Hurley Building Redevelopment | 19 Staniford St | West End

[themissinglink]

400' is way too short for this site; it should be at least 600'. What are we even doing?

 

[bigpicture7]

Globe piece on this:

A new try at renewal in the old West End - The Boston Globe

The state is taking another swing at finding a developer for downtown’s massive, Brutalist, Lindemann and Hurley complex.

www.bostonglobe.com

^States the new Request for Proposals is expected to be issued before the end of the year

 

[Longfellow]

Every building between MGH and 1 Congress needs to go

 

[stick n move]

Reading the article it does sound like theyre going to demolish the building when they talk about connecting the streets better. But since they dont say it outright it has me nervous. They talk about adding ground floor retail, a tower that “was in the original plan”, and adding pass through streets. This could mean they throw a tower in the courtyard, punch out a few walls for a couple cross streets, and add some ground floor retail. It wouldnt be too far off from that abomination of a render that came out before. I wish they would just come out and say directly “this building is going to be demolished” or “this building is going to be reused in some capacity”. Trying to read between the lines just makes it seem like theyre deflecting from the fact that they may try to save this trash can of a building. They need to just spell it out that way people can make their case for what should go here.

 

[atlantaden]

For the love of God, will someone just tear the damn thing down and start fresh!!!

 

[kz1000ps]

I love the exasperation this thing generates

 

[type001]

Tear it down, update the zoning to allow 600 feet, and build a couple residential towers.

 

[kmp1284]

And if you’re not going to build to the precise specifications of suburban height fetishists, don’t even bother submitting a proposal.