Omni Hotel @ BCEC | Summer St | Seaport

393b40 said:
I am very skeptical those prices are gonna hold... there's a fraction of the business travel coming into Boston these days due to Covid.
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Per the BCEC event calendar, it looks like they’ve got a healthy (all things considered) schedule through the fall. Business/conference travel is returning. And consistent with Boston’s strengths pre-COVID, I have a feeling medical conferences will continue to be the bread and butter for the exhibition business in the Seaport. And specialized medical professionals generally have higher means to spend than, say, the average PAX East/Fan Expo participant (which are formidable in their own right).

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*One more prognostication: If Massachusetts residents continue to fully vaccinate at these high rates the next couple months, it ‘could’ become one of the first/only US states to declare herd immunity is reached. Among the adult population, we may already be there. With escalation of the delta variant in many parts of the country coupled with waning new vaccinations, event organizers may be encouraged by the lower risks to public heath by selecting a city/region where herd immunity’s been reached. I think from a global perspective, many will look well upon MA in this regard and feel more confident in booking travel here. This should work out well for all of the hotels (so long as staffing shortages are addressed promptly).
 
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Where are the nice wood finishes they promised us in the renderings of the restaurant?
 
shmessy said:
www.bostonglobe.com

The massive new Omni Seaport hotel ambitiously aims to offer something for everyone - The Boston Globe

With 1,054 rooms and seven dining options, it’s the biggest hotel to open in Boston since the mid-’80s. Here’s what it’s like inside.
www.bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com

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Considering that Summer Street is the main pedestrian route from the Convention Center to Downtown, it's almost like they tried to make it as crappy and unappealing as possible. Does it have to be a mile wide? Could they add a little green space or bike lanes, or something remotely interesting to look at or engage with?
 
Smuttynose said:
Considering that Summer Street is the main pedestrian route from the Convention Center to Downtown, it's almost like they tried to make it as crappy and unappealing as possible. Does it have to be a mile wide? Could they add a little green space or bike lanes, or something remotely interesting to look at or engage with?
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Summer St has bike lanes and plantings west of the "Boston Wharf Rd / W Service Rd Ext" overpass, where the road is (mostly) on terra firma. I'd say that that stretch is actually one of most appealing in the entire city!

Just about all of Summer St east of "Boston Wharf Rd / W Service Rd Ext" is an overpass, so things are a bit more challenging. You aren't going to get healthy green space on an overpass. Still, the Seaport Square Parcel N and P projects will improve the streetscape (with bike lanes) further E to the Haul Rd. Then the last stretch to be improved is E of Haul Rd around the vent building.

navigator4 said:
Another racist article by Shirley Leung. Don't bother reading.
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Even if you (for whatever strange reason) care nothing about increasing racial diversity in Boston's real estate development scene, instituting policies that bring new construction and design firms to the table is absolutely a win! It's absurd that such a huge majority of Boston's projects are designed and built by such a small handful of "usual suspect" firms. John Fish and David Manfredi have enough work. Massport's Model is helping to diversify the scene in many ways, which is a win!
 
Smuttynose said:
Considering that Summer Street is the main pedestrian route from the Convention Center to Downtown, it's almost like they tried to make it as crappy and unappealing as possible. Does it have to be a mile wide? Could they add a little green space or bike lanes, or something remotely interesting to look at or engage with?
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The problem in that 3rd pic of my post really is that Vent Building.

It is............."unfortunate."
 
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