Charlie_mta
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I still would have liked a masonry tower. Great pic though. Thanks!
I still would have liked a masonry tower. Great pic though. Thanks!
Luckily, Boston isn't overrun with blue glass buildings as so many cities are. So while I am almost universally opposed to blue glass buildings, I'm OK with this one. It has a little style; it's not just a glass box. The part I'm most interested in, though, is the improvement to South Station itself.I still would have liked a masonry tower. Great pic though. Thanks!
Luckily, Boston isn't overrun with blue glass buildings as so many cities are. So while I am almost universally opposed to blue glass buildings, I'm OK with this one. It has a little style; it's not just a glass box. The part I'm most interested in, though, is the improvement to South Station itself.
I can't see it. Can you please post a link to any photos involved? Thanks.
It's a small video--try this link? I cant attach the mp4 to this post unfortunately.I can't see it. Can you please post a link to any photos involved? Thanks.
Worked for me when I switched to old.reddit.com: old reddit layoutI can't see it. Can you please post a link to any photos involved? Thanks.
There it is. Thank you.It's a small video--try this link? I cant attach the mp4 to this post unfortunately.
Those crane operators earn every penny, especially in the cold / windy winter months.There it is. Thank you.
It "Depends."I’m afraid of heights so not sure which one would make me shit my pants more.
A fair amount of street activity on a cold day ... nice to see that in downtown area.
Great shot!
I saw this playing out a decade ago in Medan Indonesia. The city government was supporting new subsidized residential construction in many parts of the city. All of it was ground floor storefront, with 2 - 3 levels of residential above, targeting a single family or an extended family situation. The store front might be retail or service oriented, such as a bike repair shop, a specialty market, an accounting business, etc.Chinatown has the formula - dense residential neighborhood with almost every streetfront a restaurant or store.
Amazing how the big brains in City Halls across the US don't seem to know the easy formula (or cannot do anything about it while office buildings go the way of the brontosaurus)..
I think your assessment is correct, but the reflective or mirror type buildings do often tend to also look blue, just because the sky is the primary element reflecting off of them.I'm curious about the "blue glass" categorization. Hanock (even though some here insist it's "green" ), Millenium, Winthrop, Exhcange Place, and Raffles (and others) seem (to me) to be blue.
The new State Street seems purely "mirror" (and so does 1 Post Office Square, 111 Huntington, and will/does SST, and plenty others), 1 Dalton seems grey/dark blue, kinda like 33 Arch.
All-glass cladding with minimal framing and w/o aggressively pursuing some bold color-scheme (pink, day-glo green) seems it'd always be kinda similar-ish?
The setback in the final phase will provide a different dimension, which IMO will be a nice complement. We should relish this one. I believe there are no further high-rises in the planning stages, just a few mid-rises (~300').I'm glad that it's being built, but it's really...boring. I wish they would have had some varying mullion sizes at select areas or different glazing patterns. Its just all one spacing and size all the way up the facade.