Re: New tower at Christian Science Church Plaza
The reflecting pool was part of the Pei design and is worthy of the high praise it receives. Still, the church believes that, as like a church and shit, the church should be the center of the campus.
Haven't been to the last 2 meetings, but I recall they want more connection between Huntington and the original Mother Church. That's the Gothic structure behind the dome addition fronting the Mass Ave lawn.
Includes a redesigned park beside the Sunday School building (or the building that replaces that) and a way to traverse directly to the Mother Church from the new Huntington Ave gateway.
One rendering showed a 2/3, 1/3 cut. I think another was a diagonal cutting approx from the garage entrance up to the side of the big church. They should be up somewhere (BRA?)
Worth noting that no matter what, the pool has to be emptied and rebuilt from scratch. It's leaked for years and the concrete is (apparently) spawling in places.
Edit to add: can't remember the ladies name, but she said they'd try to do it in a way that would preserve the sheet of water effect as much as possible. Not sure how that's accomplished, maybe by not emphasizing the cut except if you're standing on Huntington at the gateway?
