Re: Mandarin Oriental
I must say it is a whole lot better looking than the Four Seasons up the street, and occupying a far more prominent spot near the Public Garden and a much wider Charles St.. The Mandarian, at least will be viewed mostly on a sharp longitudinal edge as one is proceeding up or down Boylston St. The view of the facade, head-on, will be limited by its prodigious length and the narrowness of Boylston, so that it can't really be seen in one visual "gulp". (...and at least it's not as "kitchy" as Hotel Commonwealth, which, due to the width of Kenmore Square, can be taken in as a whole visually from certain vantage points.)