South Boston Infill and Small Developments

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Looks sort of like a mini version of the Flatiron Building in New York!!

RandomWalk · Feb 12, 2022

That cornice ignoring the bay windows sticks out like a sore thumb.

Beantropolis · Feb 12, 2022

RandomWalk said:
That cornice ignoring the bay windows sticks out like a sore thumb.

I agree. There are several puzzling design decisions on this one, but overall I think the presence that this building brings to the square, with its more appropriate scale and use of materials, is an improvement over many of the others lining it currently. Hopefully the William Rawn designed public housing which abuts it gets a similar treatment soon. These "townhouses" were conspicuously under-scaled from the start and have always looked out of place (not unlike most public housing projects in Boston). Oddly enough, that project was widely lauded when it was built back in the 80s, receiving many notable accolades at the time. I think the city has evolved far beyond these sorts of projects today, and I would be happy to see it replaced by a larger, mixed-use, mixed-income complex.

BeeLine · Feb 13, 2022

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Arenacale · Feb 14, 2022

Wait, so Hub (Video) is outright closed? I drove by it just last week and I saw they were doing renovation work but didn't think it was gone. That's a neighborhood institution, used to rent Genesis games there as a kid. I guess the gentrification of the area means there aren't enough elderly to fill the Keno lounge any more.

AmericanFolkLegend · Feb 14, 2022

Arenacale said:
Wait, so Hub (Video) is outright closed? I drove by it just last week and I saw they were doing renovation work but didn't think it was gone. That's a neighborhood institution, used to rent Genesis games there as a kid. I guess the gentrification of the area means there aren't enough elderly to fill the Keno lounge any more.

That Keno lounge was more depressing than most. No on premises liquor license so just old people playing 10 games of Keno, stepping outside for a smoke. 10 games of Keno, stepping outside for a smoke ...
I miss Jones' department store across the street. I got all my Girbaud jeans there (sadly till long after Girbaud jeans had gone out of style).

Scott · Feb 14, 2022

People went to Jones' from all over the city. That was the place in the 80s to get Sweats by EBE and Barracuda jackets. Kids wore messed up things and the kids from different neighborhoods wore different colors. Southie Rats wore their Barracudas inside out. And while out shopping, you could get your kangoroo skin Spot Bilts (shoes) at the candy store at Savin Hill Ave and Pleasant St in Dorchester with the illegal shoestore in the back. Then you would peel back the toe and insert a razor tip for a degree of protection in case the Charlestown kids tried to jump you on Lansdowne Street. You would kick them in the knee and run like hell zig zag. Townie kids sucked, they smoked dust and always had guns.

Java King · Feb 14, 2022

BeeLine said:
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Hey, they named it after my hometown of Albion! It's an old name for England. "The White Cliffs of Albion."

Jahvon09 · Feb 14, 2022

I would imagine that some buildings are worth jazzing up as long as they are structually sound, but, no elevator, See yah!!!!

RandomWalk · Feb 14, 2022

The formatting reads:

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stick n move · Feb 17, 2022

One of the last undeveloped lots on West Broadway to get developed with a five-story building

The Zoning Board of Appeal today gave approval to a plan that would turn the parking lot next to Shenanigans on West Broadway into a five-story building with eight residential units and two storefronts on the ground floor.
https://www.universalhub.com/2022/one-last-undeveloped-lots-west-broadway-get