Absolutely agree! One unfortunate reality though is that while this will probably always do the yeoman's work in transforming this area, Parcel 13 is even worse now and really robs this would-be bustling new focal point in the Back Bay.This has to be top 3 developments in the last 20 years imo. Its only going to get better and better with time as well when the other highway parcels get filled in.
I agree. Why has there been no movement on 13? I was walking that area a couple weekends ago with a college friend and his daughters and they all were like, "What's with this massive opening in the road down to the highway??" It's that much more of an eyesore, along with the parcel across the street on Boylston next to Hines. These seem like priority #1 for the city as this building cycle starts wrapping up. The city should be pushing to get these started next year, while drivers under on the Pike are used to these construction lane shifts and the need for residential and hotel in the city continues in high demand. I'm dreaming of a new Boston-tallest at 1000' on the parcel on the Hines side, combined with that parking garage where Bukowski is. I hope that can happen sometime in the next decade or less.Absolutely agree! One unfortunate reality though is that while this will probably always do the yeoman's work in transforming this area, Parcel 13 is even worse now and really robs this would-be bustling new focal point in the Back Bay.