine]

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[BeeLine]

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[BeeLine]

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[kz1000ps]

Like why even bother

 

[RandomWalk]

That looks awkward.

 

[Life Coach Mike]

Would have looked better as a "folly" in a garden setting. Looks totally dumb stuck on underneath, as if it's being crushed into the ground. Just the opposite language of columns in general.

 

[Bananarama]

Hahahaha that is hilariously bad. Every part of the new addition is bland and without any sense of design. Like they just ran down a list and "preserve existing historical entry" was just a box to be checked.

 

[RandomWalk]

The first two pages are full of comments from 5+ years ago about the ridiculousness of the facadectomy.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

Historic preservation has really given up.

 

[stick n move]

Its like a stumpy exchange place with less effort. I know a lot of people disagree, but I think exchange place is complete laziness. The right way to use a historic facade is the hearst building in nyc or atlantic wharf.

Not this

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

While I don't love those examples they are all still better than this. This is more: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.732...4!1srzflU-DkESvsFj5WW_6soA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

[mdd]

This is hot garbage.

 

[type001]

Since it's a hospital, I'll cut it some slack.

 

[Arenacale]

Since it's a hospital, I'll cut it some slack.

I'm of this mindset as well. The solution they used is inelegant, but the reality is the demands of modern healthcare, just to meet Joint Commission standards, let alone excel in care, are beyond what most of the older buildings could handle, especially in regards to floorplan. Anything that can be done to maintain the look of the building is going to end up a form of facadectomy.

 

[Suffolk 83]

This is unintentionally hilarious. I like it! Need something to laugh at now and again

 

[goldenretrievers]

rIMG_4404 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
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[DZH22]

4/23 from Mission Hill

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[BeeLine]

4/23 from Mission Hill

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DZ nice photo, as usual, but of the new Beth Israel Lahey Health building.

 

[Life Coach Mike]

This is unintentionally hilarious. I like it! Need something to laugh at now and again

The good news, most people will be too preoccupied with illness and getting well to notice. And the neighborhood is simply one big hospital complex anyway.