South Bay Center Expansion | Dorchester

This all has a very cookie-cutter look and feel, but from what I can tell, it's not bad.
 
Lipstick on a pig.

They can put whatever they want in South Bay, but it's still going to be a nightmare experience. The only reason you should ever go to the Target or Stop and Shop in South Bay is if it's an absolute emergency and for some reason you have NO other options.
 
I've seen better texture on a sketchup model.
 
I don't mind this. It's not great and probably won't age well but it's better than what was there before. My main concern for those who live here is that these buildings are so far from anything. The main roads are long blocks away and there isn't much in terms of services. And the T stop is on the other side of the mall and not easy to reach.
 
vanshnookenraggen said:
I don't mind this. It's not great and probably won't age well but it's better than what was there before. My main concern for those who live here is that these buildings are so far from anything. The main roads are long blocks away and there isn't much in terms of services. And the T stop is on the other side of the mall and not easy to reach.
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Proximity isn't the problem here at all! Every asset on this end of South Bay -- Stop & Shop & Newmarket Station, in particular -- are starving for more development. Projects like these literally create new pathways (Boston Street connections) to services that all residents, old and new, can use.
 
What is the steel for that they started putting up? :???:
 
This absolute mishmash of facades is actually ok... vs whatever the hell is going on in eastie with the new public housing.
 
Yea thats my point. They made it work here, but other places sometimes it doesnt... like the new Eastie public housing with the pink panels. This definitely looks good. I hope it doesnt just stay confined to this project and the surrounding lots fill in around it integrating it into the area. Id like to see the lots across the street fill in as well as the lots against boston st.

Definitely a success and its cool to watch the assembly model evolve. My only gripe is the parking garages next to a massive parking lot, but besides that it looks clean.
 
Yeah I was just gonna make the Assembly comparison favorably as well. As far as the garage, hopefully the same thing happens here that will (hopefully) happen at Assembly and all those surface lots will be redev'd.
 
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