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[tysmith95]

They already have Camberville for a nickname, no need to rethink that one.

The peoples republic

 

[dirtywater]

And this discussion has what to do with One Congress?

 

[Suffolk 83]

And this discussion has what to do with One Congress?

The mods are asleep, post your worst shit

 

[palindrome]

Grew up in West Roxbury in the 90s/2000s and it was definitely called westie in high school (CM at least).

 

[DZH22]

12/28 From Piers Park.

IMG_0312 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0316 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0333 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DZH22]

1/7 From Union

IMG_0122 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0129 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Suffolk 83]

Would be a hell of a building if it were 25ft skinnier and 100ft taller

 

[DZH22]

1/7

IMG_0211 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_0215 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[pel_north]

How about Cambry and Sommry (Cambridge and Sommerville}?

Well at least it’s not like back in the 90s when it was Slummerville.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Well at least it’s not like back in the 90s when it was Slummerville.

Back in the 1960s people called it that. It's definitely not that anymore.

 

[citydweller]

what happened to all of the cool lights under the arches of the Longfellow bridge? I just see one archway illuminated.

 

[DZH22]

1/14

IMG_0312 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[kz1000ps]

 

[dotdude78]

Imagine this instead. So similar, but taller and slimmer. This one’s a real triumph.

Pelli Clarke & Partners erects Mexico City's tallest skyscraper

US architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mitikah skyscraper, which is now the tallest in Mexico City.

www.dezeen.com

 

[Charlie_mta]

Imagine this instead. So similar, but taller and slimmer. This one’s a real triumph.

Pelli Clarke & Partners erects Mexico City's tallest skyscraper

US architecture studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed the Mitikah skyscraper, which is now the tallest in Mexico City.

www.dezeen.com

It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.

 

[bigpicture7]

It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.

I don't mean to take this thread too far off topic, but your post just enabled me to make a mental connection... I'd add Chile to your list of hungry/aspiring countries, and in visiting there a few years ago, was taken by what I thought was a very tastefully done new supertall in the capital, Santiago...

Turns out it is a Pelli Clarke & Partners piece as well:

Gran Torre Santiago | Pelli Clarke & Partners

Torre Costanera is South America's tallest tower at 300 meters.

pcparch.com

^EDIT: while this one is much more angular than Boston's and Mexico City's, it seems that the "slit(s) in the glass curtain" is somewhat of a PC&P hallmark, as is the multi-layered/glass-finned crown. While I too wish ours was proportioned differently, it's still nice to see its in good stylistic company.

 

[Equilibria]

It's another testament to how hard it is to build anything in this country, and how easy it is in the hungry, less developed countries. Mexico, China, India, Brazil and others will build up unrestrained, and leave us behind in our NIMBYism and our analysis paralysis.

You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.

 

[bigpicture7]

You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.

You raise a reasonable critique of Charlie's list, but I also think there are examples abound where "statement"-type, semi-impractical, zoning-violating structures are built and (at least somewhat) regarded as symbols of civic pride and aspiration within contemporary democracies. The SkyTree in Tokyo and Sydney Opera House stand out as examples. I think even the Gateway Arch in St. Louis is an historic U.S. example of what Charlie's talking about: a projection to the world that we matter, we have resources, and we're ready for business.

 

[Java King]

I think this project does a wonderful job of hiding all the mechanical stuff at the top. Concerning the PRU View Observatory thread, this is what I mean by hiding all the communication crap at the top of the PRU.

 

[Charlie_mta]

You mean in our democracy? Even its current straits you can't possibly see the public process in China (autocracy) or Mexico and India (nominal democracies rapidly approaching autocracy) as more desirable.

I look at the results, and it looks better in those countries in that regard. My older son's father-in-law owns a mining company, and will not even attempt to start the application process for starting a new mine in this country, because it will inevitably be stopped. So, all his mines are in Central America where it takes just a few months to process the application. Look at the stymied high-speed rail line in California. Look at how impossible it is in Boston to build a tower of substantial height. China is building entirely new cities, which would be impossible in most parts of this country. Pandering in extremis to NIMBYs and automatically caving in to nit-picky environmental extremism (which has little to do with substantive environmental issues in many cases), is pretty much paralyzing the moving forward of infrastructure and urban/suburban development in this country. My experiences as a civil engineer and project manager have left me pretty frustrated about the future of development in this country. Sorry to be blunt, but that's my observation and experience.