Hurley Building Redevelopment | 19 Staniford St | West End

[bigpicture7]

Exactly! It's perfect!!

Perfection is, and always has been, a relative concept my friend...

https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/files/boston-big-dig-before-after-photo-3.jpg

 

[HenryAlan]

Does one person on this forum agree with this at all? Because if this claim has ANY truth to it, the proof is here.

I kind of do. I don't like the building in this location, but I do think the design is spectacular. I don't know if there is a way to save some of it while hitting the urbanist goals that are vastly more important, but if there is a way, I'd like some of it to be preserved.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Progress!

A mix of low, medium and high rise would mitigate that kind of potential mundane look. Plus a mix of commercial, office, and residential on small blocks and small streets would do it.

 

[stick n move]

Progress!

I mean yea theres examples like this which were built on single owner individual blocks which were very long and had the constraints of being built on top of underground highway tunnels so they couldnt really be broken up. They definitely could be a lot better though, not defending them.

That being said when effort is put in we are still building wonderful examples of classic boston brick low rides. Heres some examples of beautiful new buildings that were built right around the hurley building.

300 cambridge st

The whitney hotel 170 charles

Plus some other new buildings built or u/c around the city.

20 boylston, brookline

The playright south boston

134 Arlington, bay village

424 mass ave

80 terrace st

555 E Broadway

736 E Broadway

482 W Broadway

The Albion

290 warren st

If we were deliberate about it we have all the tools to make a great new neighborhood there. Whether we would is another question obviously, but it can be done.

 

[Jeremi]

A mix of low, medium and high rise would mitigate that kind of potential mundane look. Plus a mix of commercial, office, and residential on small blocks and small streets would do it.

Wait, are people actually criticizing this photo? It's a photo of high-density urban housing, minimal automobile traffic, and people using a bike lane and enjoying a meal outdoors.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Wait, are people actually criticizing this photo? It's a photo of high-density urban housing, minimal automobile traffic, and people using a bike lane and enjoying a meal outdoors.It's an A- street scene. The only drawbacks I see is the uniform building height and the

Progress!

To me its about an A-, only because of the uniform building height and the landscaped setback on the right.

 

[bigpicture7]

To me its about an A-, only because of the uniform building height and the landscaped setback on the right.

My point above was that it is "relative perfection" with respect to the Central Artery that stood exactly there

I agree with the A- if an absolute scale existed, and with your suggestion for making it an A or A+