One Post Office Square Makeover and Expansion | Financial District

[shmessy]

Yea after SST and the couple other blue glass towers wrap up I agree we should get back to the tones that made bostons skyline warmer. Ive always seen boston as having red brown and grey tones which are as stated more earthy tones.
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Now the current skyline has a lot more blue in it and thats ok to add a splash of modernity and have a few examples from this era in architecture for the future, but I agree itd be nice to go back to more solid facades with these colors in them.

One of my favorite towers in the city has always been 60 state st with its red facade. Id like to see more of that.
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Lyrik at parcel 13 has a more structured facade as well and with its bright white facade it looks great, more of that would be nice. The aquarium garage tower with its white facade was a huge loss imo.

Notice the common denominator to all three examples? Individual window frames - - - not uniform glass shields. Detail over uniformity. The individual window frame treatment HUMANIZES a building. It gives the viewer context instead of being a visual barrier. Like a psychological Table of Contents.

 

[citydweller]

I have to admit that the reno is better than I expected but is still a soulless glass tower.

 

[dotdude78]

One of the original renders of the reno showed numerous mini-spires that were illuminated at night. Would have been a nice, elegant touch to the top of (yet another) flat-roofed high-rise in Boston. Sigh....