Rose Kennedy Greenway

how can this board fault the architects of the Hotel Commonwealth when Archboston members continue flog the same "shadow" and "median strip" tropes after 358 pages of repeating themselves in this thread? Time for some new material......
 
Pierce said:
how can this board fault the architects of the Hotel Commonwealth when Archboston members continue flog the same "shadow" and "median strip" tropes after 358 pages of repeating themselves in this thread? Time for some new material......
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The "architects" of the Hotel Commonwealth held themselves out as professional designers. They had to be scolded by Menino, of all people, who is hardly the arbiter of good design. By contrast, no one here is holding himself out as a professional comedian.
 
Pierce said:
how can this board fault the architects of the Hotel Commonwealth when Archboston members continue flog the same "shadow" and "median strip" tropes after 358 pages of repeating themselves in this thread? Time for some new material......
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It's simple: forumers here will stop with the shadow routine once NIMBYs stop with their shadow routine.
 
We need tell the marketing departments for developers that all shadows cast by projects need to be referred to as "shade" and touted as a benefit of the project during the summer.
 
I think we should go a step further and say the shadows and wind tunnels help provide eco-conscious outdoor air conditioning as a public amenity for all Bostonians. Throw it into the LEED certification application while we're at it.
 
Just getting back from Philly I think Boston has a lot to learn from this city.

They have a Visitors Center. Why doesn't Boston have a centralized Visitor's center is beyond comprehension.

Yes they have the one down by Boston Common but that's hidden and it needs to be closer to Fanuiel Hall / Rose Kennedy where all the tourists are ! ! !

Back to Philly. Their Visitors center was great. Also they had a nice outdoor cafe for cold water, snacks etc.

Here is a link.

http://www.independencevisitorcenter.com/

And my last "Gripe" is. you know the old steel girder boston central artery
They left one and there is no signage or anything. If you are from out of town people must walk past that and be like WTF ?

There should at least be a marker of some sort with a bit of the storied history of the Central Artery. . .

That's all for now : )

The Greenway is leaving me with a lot to be desired. They can DO So much more with it . ..
 
agree everyone always asked what's that green thing,personally I think they should have left more of it(central artery)up!
 
czsz said:
I think we should go a step further and say the shadows and wind tunnels help provide eco-conscious outdoor air conditioning as a public amenity for all Bostonians. Throw it into the LEED certification application while we're at it.
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take it a step further and tell them the wind tunnel circulates the air and moves auto emissions off the sidewalks and into the sky giving pedestrians the fresh air they need!
 
the National Park Service will build a Visitor Center in the first floor of Faneuil Hall starting this fall, replacing the one now on State Street.
 
Boston02124 said:
agree everyone always asked what's that green thing,personally I think they should have left more of it(central artery)up!
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Boston's own high line. The best memory of the Central Artery was the truly impressive views and feeling of cutting right through a downtown area. It was infinity more urbane than what exists right now. Leaving two blocks of the central artery for an outdoor "deck" would have been spectacular.
 
Imagine a better Greenway.

The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) says the Greenway isn't finished yet! Imagine exciting landmark buildings covering tunnel ramps, lively street-level uses connecting downtown Boston to the waterfront, smaller parks with more people in them, 24-hour uses like apartments, galleries and restaurants completing Boston's newest neighborhood.

In light of the upcoming Boston Redevelopment Authority?s public meeting on Tuesday, July 20 at 5:30 pm at Boston City Hall to review proposed development guidelines for the Greenway, the BSA polled the future of Boston design?students and recent graduates from area architecture and design schools?on their vision for the future of the Greenway. We asked, ?What should Boston do with the Greenway?? without consideration to permitting and political realities.

View the proposed development guidelines for the Greenway: http://www.bostonredevelopmentautho...Use and Development Guidelines - May 2010.pdf.

View the "What should Boston do with the Greenway?" slideshows at http://www.architects.org/greenway and we?ll see you at the public meeting!
 
Welcome, BSA!

