SKY Everett | 114 Spring Street | Everett

The Market Basket, existing CR/SL, and future SL (to the Casino and Sullivan) don’t require crossing RBP. That will likely favor other new walkable development on the Spring Street and market basket side of RBP.

This may well be too tall, but the Market Basket (+CR/SLG) is far more compatible with TOD, And so TOD seems far more like the destiny of this neighborhood than the current scrap yards
 
Have anybody seen the building details yet? (i.e. traffic impact, shadows, noise impact, building time-frame, etc.)

I bet the developers released the pie in the sky plans so they can create hype for the lot, specially with all the development around the area, so they can try to sell off the lot for a premium.
 
What’s the story behind the taller building in Eastie shown here:

The Mark at DeNormandie Wharf | Hodge Boiler Works Building | East Boston

IMG_6279 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6280 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6284 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6285 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6287 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6289 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6292 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6295 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6297...
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And how close is it in scale to the proposed Everett building?
 
Blackbird said:
What’s the story behind the taller building in Eastie shown here:

The Mark at DeNormandie Wharf | Hodge Boiler Works Building | East Boston

IMG_6279 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6280 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6284 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6285 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6287 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6289 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6292 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6295 by Bos Beeline, on Flickr IMG_6297...
archboston.com

And how close is it in scale to the proposed Everett building?
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The Eddy is 19 stories.
Sky is 21.
 
Docs are up but I'm not sure I can link them anonymously. This is some classic tat blah right here. Are they cladding the back part in bare cinderblock?

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Good on you, Everett! This has a lot mindless check boxes: roof pool and bar, big letter nametag on the top corner, calling itself "sky" when it really isn't that tall.

But, I don't care. I think this is bold and progressive for the city and they should build 10 more like it. Live your life Everett! Try pulling this off in most other inner ring burbs and you would be run out of town.
 
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Czervik.Construction said:
Live your life Everett! Try pulling this off in most other inner ring burbs and you would be run out of town.
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That's a significant point about the dynamics of Metro Boston. Everett and Somerville are far more accepting of new developments, and in the case of Somerville, transit extensions (re: GLX) than are the snootier towns such as Cambridge, Brookline, Belmont, Arlington etc. Could be a future trend that the historically "dumpy" towns (Everett, Somerville, and Lynn) will pull ahead of the pack, and the more provincial snooty towns will fall behind and become mummified relics. All we need to accelerate this trend is to get BLX to Lynn and a decent LRT, or even a Silverline BRT, to Everett.
 
A great, transformative proposal. This is not your grandpappy's Everett anymore.
 
If they are actually going to try to transform this into a "destination" area, I wish they would go all in on resort/tourist accommodations rather than gentrify it with expensive housing.
 
Gameguy326 said:
If they are actually going to try to transform this into a "destination" area, I wish they would go all in on resort/tourist accommodations rather than gentrify it with expensive housing.
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Resort / touristy in Everett?
 
Id much rather they pack as much working class and affordable housing in here while its still kind of empty and industrial before the inevitable luxury housing takes over. It has to go somewhere.
 
Gameguy326 said:
Crazy, but Encore opens the door to that.
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Can you cite compelling precedents to bolster this claim that this is now a plausible trajectory for Everett? Ones from democratic societies, morever?

It's one thing for a Dear Leader in a Russia, China, Saudia Arabia, etc. to unilaterally decree "Here Shall Be A New Tourism District," and presto, the bulldozers start... but around here? I'm extremely skeptical.
 
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