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

[taketern]

 

[taketern]

Grubby alley wouldn't do for the entrance to a speakeasy at a luxury hotel, so developer of new Raffles tower in the Back Bay is planning what could be world's first 'sky speakeasy'

The Raffles Hotel and condo tower under construction on Trinity Place behind the Hancock Building will feature several places to get a drink, including what developer Jordan Warshaw will be a "sky speakeasy," possibly the first in the world, 200 feet and 17 stories up. Read more.

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[393b40]

$400K for a liquor license. This city is a fucking joke.

 

[BostonObserver]

It’s the state that is responsible for these prices.

 

[Blackbird]

It’s the state that is responsible for these prices.

Is it? Didn’t Cambridge get rid of the licenses a few decades ago?

 

[Boston02124]

 

[DZH22]

7/28 From Woburn

IMG_3040 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Neon]

 

[Coyote137]

From the Orange Line between Back Bay and Tufus Medical Center.

 

[Coyote137]

Is it? Didn’t Cambridge get rid of the licenses a few decades ago?

But Boston’s liquor licenses are controlled by the state specifically due to an ancient hatred of Irish politicians being in charge of the city.

 

[Czervik.Construction]

Please tell me you pulled over to the side of the tracks to take that picture and were not in fact driving the train when you took the pic.

From the Orange Line between Back Bay and Tufus Medical Center.

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[DZH22]

Please tell me you pulled over to the side of the tracks to take that picture and were not in fact driving the train when you took the pic.

It looks like a typical side window to me, but I also haven't been on any train (let alone the orange line) in 10+ years.

 

[Life Coach Mike]

Glad to see a lot of balconies relieving the otherwise too-slick facades, giving the building some texture and interest in contrast to the JHT.

 

[DZH22]

8/6

IMG_3073 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_3075 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Coyote137]

Please tell me you pulled over to the side of the tracks to take that picture and were not in fact driving the train when you took the pic.

Lol, was just a passenger!

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[rjacobs]

This image makes me wish that 40 Trinity Place had a thin spire on it (or something to complement the Prudential). Alas.

 

[KriterionBOS]

This looks the same height as the Marriot and Westin at Copley Place...how tall are those two hotels? I was thinking/hoping that Raffles would be visibly taller than those two.

 

[bakgwailo]

This image makes me wish that 40 Trinity Place had a thin spire on it (or something to complement the Prudential). Alas.

Yeah, at least from that angle could have been a nice play on the old Hancock building.

 

[Boston02124]