We parsed the suggestions of local architectural students posted on your site and found them tremendously lacking in originality and willingness to challenge status quo ideas.

It's time to bring in the real architects. I'm sad to say they live in Europe.
 
Ron Newman said:
the National Park Service will build a Visitor Center in the first floor of Faneuil Hall starting this fall, replacing the one now on State Street.
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Eh I suppose thats a fine spot for it. But would rather see it out on the greenway.
 
BSAAIA said:
Imagine exciting landmark buildings covering tunnel ramps, lively street-level uses connecting downtown Boston to the waterfront, smaller parks with more people in them, 24-hour uses like apartments, galleries and restaurants completing Boston's newest neighborhood.
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Words.

BSAAIA said:
the BSA polled the future of Boston design?students and recent graduates from area architecture and design schools?on their vision for the future of the Greenway. We asked, ?What should Boston do with the Greenway?? without consideration to permitting and political realities.
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And they laid a bunch of goose eggs, didn't they? Why is the future generation of architects so imagination-challenged?

Must be their [mis]education; people aren't getting stupider.
 
Published on ArtistLink (http://www.artistlink.org) The Future of Boston's Greenway

By ArtistLink.org
Created Jul 16 2010 - 1:22pm
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The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway [1], as you may know, is the final phase of the Big Dig: the transformation of the old I-93 (which the Dig sent underground) into a series of parks and public spaces.
If you're interested in the future of the Greenway, check out a public meeting held by the Boston Redevelopment Authority [2] this coming Tuesday, July 20, at 5:30 PM, a Boston City Hall, to review the proposed development guidelines [3] of the Greenway.
The Boston Society of Architects [4] (BSA) has high hopes for the park. Imagine, they say, exciting landmark buildings covering tunnel ramps, lively street-level uses connecting downtown Boston to the waterfront, smaller parks with more people in them, 24-hour uses like apartments, galleries and restaurants completing Boston's newest neighborhood.
Recently, the BSA polled the future of Boston design?students and recent graduates from area architecture and design schools?on their vision for the future of the Greenway. The BSA asked, "What should Boston do with the Greenway?" without consideration to permitting and political realities.
View the slideshows at www.architects.org/greenway [5] and don't forget to attend the 7/20 meeting.
Image: Comfort on The Greenway. Photo by Karen Moser-Booth, Boston Society of Architects [6].

Source URL:
http://www.artistlink.org/?q=aboutus/whatsnew/thefutureofbostonsgreenway
Links:
[1] http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/
[2] http://www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/
[3] http://www.bostonredevelopmentautho...Use and Development Guidelines - May 2010.pdf
[4] http://www.architects.org
[5] http://www.architects.org/greenway
[6] http://www.architects.org
 
I wish I could go to this. Everyone on this forum who is available should go and rail against the Greenway, the architecture students they picked for their "ideas", and the general lackadaisical approach to planning that seems to suffice in this city.
 
bdurden said:
Boston's own high line. The best memory of the Central Artery was the truly impressive views and feeling of cutting right through a downtown area. It was infinity more urbane than what exists right now. Leaving two blocks of the central artery for an outdoor "deck" would have been spectacular.
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I loved the way the old artery threaded itself through a twisting canyon of urban vistas. Looking out of the car to see buildings just a few feet away, and knowing there was more to the building lower down was really cool. It made Boston seem much larger. I agree, an elevated park would have been amazing.
 
HenryAlan said:
I loved the way the old artery threaded itself through a twisting canyon of urban vistas. Looking out of the car to see buildings just a few feet away, and knowing there was more to the building lower down was really cool. It made Boston seem much larger.
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Exactly.

I too had mixed feelings when I heard it was coming down, even though I had often wished it gone.

It had two big faults: the perpetual traffic jam on the roadway, and the depressing gloom beneath.

The former could have been addressed by hefty tolls or congestion charges; the latter --as in Tokyo-- by building commercial structures under its footprint, leaving cross streets to go through.
 
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