Photo of the Day, Boston Style: Part XVIII (2024)

As of 11/16.
 

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Charlie_mta said:
Center Plaza looks good in that particular photo because it's surrounded by buildings. Half the problem with the GC buildings in general is that they sit stark and isolated amidst empty plazas. If they were on normal built-up city blocks, they would fare a lot better.
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Center Plaza is - to me - ugly. And I like brutalism. Moreover, it blocks the gorgeous courthouse and is way more disruptive to the street-level urban fabric than even City Hall Plaza.
 
chrisbrat said:
Center Plaza is - to me - ugly. And I like brutalism. Moreover, it blocks the gorgeous courthouse and is way more disruptive to the street-level urban fabric than even City Hall Plaza.
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A lot of the problems with City Hall Plaza can be attributed to the 1000' long dead-eyed expanse of Center Plaza and the purposefully inhospitable 450' length of the JFK lowrise component.

Center Plaza could be (conservatively!) 4- 500 foot tall buildings. Homes for 3500 people.
 
#bancars said:
I'll never understand why street parking is allowed on Newbury.
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I was going to say, that's a really striking angle for how much space is taken up by cars on Newbury. While I don't walk Newbury often, when I am there, its sidewalks are crammed and people are walking so slow they could be going backwards. I'd definitely welcome some more space for pedestrians.
 
stefal said:
I was going to say, that's a really striking angle for how much space is taken up by cars on Newbury. While I don't walk Newbury often, when I am there, its sidewalks are crammed and people are walking so slow they could be going backwards. I'd definitely welcome some more space for pedestrians.
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Newbury Street should be fully pedestrianized.
 
Is all that on the Common in the lower right of the photo just for the tree lighting ceremony? Looks like they might be filming something.
 
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