Clippership Wharf | East Boston

Sprngh2o · Jun 17, 2018

These buildings look like old factories, awful.

stick n move · Jun 17, 2018

These ones should actually look good with the facade.

tysmith95 · Jun 17, 2018

Yes, I'd reserve judgment until the facade is finished.

Off topic, but is soundproofing generally worse in wooden apartment buildings versus steel ones?

cca · Jun 18, 2018

tysmith95 said:
Yes, I'd reserve judgment until the facade is finished.

Off topic, but is soundproofing generally worse in wooden apartment buildings versus steel ones?

Not necessarily .... BUT ... buildings tend to be stick framed because of budget or ROI reasons. To bring a wood building up to acoustic performance standards take doing things to the walls and floors to make up for that fact that there is so little mass to help you with sound transmission. SO ... cheap structures tend to come along with the desire to not spend money on things like acoustics so these buildings often under perform in the acoustics front.

Beton Brut · Jun 18, 2018

Nothing says "luxury" like hearing your neighbors say "luxury." :-/

jl326 · Jun 18, 2018

Beton Brut said:
Nothing says "luxury" like hearing your neighbors say "luxury." :-/

It's all about "building community." Isn't that all the rage these days? Nothing familiarizes you with your neighbors quicker than hearing every little thing that is said by them. At this point, leasing offices at places like this might as well start trying to spin that as a selling point.. for that "authentic urban experience."

Beton Brut · Jun 18, 2018

jl326 said:
It's all about "building community." Isn't that all the rage these days?

If I were spending a king's ransom to live here, I think I'd rather meet my neighbors at a dry cleaner, barber shop, package store, or greasy spoon. Of course there's no such mom & pop retail integrated into any of these developments, so residents will need to content their curiosity about their neighbors by trying to figure out what they're watching on Netflix.