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Great news! stating the obvious; too big to fail....
 
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If only it could get all approved and then maybe a bit of a redesign to not look so bad. Then again, I had forgotten this was going to be 683' - anyone know if that is full height or last occupied floor?
 
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691' AMSL and 677' total height above ground.
 
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I’m worried about the “value engineering to reduce MBTA costs” part. That’s a workabl pretext for permanently blocking the bus station expansion
 
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Sort of looks like the Stanley Cup to me. Would have been better sitting on top of North Station / Garden.

Asking the mob:

1. What are the chances of this being re-designed, at least the exterior. The shape is dated, but the shiny glass ain't so bad.

2. What are the chances of this getting "Boston'd", i.e., chopped down to 30 floors? I suppose this project will be expensive so doing anything here requires a tall building.
 
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Czervik.Construction said:
Asking the mob:

1. What are the chances of this being re-designed, at least the exterior. The shape is dated, but the shiny glass ain't so bad.

2. What are the chances of this getting "Boston'd", i.e., chopped down to 30 floors? I suppose this project will be expensive so doing anything here requires a tall building.
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My 2 cents as part of the mob....
1. Possible but I wouldn't expect anything too drastic at this point. Maybe a tweak, which leads me to the 2nd part....
2. 0%. It's going full height or it's not happening at all. Too much time, too much money, too many complications, and too many constrictions surrounding the site (ie none of the other buildings as part of the overall project can go this tall).

Actually that leads me to #3. Are the other buildings going to be built as well?
 
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This is very complicated. Good luck to Hines if they can pull this off.
Too many moving parts to make South Station work in my opinion especially with an out of Towner developer.
 
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You betcha ($$$).... if the BCDC & BPDA Board meeting/s designs come out as nice as the proposal/s, the ground level treatment for the Station will be quite good for a top 5~6 US city. As the project goes through its phases, it should ignite much enthusiastic, lively discussion, balkanization, around aB.
 
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If the bottom was thinned out it would look very nice as a thin tower with 2 step backs. Any photoshoppers out there?
 
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stick n move said:
If the bottom was thinned out it would look very nice as a thin tower with 2 step backs. Any photoshoppers out there?
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Here's my skinnier version:

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Great news because this project happens in an aesthetically key spot. Would be amazing. If this does break ground Boston would have 7 projects over 150 meters under construction (two towers at TD Garden, two at Bulfinch, Winthrop Center, South Station Tower and 1 Dalton). An 8th is approved and could possibly break ground in near future as well (1000 Boyloston). The Garden Garage Tower is also u/c and falls just a few ticks under 150. Really we are in midst of a boom, and I hope this one gets off ground soon would be such a winner.
 
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It sounds like this is moving in a positive direction for real and it will be starting soon.... but I'll believe it when its 5 floors above ground
 
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Suffolk 83 said:
It sounds like this is moving in a positive direction for real and it will be starting soon.... but I'll believe it when its 5 floors above ground
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Well technically, they already are :).
 
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I'm not crazy about this design. This is a location I wish a local developer had control of instead of a development corporation out of Texas.

This location deserves something very special to represent Boston Skyline.
 
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i think the Tabasco bottle Boston Supertall is very good. But i much preferred the fatter, all-office tower. However, with our robust mid-rise/infill production, if 1/2 office 1/2 residential/ hotel mixed use is a combination that can take this or possibly another over 180m (re; Central Wharf Tower), i'm absolutely thrilled. i also believe the economics to support 1 more 200m Four Seasons~Accordia type Condo-Hotel mixed use exists.

But, not to spoil the mood, but; imagine if Boston finally joins the ranks of the cities with towers rising in anticipation of the next cycle. That would suck incredibly. Fingers crossed for 3~4 more good years.
 
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the previous version with the crown/peak was less boring. too many flat roofs in this town. like it or hate it, at least menino forced R2D2 to be distinctive.
 
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chrisbrat said:
the previous version with the crown/peak was less boring. too many flat roofs in this town. like it or hate it, at least menino forced R2D2 to be distinctive.
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I liked the offset spire from several iterations back. It was a little inelegant, but it did echo the clock/eagle on South Station far below. Even with the shorter height now (I think that older iteration was ~800 feet or so) I think that would have looked pretty good.

I really don't like the proportions of the current design. The first setback is jarring. The whole building could be plopped anywhere, I don't see any relation to SS in it at all.
 
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