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

[Baumeister]

 

[stick n move]

Crowns up

 

[chrisbrat]

Anxiety re: crown dissipating. Phew!

 

[bigpicture7]

Anxiety re: crown dissipating. Phew!

Agree, though the fact that they left the tower crane in place at $$$$$/day all this time implied that it was highly unlikely they were done with the top.

 

[DZH22]

Is this crown the full height that was expected? I'm just wondering if we'll need to revise down the height at all. In fact, I don't even know what is correct to begin with, but have seen both 446' and 452'.

 

[atlantaden]

 

[king_vibe]

I’m not so sure. There are a lot of reasons why that cladding could be there. If any portion of that roof space is accessible to to the public, you may need sound attenuation for mechanical equipment.




The glazed crown has been at the center of Raffles’s marketing campaign from the jump. Their website still shows it with the crown. The steel and the glass would have been submitted and approved quite a while ago, and we know that it exists because we saw some of it. I would bet that there were fitup or dimensional problems that need addressing before construction can resume.

Nailed it.

 

[Suffolk 83]

Just now. Is it supposed to be black? Maybe it's not finished

 

[cburns]

I saw this up close and it's actually a black fabric/netting. Definitely doesn't appear permanent, but an odd application. I've never seen a penthouse screen in recent Boston construction have this netting attached to it ahead of the final glass/ panels.

 

[Arenacale]

Might be fall/debris protection while they're working on the other side.

 

[atlantaden]

Caught this from the Acela! Definitely some sort of screening, netting across the top.

 

[#bancars]

From Fort Point Harborwalk 10.15.22:

 

[atlantaden]

 

[Gunner02]

geez. this whole thing.. I remember building my first crown

 

[DZH22]

10/8 From Arlington

IMG_0821 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0822 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

10/9 From Woburn

IMG_0882 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[taketern]

 

[taketern]

NY Post article:

Luxury hotel brand Raffles makes North America debut in Boston

Known for its iconic Raffles Hotel in Singapore, first opened in 1887 and still today serving as a waypoint for cosmopolitan jet setters, the brand has since opened a string of other luxe propertie…

nypost.com

 

[aycaramba]

NY Post article:

Luxury hotel brand Raffles makes North America debut in Boston

Known for its iconic Raffles Hotel in Singapore, first opened in 1887 and still today serving as a waypoint for cosmopolitan jet setters, the brand has since opened a string of other luxe propertie…

nypost.com

"Now, Raffles will bypass the major metropolises and luxury hotel scenes of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Miami to instead open its first North American location in Boston, the land of the Pilgrims and birthplace of Dunkin’ Donuts."
keep it classy NY post

 

[king_vibe]

"Now, Raffles will bypass the major metropolises and luxury hotel scenes of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Miami to instead open its first North American location in Boston, the land of the Pilgrims and birthplace of Dunkin’ Donuts."
keep it classy NY post

The Post is written exclusively for Long Island psychos in sundown towns who only venture into the city to see Billy Joel at the Garden and cower at the sight of black people.