Photo of the Day, Boston Style - Part Deux

[bowesst]

Here's that one of Fenway bosdevelopment.

 

[bosdevelopment]

Thanks bra'

If anyone saw that southpark episode when cartman's dog the bounty hunter there's one word to describe the above shot:

"niceeee"

 

[bowesst]

 

[kz1000ps]

Pardon my french but that shot is fucking incredible. Never do we get to see this side of the tower, and adding in that utterly practical, human element only makes this masterpiece of a structure that much more captivating. Awesome!

 

[kz1000ps]

I don't know where else to put these, so here's some random photos I've amassed over the last few months.

First, from my walk through the South End today, I absolutely love this design to the stairway sidepieces



Second, I'm stunned. The 1970s mansard craze on steroids.

Next, here's a bunch of older pictures that I've come across in various books and government documents from the BPL.

an early early design of the Prudential Center, complete with a space age circular convention hall, the hotel to the left of the property, and a 36 story tower as the centerpiece

Another shot

Under construction in 1963 (the top portion is the northwest corner of the old Hynes)

A tempura from 1968-ish

And the 1989 model for the redevelopment of the complex

Next, here's a shot looking east from around 1930, with the Longwood Medical area in the foreground, at this point still mostly undeveloped. That somewhat biggish building in the center of the shot (just past the big cleared area) is the original collegiate gothic Emanuel College building

And lastly for now, here is Comm Ave, looking east from the roof of the Fuller (Cadillac) building. The Shell structure to the left still exists. From around 1940

 

[briv]

Bowesst, that photo of the Hancock is absolutely amazing. Youve taken the single most photographed building in Boston and captured it in a completely unique way. Awesome.

kz1000ps, interesting photos. Where the hell did you find all that stuff?

 

[kz1000ps]

The library in Copley Square. It's amazing what search queries like "prudential center," "boston university architecture," "longwood medical area," or things even more basic like "master plan" or "boston proposals" will turn up. And it's also amazing just how much information is stored inside McKim's and Johnson's walls. Just imagine what I didn't take pictures of.

 

[bowesst]

Thanks Briv. My favorite thing about that picture is that you can see inside the floor with the counter weight. Every other time you see it, its always completely black.

 

[xec]

 

[type001]

Thanks bra'

If anyone saw that southpark episode when cartman's dog the bounty hunter there's one word to describe the above shot:

"niceeee"

That episode was awesome!!! Any episode where Cartman has auth-o-ri-tah is awesome :evil:

And yes, "niceeee" is just the way I would describe those pics. I think I will bring my camera to work tomorrow so I can make some contributions too.

 

[bosdevelopment]

Thanks bra'

If anyone saw that southpark episode when cartman's dog the bounty hunter there's one word to describe the above shot:

"niceeee"

That episode was awesome!!! Any episode where Cartman has auth-o-ri-tah is awesome :evil:

And yes, "niceeee" is just the way I would describe those pics. I think I will bring my camera to work tomorrow so I can make some contributions too.

niceeee

 

[JoeGallows]

Couldn't feel my fingers after taking this shot tonight; from the "open" Portal Park.

 

[Ron Newman]

How long was your exposure?

 

[JoeGallows]

How long was your exposure?

20 sec. @ f/11. My exposure to the cold was about 45 minutes, however.

 

[castevens]

hahaha


I broke my camera taking pictures after a 3 foot snow storm a couple years ago in Beantown...

 

[bowesst]

 

[ablarc]

Far from hurting, that ten-story high rise in XEC's picture of Commonwealth Avenue actually enhances the view. Though it may be much higher than its neighbors, that building has the same scale as they. It's a perfect illustration that scale is a function of increment of development and density of detail, rather than height.

 

[JoeGallows]

 

[justin]

Isn't that getting condoized already?

justin

 

[castevens]