Chio; Sexy
faro; lighthouse.
It's contentious. Our last 2 mayors have demonstrated (not at the same time) opposing opinions about what course of action to take in the Garage's redevelopment. The time has come for the Walsh administration to simply use the power of political office and lay down the law.
Hostetter's well-constructed tactical move has been executed to perfection. The Globe and Tim Logan have given Amos his victory parade, and his implicit position as the Waterfront's moral compass has now been all but solidified.
i joined the discussion 9 hours late, and was swimming against the tide. Hostetter was already getting so much support in the comments section. i chose poorly. Bad posting in any case. But, a very poor showing, that succeeded only in drawing negative attention to Don Chiofaro. Sometimes it's better just to cast a vote in support of the developer. Fail.
Pardon; for my next poor attempt to summarize how we may have gotten here'
[When it comes to our parks, or buildings constructed before WWII, no one scores higher than Boston. So sad that the Brutalist era arrived at the same time as Urban Renewal; and gave us 10 years of so much terrible architecture. The latter end punctuated by stubby, bland, red, brown.... Then, the '80s; O'Neill, Dewey Square, Copley Place and Devonshire cladding. Not great. And the developers were blamed for another round of lousy buildings.
The anger and mistrust resulted in the near disappearance of height for about 25 years. (But was height the problem, or 'width')? The number of bad calls remained high in the Minino era: We just traded building fat for a bunch of odd, goofy, even crazy buildings.
Now, we've entered the next round; cost-challened VE. And, of course, developers often don't bother to propose anything tall or bold.]
i wish the development of the Garage had occured before the Seaport reached this level. It seems this is taking a heavy toll on Chiofaro's momentum to get this done.
Globe readers have always expressed a fair amount of toxic sentiment against highrises. And opposition to the Garage has always been there. Now, Hostetter has them whipped into a frenzy. Some on the fence might become more sympathetic to Hostetter's position; He makes a better case that the Seaport has been spoiled by evil, greedy developers. It will be terrible if the Harbor Garage fails.
Today certainly was not the appropriate day to attempt to throw a ball and chain on the activist's parade. It was a very bad miscalculation on my part.
renders? :whiteflag:
