It looks exactly like the render did and people didn't love it then either but Lordy this board can flame anything.
This is in the top 10 aesthetic projects in the city, fake truss or no fake truss. It's not like the ventilation building is going away - that view past it will never look great.
Completely agree. None of the facade is structural, after all. These are steel framed modern buildings that could easily be all glass curtain wall, so like everything else it comes down to aesthetics (that I happen to think are great). I think Morris Adjmi absolutely nailed it here for the neighborhood and a bridge between Fort Point and the Seaport. That group has this great ability to recognize what's appropriate for a changing neighborhood and slot in a statement building (134 Wooster, 414 W 14th, and 837 Washington all in NYC are perfect examples of how they've done this in the past).
afaik nothing yet, it's just USPS land. Various BPDA master plans like the Fort Point District Plan envision essentially a continuation of the sort of development we've seen so far in the area but it would all depend on future USPS moves which are closely tied with South Station Expansion.Is there something special it's supposed to be connecting to? Just to the middle of Summer Street?
Don't remember what/if anything planned for that parcel to the south.
I heard from a reliable source that the second building has been put on indefinite hold.
Yea even when real trusses are used they still get clad over so when finished theres going to be no discernible difference between this and real trussing besides the fact that you just know in your heart its fake lol.