Fan Pier Developments | Seaport

Ah ok, i guess according to the master plan that would be One Liberty Drive and not One Harbor Shore Drive then
 
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Passed by a couple of busy Hubway locations.

The LED Sign by the BCEC looked great from a distance.

Hopefully they will be improving the area behind Louis Boston as the walkway and grass look a little rough.
 
mass88 said:
Passed by a couple of busy Hubway locations.

The LED Sign by the BCEC looked great from a distance.

Hopefully they will be improving the area behind Louis Boston as the walkway and grass look a little rough.
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Mass -- these photos show the massive scale of the area to be developed in the SPID -- very reminicent of a view circa 1970 of the area now known as Kendall / Cambridge Center

I'm more and more convinced that the SPID will succeed as an economic core, and potentially a neighborhood -- even if not become an "architectural trade show"
 
whighlander said:
Mass -- these photos show the massive scale of the area to be developed in the SPID -- very reminicent of a view circa 1970 of the area now known as Kendall / Cambridge Center

I'm more and more convinced that the SPID will succeed as an economic core, and potentially a neighborhood -- even if not become an "architectural trade show"
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Whigh relax,........Your firing cannons at glass bottles. The only success we will see at the architectural trade show will be old renderings of McCourt's old development plans (what could have been proposals)
 
The Vertex complex is filling in the spot next to the courthouse quite nicely. What we really need now is some ground breaking on the parking lots between Northern Ave. and Seaport Blvd. It is an incredibly awkward pedestrian experience to cross from the SL station to the courthouse proper. The parking lots form a significant barrier.
 
HenryAlan said:
The Vertex complex is filling in the spot next to the courthouse quite nicely. What we really need now is some ground breaking on the parking lots between Northern Ave. and Seaport Blvd. It is an incredibly awkward pedestrian experience to cross from the SL station to the courthouse proper. The parking lots form a significant barrier.
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Henry -- agreed in general -- in specific there are officially sanctioned pedestrian routes through the parking lots
 
From the Herald -- the long promised Empire is ready to serve

Empire restaurant ready to turn heads in Seaport District
By Frank Quaratiello
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - Updated 5 hours ago

Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Fan Pier developer Joseph Fallon are expected to cut the ribbon today as Big Night Entertainment Group opens Empire restaurant on the ground floor of One Marina Park Drive in the bustling Seaport District.

The Asian-themed restaurant will be the seventh venue opened in just six years by fast-growing BNEG, which was founded by brothers Ed and Joe Kane and partner Randy Greenstein. The 14,000-square-foot restaurant that will seat 350 patrons will open next week and serve as a complement to Strega Waterfront, the other restaurant at One Marina Park Drive.

“For me, this is our best design ever,” said Ed Kane, during a tour of the still-under-construction space last week. “It’s going to be the biggest head-turner.”


Full of custom features from backlit wooden screens to moon door mirrors to mosaic tile floors and masterful stone work, the restaurant will have a sushi bar, private dining rooms and seasonal outdoor seating, all awash in imperial colors that Kane, who travels the world looking for design ideas, says will give it “a Hong Kong, new Shanghai look.”
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But Greenstein says Empire, which will initially be open just for dinner, is “going to be the best one yet.”

“The waterfront is where it’s at,” he said. “It’s perfect timing for us. The area’s exploding as we speak.”

With shovels already in the ground by the four major developers in the area and Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ new headquarters being built next door, Empire may be surrounded by construction for a while, but Big Night is investing in the long term, pouring $6 million into the project, which has a 20-year lease.

Joe Kane, who lives nearby, said he’s watched the Seaport, or Innovation, District progress.

“It’s the hottest spot in the city,” said Kane, who added that Big Night was sold on the property after attending a Boston magazine party there. “But I think they need a new name for it, maybe Boomtown.”
-— frankq@bostonherald.com
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From what I saw during BIO2012 (Tues and Wed) things were certainly hopping down in the SPID, along Summer St. across the bridge and on toward South Station.
 
The way those two cores rise up in those picture, you think there would be something of significance being built.
 
The Louis pavilion is growing on me. Anyone else? At least it's unique. I wouldn't mind seeing it stay if the alternative is another Fan Puke. Then we can bring back a permanent Zuma City in place of the grassy knoll adjacent to it.
 
KentXie said:
Architectually-wise? No. Transplanting a tech company from Cambridge? No.
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Kent -- I think you are missing the point of what is happening at Fan Pier in a big way

Vertex may not be your cup of tea architecturally -- but Vertex hasn't just made the leap from Kendall Sq. -- Vertex has ratified the SPID and specifically Fan Pier in much the same way that Copley Place ratified the Back Bay as more than a home of insurance companies --- but not a competitor to the FID

Vertex and Fan Pier is doing the same for the SPID -- already home to office space, now the strip along the waterfront is home to a significant Bio/Pharma start-up success story. Fan Pier and the SPID is now becoming a key desitination as next door to Vertex are 2 major investments in signature restaurants (Strega and Empire) and fancy condos -- all in the bulidings closest to the arriving planes landing at Logan.
 
I'd say anytime a million plus square feet of laboratory/office space is developed. It's significant.

It may not win any design awards from the acrhitectural community, but it's significant. Even if it is pillaging from across the river. It is worth noting that a million square feet in Cambridge in the Kendall area would require even more lan than this behemoth is taking up.
 
Shepard said:
The Louis pavilion is growing on me. Anyone else? At least it's unique. I wouldn't mind seeing it stay if the alternative is another Fan Puke. Then we can bring back a permanent Zuma City in place of the grassy knoll adjacent to it.
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I like it. It manages to juggle dueling interests quite well, and by that I mean it projects an air of luxury (and by extension, stability) while also being true to itself and understanding that it's just a temporary structure. Normally I don't go for corrugated steel as a facade material but it makes plenty of sense plopped near the water and wharves.
 
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