Smuttynose
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These are from yesterday Sept. 14th. If nothing else, this neighborhood photographs well
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I hate it too. But I mean, there were many renderings of this turd as is before it started construction. It went through a complete redesign, but there wasn't some bait-and switch that no one saw. At the time, this forum was surprisingly positive about it...That Hampton Inn is just scandalously bad. The original renders were a million times better and don't remotely resemble the finished product. There is something dysfunctional in the process in Boston when the architecture can change so drastically and so much for the worse. It's annoying to me you don't hear any pushback against this crap (except in this forum). It's also insulting to the folks who build decent buildings.
Back when I worked in the World Trade Center East building back in 2006 I think I walked maybe once or twice to South Station. Most days it in and out were all under ground on the Silver Line cause there really wasn't anything to walk through besides seas and seas of parking lots.
Knowing how packed the Silver Line was back then I can only image how bad it is these days with all this new construction. Besides dead cold Boston Winters, I wonder how packed the streets to South Station will be from that area once the construction gaps are filled in.
Disappointing but not all that bad. Relatively discount appearance for a relatively discount hotel.
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The Courthouse is still the best looking thing down there, at least when you're viewing the Seaport from across the harbor.
Is this suppose to look bad? Love it.Yes, it has one decent side. And you did well to make particular that it's a winner at least from one side. But man, those other sides.......
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Is this suppose to look bad? Love it.
Looks like an architect designed it instead of a developer's spreadsheet. I'd welcome a return to some monumental brick and bases that aren't just full glass and metal panel.
My family would go to Our Lady of Good Voyage on occasion, and it was this lone building the sea of parking lots. Most of my memories are related to the Masses there - record setting Lord's Prayers to get everyone out of the 7PM Mass before the 8PM Mass folks showed up.The timelapse pictures from Google Street View between now and 2007 are quite interesting. I am too young to remember Boston in 2007 for the most part. Anyone have any interesting memories? Here's a couple pics I wanted to share: