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Re: Jimmy's Harborside Development

Time for a thread title change?
 
Re: Jimmy's Harborside Development

To what? Did the PR people give it some snazzy new name?
 
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well no...just since it's now the Legal Seafoods flagship...
 
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I thought they renamed it Liberty whf?
 
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Correct. From an August 18, 2009 posting (http://blog.high-profile.com/2009/0...waterfront-project-elkus-manfredi-architects/):
Newest So. Boston Waterfront Project ? Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston, Ma ? Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined officials from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Massport and Cresset Harborside LLC to celebrate the construction of Liberty Wharf ?South Boston Waterfront?s newest commercial project.

The $30 million Liberty Wharf includes the construction of three new buildings totaling approximately 70,000sf, making way for a new restaurant, additional office space and open space along the waterfront.

The east building will include 18,850sf of restaurant space that will be occupied by Legal Sea Foods. The 50,000sf west building will house office space on the third and fourth floors with two additional restaurant spaces on the first and second floors.

Additionally, a small 1,500sf kiosk building with indoor and outdoor caf? seating will be constructed adjacent to the west building and Fish Pier.

The project also includes an approximate 570-foot extension of the HarborWalk, as well as a public landing to support water taxis and charter fishing vessels access previously existed. In total, the project includes nearly 50% open space for the public to enjoy.

Consistent with the City?s new green building zoning regulations, the development team will seek LEED certification, as the buildings will incorporate energy and water conserving features, among other design elements.

The Liberty Wharf development team includes Edward Nardi of Cresset Harborside LLC as the developer and Elkus Manfredi as the architectural firm. Two companies are overseeing the construction of the project ? RDA Construction Corporation is constructing the wharf and John Moriarty & Associates is constructing the new buildings. The project is being financed by Sovereign Bank.
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Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

Seaport's best addition since the ICA. Small, incremental development should be a trademark of Boston like it once was.
 
Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

just $30 million? how is that possible?
 
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Low construction costs?

I like the architecture, but maybe a little heavy on the restaurants? And are all of those streetwall holes really necessary, just for a tiny bit of extra open space? I mean, come on, it's the Seaport District. It's a f*cking parking lot. I'd rather see one useful medium-to-large park, as opposed to hundreds of mundane, useless small ones.
 
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Liberty Wharf...Atlantic Wharf...where do we get our namings? I bet they are more original in Jersey City.
 
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kennedy said:
Low construction costs?

I like the architecture, but maybe a little heavy on the restaurants? And are all of those streetwall holes really necessary, just for a tiny bit of extra open space? I mean, come on, it's the Seaport District. It's a f*cking parking lot. I'd rather see one useful medium-to-large park, as opposed to hundreds of mundane, useless small ones.
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At least it's open space with a view, like the ICA.
 
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Liberty Wharf...Atlantic Wharf...where do we get our namings? I bet they are more original in Jersey City.
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Corporate developers have always gone for innocuous names. Downtown, they didn't even bother most of the time - half the buildings are no more than addresses.

I'm actually surprised so few have gone for that in the Seaport, especially given that "Seaport Boulevard" or whatever practically invites names like "Seaport 14" that are identifiable with the neighborhood as a whole.
 
Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

I'm just waiting for some one to list their address as 1 Ctr of the Universe.
 
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^^ But then all their mail would get delivered to Mayor Menino's office!

Zing!
 
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Already been done:

What Boston is: The Hub of the Universe. First coined by writer Oliver Wendell Holmes, who actually referred to the State House as the hub of the solar system; today, a plaque in the sidewalk in front of Filene's downtown commemorates the exact center of the universe (although they've mostly covered it over now with some sort of storage area).
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http://www.universalhub.com/glossary/hub.html
 
Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

today from logan
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Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

I still don't believe those renderings. They're leading us on, the end result will be no better than Park Place or whatever it's called. Honestly, we've got a future Development of the Year nominee on our hands if the result is anything like those renderings.
 
Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

^ Can you see the parking lot lurking in the lower left of the first rendering?
 
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That parking lot is already there -- No Name Restaurant lot.
 
Re: Liberty Wharf (Jimmy's Harborside)

If it exists, it's alright?
 
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