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Re: Copley Place plan calls for condo tower
who the heck puts out a rendering for a 47 story building that only shows the first 6 or so floors? Totally useless rendering.
who the heck puts out a rendering for a 47 story building that only shows the first 6 or so floors? Totally useless rendering.
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It's enough to get some tounges wagging, and not enough so the NIMBY's can't see what they fighting against. Let the height games begin!
The base looks kinda sharp- like a mini Lake Point Tower in Chicago.
It's enough to get some tounges wagging, and not enough so the NIMBY's can't see what they fighting against. Let the height games begin!
The base looks kinda sharp- like a mini Lake Point Tower in Chicago.
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I take the rendering to mean that they have not a clue what this building is going to look like yet. If that is the case, they should forget about a 1/8th (I would say "half ass" but that would be 23 floors) ass rendering.
I take the rendering to mean that they have not a clue what this building is going to look like yet. If that is the case, they should forget about a 1/8th (I would say "half ass" but that would be 23 floors) ass rendering.
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Who care what is looks like from a mile away? How is this building going to effect the urban space it occupies? What is this building going to do at street level?
Unfortunately, from this small rendering, the answer is, "Not much"
This is where I veer off from the rest of the crowd here.
Who care what is looks like from a mile away? How is this building going to effect the urban space it occupies? What is this building going to do at street level?
Unfortunately, from this small rendering, the answer is, "Not much"
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Not that we can see much of it, but the tower looks to be almost identical to the iconic Lake Point Tower in Chicago.
Please oh please I'd love to see something like this in Boston
Edit: Bos77 beat me to it
Not that we can see much of it, but the tower looks to be almost identical to the iconic Lake Point Tower in Chicago.
Please oh please I'd love to see something like this in Boston
Edit: Bos77 beat me to it
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Sounds OK to me as long as it isn't built out into the plaza that begins the Southwest Corridor park.
Sounds OK to me as long as it isn't built out into the plaza that begins the Southwest Corridor park.
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Wouldn't that require building over the train tracks? That would bring a whole 'nother world of bureaucracy and hassles for the developers that I'm sure they'd much rather avoid.
Anyway, they've never mentioned doing such a thing, so it should be fine.
Wouldn't that require building over the train tracks? That would bring a whole 'nother world of bureaucracy and hassles for the developers that I'm sure they'd much rather avoid.
Anyway, they've never mentioned doing such a thing, so it should be fine.
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It would be interesting to see it start off like the Lake Point Tower at the base, but then maybe it gradually torques and shifts itself into something much more flowing and aerodynamic as it rises.
It would be interesting to see it start off like the Lake Point Tower at the base, but then maybe it gradually torques and shifts itself into something much more flowing and aerodynamic as it rises.
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He designed the new Chicago Spire being built in Chicago, obviously. Think Boston is ready for a spiral tower? It would be interesting. A nice contrast to the boxiness of Boston.
He designed the new Chicago Spire being built in Chicago, obviously. Think Boston is ready for a spiral tower? It would be interesting. A nice contrast to the boxiness of Boston.
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I've visited his Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci?ncies in Valencia... not the best location for such a structure, but it was stunning. I'd like to see him leave his mark in Boston but not in the same way the Gehry did with the Strata Center.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot... His most famous tower to date is probably the Turning Torso in Sweden.
I've visited his Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci?ncies in Valencia... not the best location for such a structure, but it was stunning. I'd like to see him leave his mark in Boston but not in the same way the Gehry did with the Strata Center.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot... His most famous tower to date is probably the Turning Torso in Sweden.
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