So true. There is nothing like it.That's a great shot. It really shows the unique way Boston's skyscrapers in the Financial District are juxtaposed at myriad orientations, looking like a collage of photos mixed together, compared to the straight linearity of other cities' grid-based skyline.
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That '80s Chevy Pickup isn't quite right, looks like it has the roofline of a more modern truck and they grafted the classic nose on.Some "dirty old cars" in Somerville. Probably run on leaded gas, very dirty! 1970 VW Bus, late 60s Chevy pick up, early 80s Chevy pick up (Scottsdale?), ??? Early 80s Lincoln and ???
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What a great picture! I wonder how much pearl clutching there was when this was going up! Ditto for the taller Hancock and Pridential tower in the 60sLog into Facebook
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What a great picture! I wonder how much pearl clutching there was when this was going up! Ditto for the taller Hancock and Pridential tower in the 60s
I could be wrong, but the pearl clutching/NIMBYism rose to significance later, in the late 1960s after the BRA's urban renewal projects thoroughly traumatized the public. Before that, I think Boston was pretty much forward-looking and open to new development. That said, I don't recall any opposition to the newer Hancock tower when it was proposed and built in the late 60s/70s.Click to expand...
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Looking through this thread, it's amazing how this building on Milk St has survived so many changes to the area. (Taken earlier this year)
For what it's worth, the wrapping has continued long after the demo of the CA (the bow had to be updated when Beal changed its corporate name after a merger). It was quite visible from the surface arteries and Greenway, just no longer visible to auto traffic now routed through the tunnel. Insta of it from last November:
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Wow, that first one is surrealistic to the max. Love it!I don't really know where to stick this, but here are two pieces of public art that include transit that no longer exists. It's just weird it happened twice
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Tons of people walk along the Greenway and adjacent streets during the day even in the holiday season.Key clarification! Of course I'd assumed the bow was discontinued decades ago after the Artery came down... I'm surprised they've stuck with it, given how the spectacle has gone from 10,000s of daily motorists, stuck in heinous traffic, staring at it daily, right at eye level, t/o December, to ... well, how many people do we think notice it every year, walking around on the street? A handful?
Tons of people walk along the Greenway and adjacent streets during the day even in the holiday season.
The best way to improve transportation within a city is to eliminate the city. Sounds like an AI solution. Maybe AI develops time travel at some point and then goes back in time to the urban renewal era to whisper in the ears of planners.