Future Skyline

^i respectfully disagree. The Copley tower would have done nothing to improve the street level experience in Boston. Bulfinch Crossing gets rid of an eyesore of a garage that has blighted a neighborhood. In the seaport a new neighborhood is being built. In North Station empty lots are being converted into new housing and adding life to the area. Millennium Tower took a hole in the ground and turned it into one of Bostons most recognizable structures. The Winthrop square millennium tower will turn a blighted garage into one of the tallest buildings in the city. All of these projects have a greater positive impact on the city than the Copley tower ever will.

And don't even get me started on air right developments. Those have the potential to sew up a scar that has long separated some of Boston's greatest neighborhoods.
 
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tysmith95 said:
^i respectfully disagree. The Copley tower would have done nothing to improve the street level experience in Boston. Bulfinch Crossing gets rid of an eyesore of a garage that has blighted a neighborhood. In the seaport a new neighborhood is being built. In North Station empty lots are being converted into new housing and adding life to the area. Millennium Tower took a hole in the ground and turned it into one of Bostons most recognizable structures. The Winthrop square millennium tower will turn a blighted garage into one of the tallest buildings in the city. All of these projects have a greater positive impact on the city than the Copley tower ever will.

And don't even get me started on air right developments. Those have the potential to sew up a scar that has long separated some of Boston's greatest neighborhoods.
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TySmith -- good points except that

Just like Lafayette Place, BPL Johnson & original Pru Shopping Arcades -- Copley Place looked inward instead of having a nice face open to the sidewalk and street. Lafayette, not so much; but the Pru and especially the BPL-Johnson have improved significantly in their "Curb - Appeal"

The renders for Copley Place were very positive in de-bunkering the entrances much like the others. Hopefully, the work on the Copley Place entrances which presumably may still happen would have / will deal with the street-level experience.
 
^^Agreed with both posts. In terms of street level activity and replacing eyesores, I agree. But in terms of skyline, which this thead is about, Copley was what was going to make the Back Bay skyline truly iconic, even without Four Seasons in my opinion . Again, in my opinion, but I would love it if someone talked me off the ledge.
 
tysmith95 said:
....All of these projects have a greater positive impact on the city than the Copley tower ever will.

And don't even get me started on air right developments. Those have the potential to sew up a scar that has long separated some of Boston's greatest neighborhoods.
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i was hassling around with a not-to scale attempt the other other night for fun.

this sucks. here it is anyway.


 
Building Dept/9th Floor, Thursday, Dec 15th – we may find out.
 
Pic credit to Chrisbrat. I liked the picture a lot and figured it would be a good shot to see how the Govt Center office tower looked from here. Thrown together quick but I like it.

https://postimage.org/app.php
 
wow -- if the GC tower is that tall and prominent, it'll be a fantastic addition (especially when viewing from winter hill). very cool.
 
That would be spectacular.

i was gonna take some of the width out.

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One thing about 1 Dalton that i haven't heard mentioned around here; how many times we'll be taking pics and seeing only 1 wall. Gonna look cool from some angles, and perhaps a bit odd in others.
 
For all the silly infighting that goes along with a discussion forum, this is actually why I registered. There is is inherently an optimism at Arch., and nowhere is this better found but on this thread. Full discloser, Cortes, my user name, can be found in Downburst's render. Yes, it is a street, and looking out my window at 21 Cortes years ago, I caught the bug. Maybe in 20 years I will see what I saw 20 years ago in my imagination.
 
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