Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

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So the official height is 625'? A new tallest for downtown. Barely....bit still.
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I wish this was being built here instead of the current proposal.

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They mention the possibility of architectural lighting at night in the report... I really hope they follow through on that. Something like Atlantic Wharf would be nice. Maybe with some sort of color-changing ability, like with the Pru.
 
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Community Meeting for the Millennium Tower
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Division-Department: Economic Development - BRA
Description: Community Meeting for the Millennium Tower/Burnham Building in Downtown Crossing
Location: BRA Board Room, 9th Floor Boston City Hall
Neighborhood: Downtown
Contact: Geoffrey Lewis at (617)918-4297
Email: Geoffrey.Lewis.BRA@cityofboston.gov
 
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Can anyone walk in and sit in on the meeting?
 
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KentXie said:
I wish this was being built here instead of the current proposal.

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SO FUNNY you posted that because I was thinking that EXACT SAME THING!!! I live in Chicago now for grad school and I get to see this beautiful tower every day. I don't think it would be within the height limit zoned for that parcel, but yea, I wish too...
 
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When KentXie originally posted this, I thought "hmm...to each his own" thinking that most forumers would think this was deadeningly bland, so I'm a little surprised to see that others actively like this (though again, it's a free country). The actual renderings are also uninspired, I think, but then no one seems genuinely excited by them.
 
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Just so you can feel a bit vindicated, that building reminds me of IP, which I think is incredibly ugly. I much prefer the tall/slim massing of the Filene's proposal.
 
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Hutchison said:
Just so you can feel a bit vindicated, that building reminds me of IP, which I think is incredibly ugly. I much prefer the tall/slim massing of the Filene's proposal.
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Hmm,

One Museum Park: a tall (and slim comparable to its height which is 735ft) tower with curved fins and setbacks as well as a non flat top roof

compared to

Current Filene's proposal: a "tall" slim tower composed of a single skinny box, no feature on its facade or setbacks to break the monotony, and a flat white top

I mean, I guess everyone has their own taste.
 
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Hutchison said:
Just so you can feel a bit vindicated, that building reminds me of IP, which I think is incredibly ugly. I much prefer the tall/slim massing of the Filene's proposal.
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How in the heck can that remind you of International Place?
 
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Tombstoner said:
When KentXie originally posted this, I thought "hmm...to each his own" thinking that most forumers would think this was deadeningly bland, so I'm a little surprised to see that others actively like this (though again, it's a free country). The actual renderings are also uninspired, I think, but then no one seems genuinely excited by them.
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Deadeningly bland. Tell me, what does Boston have that is not deadeningly bland? 111 Huntington and One Lincoln and maybe Millennium Place for me comes to mind, but the rest? JHT is a glass box where from one angle it looks like an amazingly slim and sharp skyscraper while from the other angle it's a featureless fat stump. The Pru is an outdated tower with a tiara on top colored in the dullest gray possible. The Federal Reserve tower is a washboard. One Boston Place is a lego block on top of a box. One Beacon St. looks exactly like One Federal St. At least the First National Bank has a defining feature that separates it from the other two with it's bulging middle. One Financial Center is a stump with teal zebra stripes. 28 State Street is a block with an L tetris piece on top. It would help if they were strikingly taller but they aren't.

Of course there are others that are not deadeningly bland (the art-deco in Boston) but I don't feel like listing all of them nor do I feel like trashing the other ones that I didn't mention.

But like you said, to each their own.

Edit: I will admit that I have been spoiled by my trip to Chicago and now nearly every building in Boston looks inferior to me in my eyes.
 
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I actually think that would be a great centerpiece for the HOLE.

Does not resemble IP in my eyes.
 
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KentXie said:
I mean, I guess everyone has their own taste.
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I guess they do. I'm just an layman when it comes to architecture, but personally I find One Museum Park too busy. While I admit the 1 IP link is a stretch, from the angle in the photograph, One Museum Park strikes me as another round tower with a smaller tower randomly grafted onto/into it. Also, I wasn't saying that I prefer the Filene's proposal itself, just that with regards to massing, I would prefer stealing Legacy Tower from Chicago instead.
 
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Hutchison said:
I guess they do. I'm just an layman when it comes to architecture, but personally I find One Museum Park too busy. While I admit the 1 IP link is a stretch, from the angle in the photograph, One Museum Park strikes me as another round tower with a smaller tower randomly grafted onto/into it. Also, I wasn't saying that I prefer the Filene's proposal itself, just that with regards to massing, I would prefer stealing Legacy Tower from Chicago instead.
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Fair enough.
 
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