Millennium (Hayward) Place | 580 Washington Street | Downtown

To be fair, we're looking at one tiny bit of their storefront and not judging it as a whole.
 
Arborway said:
To be fair, we're looking at one tiny bit of their storefront and not judging it as a whole.
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I just walked by. Construction paper is off the windows. Dining room and open kitchen opens up to Lafayette and bar/lounge opens up to Washington. Looks very nice.
 
That doorway and blank wall next to the LX entrance is for a stairway leading to the basement, and it makes me wonder why in the heck they put it at the most prominent corner of the building.
 
Arborway said:
I'm pretty tired of endless walls of glass. This building offers up some nice textures and is a nice break from what we've been getting recently.
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Yup, I'm glad we didn't get the circa 2008 version. Glass and alucobond ahoy!

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If you want floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall windows, go to the Seaport. Let me know how warm and welcoming that is.
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This makes me think of Jersey City and Newport with their endless line of cold and sterile looking towers vis a vis Manhattan.
 
kz1000ps said:
Yup,

This makes me think of Jersey City and Newport with their endless line of cold and sterile looking towers vis a vis Manhattan.
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Kz -- what's with the Manhattan worship -- there are plenty of Major League Krappy streetscapes in Manhattan -- just as is Jersey city

In fact, I would say Krappy at street-level is the rule in most of Manhattan South of Central Park and north of Penn Station
 
Oh jeez, I said Manhattan and now the thread must derail, especially now that whighlander chimed in. I shouldah known bettah...
 
Ha. Take it from firsthand experience, there are more than a few on here with itchy trigger fingers, just waiting for someone to mention Manhattan.

I agree though. Newport / JC are full of some lifeless new construction. Back to this thread, I am also glad the glass version was not built. It would just look too much like the W down the street.
 
timsox6 said:
maybe it's just winter or not quite complete, but the entrance doesn't look all that inviting. especially that concrete column.
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I find most Legal Seafood entrances to be rather uninviting. And in many cases, the restaurant itself completely ignores the location, with step down entrances, etc., leaving a fairly dark and grotto like atmosphere.
 
Ah, now I remember where I saw Caffè Nero...burned my tongue like crazy on some of their tea in Victoria Station when I was visiting last month. It's cool they're coming to Boston, but as someone mentioned before, it's not anything out of this world.
 
I can imagine what some of those Washington St facing units are like inside.

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^^ Simulated (though accurate) view; actual view -vv-

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Asking price is a cool $1.249 mm

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And for that price you get 2 bedrooms and bathrooms

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More over at Curbed
 
That's a lot of apartment for $1.2M - 2 bedrooms, I think it is west facing, high quality finishes, all in a brand new building. I would take this over a spot in a Beacon Hill brownstone.
 
The difference in real cost between this and a similarly-priced Beacon Hill walk-up would be tens of thousands of dollars in HOA fees a year.
 
Czervik.Construction said:
That's a lot of apartment for $1.2M - 2 bedrooms, I think it is west facing, high quality finishes, all in a brand new building. I would take this over a spot in a Beacon Hill brownstone.
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I completely agree. I would love to live not specifically in this building, but in the area. From this location you can walk almost anywhere, theres a lot of options nearby, and the condo itself looks like very high quality.
 
Shepard said:
The difference in real cost between this and a similarly-priced Beacon Hill walk-up would be tens of thousands of dollars in HOA fees a year.
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Completely agree. Luxury developments typically have $1/sqft HOA...that's like a modest 2nd home monthly payment.
 
Does anyone recall what the exact tax credit they got for calling the property "blighted" was?
 
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