Photo of the Day, Boston Style - Part Deux

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Hanover St

Charlie_mta said:
- Extend Hanover Street to Cambridge Street
- Narrow up Congress Street
- Tear down the GC Garage.
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What is the advantage of restoring Hanover St. other than reducing the failure that is City Hall plaza.
 
You could put small buildings on both sides of it, and I think a hill street would be more inviting to most pedestrians than the current steps.
 
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^ Custom House Street, one of my favorite streets in my favorite area of downtown. Not so coincidentally, it's also one of the quietest streets you can find in that area (minimal tourists and retail). And surprisingly enough, 90% of the buildings fronting on this street were built no more than 20 years ago..
 
It has a good scale. There should be a few restaurants here, maybe a few condos as well to liven the place up.
 
^no no no. Not every street needs livening up. I happen to like walking through a congested area and then turning down onto a quiet street. I mean, how many more lame cafes can we have just for the sake of filling in space? I walk through Bay Village on a regular basis just because it's quiet. (well..that and Rachel's, so maybe you're right)
 
Congress Street looks way better from that angle than the ground.
 
^^What a gloomy view. Haymarket is not devoid of life and is always bustling with people going to the nearby bars or tourists visiting the Holocaust Memorial or the Farmer's Market.
 
great picture.

Can somebody remove the JFK building and city hall from the picture and re post it. 2 of the ugliest building in the city.
 
I agree...down with the JFK building. Even though it is much smaller in stature than many other buildings, it's ugliness still dominates every picture/view I see containing it. :?

What do you think it would cost to reface or renovate that entire building, remove what I like to call the "dirty oil filter" and give it a new top.

I'm starting a collection!
 
I'd rather see the Haymarket garage gone with than any of the aforementioned buildings. It's the most recent and, therefore, the most disappointing. An area the size of the Blackstone Block filled with a crude, empty hulk - with empty parking garage windows that make it look alternately unfinished or prisonlike.
 
Do you mean the one that doubles as a vent stack and subway entrance? It will look a lot better once the ground-floor retail spaces are filled.
 
It'll still be too overscaled and the windows will still be ugly.

This is an area that doesn't need any more superblock structures.
 
Ron Newman said:
Do you mean the one that doubles as a vent stack and subway entrance? It will look a lot better once the ground-floor retail spaces are filled.
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That's bound to happen well before the end of the century.



(Should be full of cheese shops.)
 
ablarc said:
(Should be full of cheese shops.)
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Dream on. This is Touristland now.

The Haymarket parking... thing, isnt that bad IMO. Great architecture? No. But it did set the stage for a reunion between Hanover St and the Blackstone Block. Sadly, no one paid attention and they'll be divided indefinitely by that moronic Greenway park. Welcome to Touristland.
 
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