GrandMarc Residence Hall (YMCA) @ Northeastern U | 291 St. Botolph Street | Fenway

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Damn that is really fugs right now...
 
So unfortunate. Seems like a real missed opportunity for Northeastern to show it can play in the major leagues.
 
A) It's under-f*ck*ng construction! Why people on this site condemn a building so prematurely always baffles me.

B) Unlike most NU residence halls before it, Northeastern does not own this building. They are exclusively leasing the space from a private developer. So this building was never an "opportunity for Northeastern to show it can play in the major leagues."
 
dshoost88 said:
A) It's under-f*ck*ng construction! Why people on this site condemn a building so prematurely always baffles me.
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That's why I said *right now*. But do you honestly think the finished product will change the stumpy massing, the fact it's turd brown, or the fact that even in rendered form, it adds nothing to the YMCA building? Oooh...alternating windows, yawn.

One only has to look west down Huntington to see half a dozen new buildings that were light years better at the same stage.
 
Northeastern had no input/sign-off on the design of a dorm to be used by them? That would be surprising (but may be true...I don't pretend to know that).
And sorry, I think it's a f*ck*ng ugly building. You may not think so and that's your perogative. The juxtaposition with NEC and YMCA perhaps unfairly highlights its mediocrity (in my opinion).
 
With that "Southwest adobe" color it kind of looks like one of the many budget hotels on the side of the highway near the Las Vegas Airport.

Not exactly the "look" anything in Boston - or for that matter Las Vegas - should be aiming for...
 
I'd argue there's enough of the facade up to start the judging. The massing alone is horrific. Oh well, they can't be all MassArt or West Vill H towers. It's a shame because it's in such a prominent location rising behind the Y building and NEC on Huntington...
 
dshoost88 said:
A) It's under-f*ck*ng construction! Why people on this site condemn a building so prematurely always baffles me.
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What, people can't see ugly until a building is 100% done? That orange is oooglay and incredibly cheap looking, AND it covers 2/3rds of the building. It's not like adding glass is going to dramatically alter the composition.
 
hah, several people mentioned the massing early on in this thread and were flamed for it. We're all supposed to just be happy that anything is built anywhere, I guess. It looks completely out of scale with the two buildings in front of it
 
^ Can't argue with that!!!!!!

(look I'm super cereal, I used twice as many exclamation points as armpits)
 
What? I agreed with you!

PS, you just whined about me whining AGAIN.

Nonsense aside, I'll have a few more pics coming in a little bit!
 
I just comment on the fact that you and your colleagues enjoy whining. It's a fact; your analogy is like 2+2 = 5. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!!
 
Oh, he used eight exclamation points. I fold!

PS, love you honey buns ;)
 
Too bad it isn't all glass so that it would blend into the sky a little and not clash and detract from the Conservatory and the Y.
 
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