Downtown Crossing/Financial District | Discussion

[found5dollar]

not to mention the $1 chicken teriyakies.

first place i went to when i was 21.

 

[Tombstoner]

first place i went to when i was 21.

You have to be 21 to eat chicken teriyaki? What do they put in the sauce?

 

[found5dollar]

You have to be 21 to eat chicken teriyaki? What do they put in the sauce?

if the sauce doesn't get you, the scorpion bowl will!

 

[Boston02124]

here again today

 

[statler]

Well, it may not be near the glory it once had but at least it is doing a respectable job of climbing out of the hole it has been in for the past few decades.

 

[found5dollar]

here again today

The colors and vibrancy of this buildings. all together. wow.

I like.

 

[BostonUrbEx]

Awesome pictures 02124!!!

 

[czsz]

The worst part about that view is that it exists. Damn you forever, Hayward Place parking lot.

 

[Beton Brut]

^ Word up!

 

[Boston02124]

I rather see Haywood place become an underground/parking/transit garage and the top made into a park,I would hate to lose this view,this is the only place I would rather a park than building

 

[statler]

It's one block away from the Common!

 

[KentXie]

I rather see Haywood place become an underground/parking/transit garage and the top made into a park,I would hate to lose this view,this is the only place I would rather a park than building

OR you could build a building with setbacks and take the shot from inside.

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

I rather see Haywood place become an underground/parking/transit garage and the top made into a park,I would hate to lose this view,this is the only place I would rather a park than building

Hayward Pl needs a building. I do think that it should be set further back for better sidewalk space/street views but leaving it as a parking lot or building a park is too much of a waste. There are other places in downtown which deserve a small park more than this lot.

 

[datadyne007]

It's Hayward Place, btw.

...and I agree with building on the lot. It's just another hole in DTX. "Views" can always be a design-driver, so go ahead and develop it.

Edit: Heh, Hayward Place's parking lot is thanks to Lafayette Place. Here's the lawsuit: http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/427/427mass509.html

 

[KentXie]

^^
I don't believe that is the reason. The most recently news about the project was back in 2006, way after that lawsuit in 1998. I believe the initial proposal was also after the lawsuit.

Edit: Initial proposal was 2001. Here's the BRA report.

http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/press/PressDisplay.asp?pressID=70

 

[datadyne007]

^^
I don't believe that is the reason. The most recently news about the project was back in 2006, way after that lawsuit in 1998. I believe the initial proposal was also after the lawsuit.

Edit: Initial proposal was 2001. Here's the BRA report.

http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/press/PressDisplay.asp?pressID=70

They tore down the garage there in anticipation of Phase II, which later became the Boston Crossing proposal. The projects fell through and they just paved the lot.

 

[KentXie]

I know but I don't think that's what is preventing it from being developed now.

 

[bdurden]

This parking lot would be prime location for Boston's new tallest.

 

[PaulC]

With all the residential buildings expected to start construction this year I would think this should be next. What I hope is that this project doesn't start till after Menino leaves office. The planned project is to modest for this site. I don't know, however, how enforceable Menino's agreement with Millennium is.

 

[ablarc]

This parking lot would be prime location for Boston's new tallest.

Hancock Building is 35 years old. Will there ever be a new "Boston's tallest"?