One Mystic | 1 Mystic Avenue | Charlestown

[stick n move]

New design up on the bpda project page.

https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/one-mystic-avenue

 

[vanshnookenraggen]

HAHAHA wow. No amount of shine can make that look like it ain't gonna be a massive turd.

 

[617]

Shorter and fatter…true Boston fashion

 

[RandomWalk]

What is this? An Encore for ants?!

 

[Blackbird]

Does this count as a spite house now?

 

[DZH22]

Actually, it's quite large indeed. 299'. Diagrams found here: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/wlhw8eczs9gwb2hj435tasbvqxwpq8ta
This will be a couple floors taller than the current tallest orange residential building in Assembly.

 

[Charlie_mta]

New design up on the bpda project page.

https://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/one-mystic-avenue

A lot of the problem with this design is the render. It looks like something taken from a 1950s magazine.

 

[stick n move]

A lot of the problem with this design is the render. It looks like something taken from a 1950s magazine.

I agree, in practice it appears like it would look pretty similar to the new residential tower at assembly, which nobody really seemed to complain about. Both look like perfectly adequate mid rise residential towers to me. My only complaint would be that they could make the ground floor on the proposed tower fill out the lot with added retail/residential like the building below.

 

[W-4]

It's really not bad at all, it's just not as grand as the original concept.

 

[Blackbird]

I agree, in practice it appears like it would look pretty similar to the new residential tower at assembly, which nobody really seemed to complain about. Both look like perfectly adequate mid rise residential towers to me. My only complaint would be that they could make the ground floor on the proposed tower fill out the lot with added retail/residential like the building below.

I really dislike the beige-and-brown cross-stitch look. Both on the proposal and on this completed one.

 

[JeffDowntown]

A lot of the problem with this design is the render. It looks like something taken from a 1950s magazine.

I think I have seen a mini-city of these outside St. Petersburg (Russia).

 

[Equilibria]

PDA: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/8hnir6uf4sg9whe7lh5tk0duq5vptfl3

Meeting Video: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/1e204t15eizz9fufcuyxttc0x801zdmg

I think the elevations look much better than the rendering. It also doesn't help that the ugliest (yellowest) side faces the highway and rail line, where it will never be blocked from view.

 

[Equilibria]

BCDC: https://bpda.app.box.com/s/eyilaer54ps66yxaeeyqev7ynm4bx7g9

They did more photorealistic renders this time. Should still be about twice this tall (and we know the developers agree).

 

[stick n move]

Nice looking tower.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Much better render than the original one, and the tower looks great. However, I-93 looks like a vision from the depths of hell.

 

[beck4537]

Agreed. Let's build this now. If they can also create some plans remove all of those industrial buildings behind this and build more residential Sullivan square will no longer feel like no mans land.

 

[chrisbrat]

Much better render than the original one, and the tower looks great. However, I-93 looks like a vision from the depths of hell.

I-93 *is* a vision from the depths of hell. (at least from sullivan square till past the last quincy exit)

 

[gac108]

I-93 *is* a vision from the depths of hell. (at least from sullivan square till past the last quincy exit)

At no time day or night are there so few cars on 93 as depicted in these renders. Oh how heavenly that would make all of our commutes!

 

[Desire Path]

The portion of Mystic Ave that this building is on is currently being redone. I see that the developer has either proposed or has noted intersection improvements but does anyone know if the developers have contributed financially to those improvements?

 

[dshoost88]

The portion of Mystic Ave that this building is on is currently being redone. I see that the developer has either proposed or has noted intersection improvements but does anyone know if the developers have contributed financially to those improvements?

No; the Mystic Ave and Maffa Way bridge replacement project was amended into and programmed on the Boston MPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) with a combination of federal aid funds (80%) and state match funds (20%) during FFY 2022. The project went out for bid last year, and the link you shared was the presentation/request from several months ago to award the contract.