Note the protected bike lane as well. I agree the park is a huge win, the retail is a huge win, the towers are a huge win, the view over the pike is badass, the new pike entrance is great, new T entrance-wonderful.... stitching the massive scar through the back bay-awesome, what a huge W this is.
Our new architecture is starting to become phenominal. Then when combined with our tight windy streets, unique neighborhoods, and old buildings it creates a city unlike any other in America. If we can get our mass transit expanded, nsrl, electrify commuter rail etc.. thats going to make our streets a huge unique asset vs a traffic nightmare and Boston will be one of the densest most walkable cities in the US and completely unique in layout. Almost every city in the US is some form of a grid. Boston is going to really stand on its own as truely its own great thing going on up here and really separate itself from everything else. The future is looking very bright.
We dont need supertalls to stand out... and actually if everyone is getting them it will be unique to not, itll keep the city human scale. Plus mid 700 footers is still tall. Our dense, walkable, human scaled city is really going to be an American gem.