Now it looks like One Dalton's cousin, at 1/3 of the height it should be (with those design proportions, not because WE NEED MOAR HEIGHT)
Should've just changed the street level a bit and built it based off the last proposal...
Looks like this is up for approval at this afternoon's meeting.
Have fun: http://maps.bostonplans.org/zoningviewer/random Q: can anyone show me a graphic explaining what the Midtown Cultural District is vs Theater District, Bay Village, Chinatown, etc.... It all seems to warble--and i'm not sufficiently versed about what the actual neighborhoods are. Or if the average Bostonian even knows.
The Motor Mart Garage will get a glassy new tower on top - The Boston Globe
The BPDA board blessed plans for a 310-foot building atop the garage on Stuart Street, next to the Park Plaza Hotel.www.bostonglobe.com
random Q: can anyone show me a graphic explaining what the Midtown Cultural District is vs Theater District, Bay Village, Chinatown, etc.... It all seems to warble--and i'm not sufficiently versed about what the actual neighborhoods are. Or if the average Bostonian even knows.
Pretty awesome they are removing about 1/3 of the current garage capacity. Any project that results in a net decrease in parking downtown is a win on that front!
They are hardly removing parking to satisfy someone's fetish for small numbers of parking spaces -- when you build "onatop" [anybody remember the James Bond villeiness of that name] of an existing structure -- you have to make some accommodation to support the new constructionPretty awesome they are removing about 1/3 of the current garage capacity. Any project that results in a net decrease in parking downtown is a win on that front!
To me this alternate is by far the best version. The base is all vertical lines of limestone with glass inbetween so I like that continued to the tower. Its simple but elegant. I think understated mates up with the base the best. Especially when the up close renders show the detailing in the panels matching the garage when youre close enough to the tower to see.
“Simplified and extended”
https://postimages.org/
I like it a lot too.
“Extended”
“Simplified” is trash imo
I think “simplified and extended” and “extended” are both MUCH better than what they have proposed now.
I think I agree with Suffolk and like “extended” better now just cuz the diagonal cuts at the top of the tower create a pretty striking crown. The longer vertical lines make it seem taller too imo.
I would rent small Mazda 3 cars from Hertz and all I could think to myself is how many 1970s Cadillac Devilles, Lincoln Continentals and Delta 88s got scratched trying to navigate that garage.I wonder if they will rework all the ramps in the garage, which were designed for Model T and A era cars: narrow, steep, and tight turning radii. Anyone here with an SUV ever try to park in there?