Fenway Center (One Kenmore) | Turnpike Parcel 7, Beacon Street | Fenway
bosdevelopment
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Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7)
Gross.
Gross.
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http://www.meredithmanagement.com/www/documents/DPIR SITE MAP.pdf
http://www.meredithmanagement.com/www/documents/DPIR LANDSCAPE PLAN.pdf
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http://www.meredithmanagement.com/www/documents/DPIR SITE MAP.pdf
http://www.meredithmanagement.com/www/documents/DPIR LANDSCAPE PLAN.pdf
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Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7)
Looking at the open space in those plans I think that this entire complex will probably end up feeling more like the WTC in SBW than just another office park. But I think these parks will actually be used since there is a transit station and a major traffic generator next to the site.
The buildings might not be great but I think that it will be a definite improvement and could breath some life back into Kenmore Sq.
Looking at the open space in those plans I think that this entire complex will probably end up feeling more like the WTC in SBW than just another office park. But I think these parks will actually be used since there is a transit station and a major traffic generator next to the site.
The buildings might not be great but I think that it will be a definite improvement and could breath some life back into Kenmore Sq.
Re: Fenway Center (One Kenmore, Mass Turnpike PARCEL 7)
Oh, it's better than what's there now, but it's buildings in a park, and it even has a parking lot. A modest improvement indeed, compared with what could have been done.
Circulation is awkward from the standpoint of connectivity, and it's not scenic.
Not much art here from the reputed starchitect.
Oh, it's better than what's there now, but it's buildings in a park, and it even has a parking lot. A modest improvement indeed, compared with what could have been done.
Circulation is awkward from the standpoint of connectivity, and it's not scenic.
Not much art here from the reputed starchitect.
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This is on Meredith Management's Homepage, but doesn't appear to be on the actual project page. Apologies if it's been posted already, but I don't recall seeing it.
This is on Meredith Management's Homepage, but doesn't appear to be on the actual project page. Apologies if it's been posted already, but I don't recall seeing it.
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Dangit. For some reason I was under the impression that the section of surface lot adjacent to the Beer Works would be built up. That's the one where nutjob New Hampshirites, et al., park for games. How the hell do they ever get out?
Then again, that parking lot with its scraggly weeds and all has more character than these bland boxes will.
Dangit. For some reason I was under the impression that the section of surface lot adjacent to the Beer Works would be built up. That's the one where nutjob New Hampshirites, et al., park for games. How the hell do they ever get out?
Then again, that parking lot with its scraggly weeds and all has more character than these bland boxes will.
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They look bigger/nothing like our newer renderings.
They look bigger/nothing like our newer renderings.
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That image is an early massing model, though I think they kept the basic shapes for the new designs.
That image is an early massing model, though I think they kept the basic shapes for the new designs.
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Hold on to those pics, if this ever gets built we will need them for posterity and to say "oh, the new buildings aren't so bad."
Hold on to those pics, if this ever gets built we will need them for posterity and to say "oh, the new buildings aren't so bad."
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I've always like the tall yellow building in the center anyone know if it once had a crown at the top?
I've always like the tall yellow building in the center anyone know if it once had a crown at the top?
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"I've always like the tall yellow building in the center anyone know if it once had a crown at the top?"
Yes it did have projections at all the areas now sheathed in steel. BU owns that building and it would make a world of difference visually for quite a large area if they'd spend the 30k it would take to at least replicate what was removed with a bronze dipped aluminum, EIFS, vinyl, or GFRIC system. Why Fenway/Kenmore/Audubon Circle/Baystate Road don't have architectural preservation/renovation guidelines is beyond me.
Does anyone know if Yawkey Station is going to become a completely underground station? Access is going to be far different when Fenway Center is constructed and I wonder if the new platforms will be subway like, or some ugly stepchild of Back Bay Station.
"I've always like the tall yellow building in the center anyone know if it once had a crown at the top?"
Yes it did have projections at all the areas now sheathed in steel. BU owns that building and it would make a world of difference visually for quite a large area if they'd spend the 30k it would take to at least replicate what was removed with a bronze dipped aluminum, EIFS, vinyl, or GFRIC system. Why Fenway/Kenmore/Audubon Circle/Baystate Road don't have architectural preservation/renovation guidelines is beyond me.
Does anyone know if Yawkey Station is going to become a completely underground station? Access is going to be far different when Fenway Center is constructed and I wonder if the new platforms will be subway like, or some ugly stepchild of Back Bay Station.
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I don't like Back Bay Station's commuter rail platforms because they get wicked cold. Other than that, though, what's the difference between them and a typical subway station?
I don't like Back Bay Station's commuter rail platforms because they get wicked cold. Other than that, though, what's the difference between them and a typical subway station?