Beton Brut
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
^^ Touché.
^^ Touché.
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
do u think they're saving that column for something?
do u think they're saving that column for something?
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
Sometimes I wish historic preservation activists would go chain themselves to buildings about to undergo demolition. Not that it would do anything in the end, but at least it would bring some attention.
How many people know/care about this travesty outside this forum?
How many people will remember this building in 50, 30, 20 years?
Sometimes I wish historic preservation activists would go chain themselves to buildings about to undergo demolition. Not that it would do anything in the end, but at least it would bring some attention.
How many people know/care about this travesty outside this forum?
How many people will remember this building in 50, 30, 20 years?
KentXie
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
In 50 years, I wouldn't even remember my own name.
Until I look at my screenname.
In 50 years, I wouldn't even remember my own name.
Until I look at my screenname.
Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
You'd think they had taken the wrecking ball to Trinity Church or something with all the dramatics here. Before this proposal came about, I'd doubt if anyone here had even noticed this.
You'd think they had taken the wrecking ball to Trinity Church or something with all the dramatics here. Before this proposal came about, I'd doubt if anyone here had even noticed this.
Beton Brut
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
People with an awareness of Boston's manufacturing and mercantile history know about Dainty Dot.
Interesting you mention Trinity Church. Dainty Dot was built in the same era, and sported striking Richardsonian details. The demolition of this building is a true failure of imagination.
People with an awareness of Boston's manufacturing and mercantile history know about Dainty Dot.
Interesting you mention Trinity Church. Dainty Dot was built in the same era, and sported striking Richardsonian details. The demolition of this building is a true failure of imagination.
Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
Sorry kmp1284, I did notice the building before and thought it was exceptional. I'm sad to have watched this happen (my office is two blocks from it and I've been checking out the demolition activity daily) and sadder that what's replacing it is so unexceptional.
Sorry kmp1284, I did notice the building before and thought it was exceptional. I'm sad to have watched this happen (my office is two blocks from it and I've been checking out the demolition activity daily) and sadder that what's replacing it is so unexceptional.
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I'm not saying you are wrong. That's only my opinion. I apologize if it came off like I was criticizing you.
I'm not saying you are wrong. That's only my opinion. I apologize if it came off like I was criticizing you.
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
Even in it's it abandoned state, the aesthetics of this building always struck me as one of the the most interesting around and probably the best in that neighborhood
Even in it's it abandoned state, the aesthetics of this building always struck me as one of the the most interesting around and probably the best in that neighborhood
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Re: 120 Kingston, 29 Story Tower in Chinatown
A better idea might be to hurl bricks from the Dainty Dot at the jerk-offs who run the BRA.
Boston's value as a city of historic and otherwise architecturally significant buildings is being undermined every day. We allow the demolition of valuable buildings, and tolerate cheap, thoughtless, and unsympathetic modifications to others. And the bulk new "architecture" we see is bereft of civic ambition, below the watermark of a city of Boston stature. The tower proposed for this site is an object-lesson in the insipid trumping the iconic.
Those who care deeply about the built environment in Boston and our architectural heritage from Charles Bulfinch to Paul Rudolph, have grown weary with the piss-poor stewardship of King Tom and his jester, Kairos Shen. I look forward to their departure from City Hall.
A better idea might be to hurl bricks from the Dainty Dot at the jerk-offs who run the BRA.
Boston's value as a city of historic and otherwise architecturally significant buildings is being undermined every day. We allow the demolition of valuable buildings, and tolerate cheap, thoughtless, and unsympathetic modifications to others. And the bulk new "architecture" we see is bereft of civic ambition, below the watermark of a city of Boston stature. The tower proposed for this site is an object-lesson in the insipid trumping the iconic.
Those who care deeply about the built environment in Boston and our architectural heritage from Charles Bulfinch to Paul Rudolph, have grown weary with the piss-poor stewardship of King Tom and his jester, Kairos Shen. I look forward to their departure from City Hall.