Downtown Crossing/Financial District | Discussion

[whighlander]

I know it's probably come up somewhere in this thread before, but what is going in behind the Liberty Travel fence, next to the Army & Navy store? Is it really only two stories tall?

Imsox -- I keep seeing the reference to syllogisms and in the spirit of the Christmas and New Years season {ok -- I'' throw in Saturnalia} here are a couple for you and the rest to ponder

1) All Generalities are False
2) Solipsists of the Universe Unite

 

[DBM]

people will be living in the DTX for the first time since the mid 1800's

Assuming Tremont on the Common (151 Tremont) was built in the early 1960s, and if you accept that it's located in DTX, then people have been living in DTX for a half-century.

A lot of people have been living there for over two decades, if you consider 453 Washington St., 42 Chauncy St., One Devonshire Pl.

Even the Ritz-Carlton towers on Avery St. are 15 years old now. I assume 165 Tremont, 170 Tremont are of similar vintage.

So why would you assert this nonsense? Unless you're a purist who thinks that DTX is only the intersection of Washington/Winter/Summer.

But credit for referencing Tontine Crescent, the project that destroyed Charles Bulfinch. (Ironically, given that 99% of people only know him for the State House.)

 

[whighlander]

Assuming Tremont on the Common (151 Tremont) was built in the early 1960s, and if you accept that it's located in DTX, then people have been living in DTX for a half-century.

A lot of people have been living there for over two decades, if you consider 453 Washington St., 42 Chauncy St., One Devonshire Pl.

Even the Ritz-Carlton towers on Avery St. are 15 years old now. I assume 165 Tremont, 170 Tremont are of similar vintage.

So why would you assert this nonsense? Unless you're a purist who thinks that DTX is only the intersection of Washington/Winter/Summer.

But credit for referencing Tontine Crescent, the project that destroyed Charles Bulfinch. (Ironically, given that 99% of people only know him for the State House.)

DBM -- sure there have been people living on the Fringe of DTX [TOC] for a few decades -- my point was that post the demise of the Tontine .. that the DTX became a place where few people lived although many worked and shopped there.

As a result of the past handful of years of development -- a Large Number of people will be living in DTX in the next few years. Enough to support local shops and restaurants without depending on the daily flux of commuters. If the current trends continue -- its not inconceivable that within 20 years more people could be living in DTX than in some of the more well-known residential neighborhoods.

There could be more than 1000 people living in the Millennium Tower by itself .. possibly 5,000 within a 2 block radius of Washington & Franklin

That's a game changer -- to use the over used cliche -- potentially even affecting the make-up of the Boston City Council and the State Legislature

 

[datadyne007]

Before...

 

[choo]

^oh this will be fun.

 

[Padre Mike]

It's great to see DTX return to its roots. As mentioned Summer St. was nearly all residential, the home of Daniel Webster was down near Church Green where there was an octagonal Bulfinch church on the site of the Read and White building. The area went commercial in the mid 1800's, after the demise of the Tontine and Franklin Place across the street. Then disaster struck 1872 with the Great Fire that burned everything from Washington St. to Pearl, sparing the Old South. After that the area was completely rebuilt in no time, totally commercial, as by now the South End and Back Bay were building out as residential areas. The return of residences reminds me a lot of Vancouver, BC where high rise towers pop up over commercial low rises and the streets are full 24/7.

 

[kz1000ps]

Oh my god, look who I sighted........everyone following the Copley Place tower should recognize our buddy on the right!

I'm 99.8% sure it's HIM. But I digress...

 

[MBTAddict]

Yep, that's him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6u72thqNA&noredirect=1

 

[dshoost88]

Oh my god, look who I sighted........everyone following the Copley Place tower should recognize our buddy on the right!

I'm 99.8% sure it's HIM. But I digress...

This made my afternoon! Nice work!

 

[kz1000ps]

^ Hehe I thought some of you would like that.

One more to throw into the fold...

 

[itchy]

A bit of an aside - does anyone know anything about the theater that is now occupied by the Emperor's Garden? What was it previously?

And is there any reason whatsoever to think it may some day again be a theater?

Ron?

 

[shmessy]

^ Hehe I thought some of you would like that.

One more to throw into the fold...

Hey! You got my favorite Bon Mi hole in the wall place (New Saigon) in your shot in the foreground right. Best sandwiches EVER. Not to mention, the best cucumber bubble teas.

 

[shmessy]

A bit of an aside - does anyone know anything about the theater that is now occupied by the Emperor's Garden? What was it previously?

And is there any reason whatsoever to think it may some day again be a theater?

Ron?

The Loews Globe - later, Center Theater.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3271

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/n...theatre-in-downtown-boston-news-photo/3067081

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3271/photos/52704

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/3271/photos/769

http://americanclassicimages.com/De...rch=washington&catpagesize=25&ProductID=28138

 

[itchy]

Coo, thanks, Shmessy.

One of the links shows that there was a Stuart Theater in the building next to Emperor's Garden. Curious if that - or other - theaters still "exist," hidden/covered by restaurants or other uses...

 

[JeffDowntown]

Coo, thanks, Shmessy.

One of the links shows that there was a Stuart Theater in the building next to Emperor's Garden. Curious if that - or other - theaters still "exist," hidden/covered by restaurants or other uses...

There is a large theatre hidden in the Essex building just down the block, 616 Washington Street. It was the Keith-Albee AKA RKO Theatre.

Both the old Globe and the RKO were sliced up at the end of their lives at the mezzanine level with poured concrete floors. It would be really hard to resurrect either one now.

 

[BeeLine]

Fences up along Washington Str.in front of hotel conversion


Looking S along Washington

 

[BeeLine]

DTX 2/20 (Liberty Travel)

 

[fattony]

Really? A freaking travel agency? How are they in business?

 

[datadyne007]

Really? A freaking travel agency? How are they in business?

Forget the business inside, the building is 2 F'ING STORIES!

 

[bobthebuilder]

Forget the business inside, the building is 2 F'ING STORIES!

complete waste of a plot of land, no way they'll last long there