South Station Tower | South Station Air Rights | Downtown

I wish this project included a glass roof for South Station, à la the newish atrium at 100 Federal.

The South Station waiting area has a couple rows of skylights but more would be much better, especially with this new platform overbuild blocking out sunlight.
 
Cutting torches being used on the garage earlier today
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Great photos. And in the 'onward and upward' category: foundation work for the tower starts in September (whether that means next week or towards the end).
 
I love the concept of so much what is happening at South Station, I just wish the they didn't forfeit and punt the tower into being a bland, glass bullet Hines Houston corporate tower.

It's like a pitcher giving up a homerun with 2 outs in the 9th of a no-hitter.

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^ It will always look like an upraised middle finger to me. Just my warped mind I guess.
Having said that, I'm hoping it will be one of those buildings that ends up looking better when built than it did in the renders.

Agreed. On the potential plus-side, perhaps the 'corporate Houston' look will become 'East Coast cutting-edge cool' in a couple of decades? I know -- that doesn't make a lot of sense, but then again I anticipate that very little about the rest of the 21st century will.
 
it's got prominent setbacks. boston needs more setbacks. it's not a terrible tower, but that's the best i can say about it.
 
Turning South Station into a chair rail and wainscoting for a generic tower is disappointing.

Good point. This reminds me of 450 Lexington Ave in New York, which did something similar in the 80s with a similarly nice (though less prominent) old Beaux Arts building.
 
The tower isn't getting redesigned. Too many things in motion at this point.
 

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