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

[BeeLine]

As of 11/16.

 

[kz1000ps]

Public Garden yesterday

 

[kz1000ps]

Coolidge Corner Saturday

 

[kz1000ps]

Fenway-ish

 

[kz1000ps]

Last from Saturday

 

[themissinglink]

11/24

 

[chrisbrat]

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.

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.

 

[Jeremi]

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.

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.

 

[beck4537]

 

[DZH22]

IMG_0560 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Charlie_mta]

Reasonable transit pitch: Eliminate curbside parking near the transit stops, to allow room to put in proper boarding platforms.