Raffles Boston (40 Trinity Place) | 426 Stuart Street | Back Bay

[kz1000ps]

 

[Jahvon09]

Are they moving again?! Next to a swank hotel?!!

 

[DZH22]

5/29 From Arlington

IMG_1509 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1510 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1521 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

5/30 From Quincy

IMG_1569 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1576 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Czervik.Construction]

Raffles and the Westin Copley are about a block away from each other but look like half a mile in that photo.

 

[scorpio02150]

Raffles and the Westin Copley are about a block away from each other but look like half a mile in that photo.

Shortage path is 0.7 miles away (walking) according to Google Maps.

 

[DZH22]

Shortage path is 0.7 miles away (walking) according to Google Maps.

Actually walking is just ~500'. Driving is 0.7 because you have to loop around.

417-427 Stuart St to Back Bay

www.google.com

 

[scorpio02150]

Actually walking is just ~500'. Driving is 0.7 because you have to loop around.

417-427 Stuart St to Back Bay

www.google.com

Whooops. For some reason I looked up Dalton instead of the Westin lol .

 

[DZH22]

6/4

IMG_1685 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1689 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[taketern]

Celtics watch party in Copley Square (courtesy of Universal Hub)

 

[Smuttynose]

/\ Really nicely framed photo

 

[DZH22]

6/9 From Waltham.

IMG_1731 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1773 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1774 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[BeeLine]

IMG_6224 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr
IMG_6227 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr

 

[taketern]

6/11

 

[Smuttynose]

 

[lynqueezy]

 

[chrisbrat]

anyone know folks on this job? any insight into why they started framing out the crown and then took the thing down?

 

[awood91]

OK this will be an unpopular opinion but the Fairmount Copley needs to be redeveloped into something more appropriate for one of the densest parts of town. 6 stories doesn't cut it. Adaptive reuse of façade or whatever will be palatable, but its a huge site and woefully under utilized.

 

[chrisbrat]

OK this will be an unpopular opinion but the Fairmount Copley needs to be redeveloped

at least you realize how that take would land. now all you gotta do is figure out *why* it'd be an unpopular opinion and get to that place, yourself, too. i mean, shit -- trinity is just kitty-corner and, from the standpoint you lean on to argue for fairmount copley needing a re-think, then that's even a bigger "woefully under utilized" site. hell, most of nearby comm ave is only 4-6 stories -- the whole stretch from the public garden to mass ave should be highrise residences and supertalls!

 

[MjolnirMan]

Copley Sq is also out of scale for the High Spine and the planned redesign does nothing to help this. 0 stories?! You could easily squeeze 1-2 Prudential Towers on that site.