Dorchester Infill and Small Developments

Beton Brut said:
As we debate the value of handsome (if understated) century-old brick apartments, what do we think of the non-brick cladding on the left if the first photo?
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There is no debate. I concede that many find some charm in these buildings. I think they lack a sense of proportion, they lack the detail that most buildings of this era sport. To me they just look like "get em up" housing blocks.

I will not debate their looks any further.

cca
 
the new construction in the rear of this building
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The top story looks like it's clad in cardboard and duct tape. What is that junk?
 
Gehry and Graves did the proof-of-concept work in the 70s and 80s that allows for this sort of eclectic materials palate.

What we see here has a design ethos worthy of a job-site office trailer or a shipping container.
 
And I thought the HOPE VI projects condescended to the wood-siding parts of this city...
 
Same stuff indeed. Done better I must say.

cca
 
Dorchester Center(Codman Sq) I've lived here for almost 20 yrs and this is the cleanist/quiteness I've ever seen this strip!
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It's some 'new innovative cutting edge green material'. Better known as the cheapest crap available gussied up with marketing jive and a pseudo-intellectual bullshit justification from the architect of record.
 
Boston02124 said:
Dorchester Center(Codman Sq)
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This sad one-story strip belongs in an outer neighborhood of some inner suburb, not in the city of Boston. Get five stories on top of every one of these things.
 
Codman Sq is as far away from downtown as the outer neighborhood of some inner suburbs.

Brighton Center as also about as far away from downtown. And there's a good deal of one stories there, too.
 
Distance from downtown doesn't necessarily dictate level of urban activity. It's pretty common for pockets of intense development to form in various scattered parts of a city region. Typically around train stations, although Codman will be about six blocks away from one once Talbot Ave opens.
 
Matthew said:
Typically around train stations, although Codman will be about six blocks away from one once Talbot Ave opens.
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Codman's already that close to a Red Line station though (Shawmut) so I'm not sure how much a new less-frequent commuter rail station will contribute to an increase in density.
 
czsz said:
This sad one-story strip belongs in an outer neighborhood of some inner suburb, not in the city of Boston. Get five stories on top of every one of these things.
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If you go futher down the street either way,there are 3-5 story buildings some w/retail at there base.
 
^ That's great, but there should be no commercial strip in the city of Boston with one-story buildings. Taxpayer retail buildings delenda est.
 
Developer proposes $60 million apartment complex near JFK T stop

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A Boston developer is looking to build a $60 million apartment complex with 278 units between the JFK/UMass MBTA station and the Shaw’s Supermarket on Morrissey Boulevard -- a potential step toward a more extensive development with restaurants, shops, and office space along the sparsely populated roadway.
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