Suffolk U Dorm Proposal (Ames Hotel Conversion) | 1 Court St | Government Center

[stefal]

Currently (well, August..), so not much change at all, aesthetics wise, apart from the banners..

 

[statler]

From the duplicate thread:



@statler can you elaborate? This seems like a good thing from my superficial reading, but I'd be interested to know your concerns.

Ames Building is probably one of my favorite buildings in the city. I question if this is really the highest and best use for it. I think that it makes a great showpiece for people visiting the city.

 

[TomOfBoston]

Ames Building is probably one of my favorite buildings in the city. I question if this is really the highest and best use for it. I think that it makes a great showpiece for people visiting the city.

To me the Ames Building reminds me of Chicago.

 

[Life Coach Mike]

Located at 1 Court Street and Washington Mall in downtown Boston, the Ames Building was designed by the architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Richardsonian Romanesque and paid for by Frederick L. Ames. It is the second tallest masonry load bearing-wall structure in the world, exceeded only by the Monadnock Building in Chicago, completed that same year.[2] It is fourteen stories high with a three-story granite base and sandstone and brick. The sandstone is from the Berea formation in Ohio and was supplied by Cleveland Quarries Company. Construction was completed in 1889, but interior work was not completed for occupancy until 1893. It became the corporate headquarters for the Ames families' agricultural tool company.[3]
The Ames Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 26, 1974[1] and later designated as a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1993. (Wikipedia)
So, in fact, it ought to remind us of Chicago style buildings.

 

[Equilibria]

Ames Building is probably one of my favorite buildings in the city. I question if this is really the highest and best use for it. I think that it makes a great showpiece for people visiting the city.

A lot of people visit the city to drop their kids off at Suffolk...

 

[odurandina]

Did we get the threads merged?
Only thing worse than an Enzo is no thread combine.

 

[commuter guy]

Ames Building is probably one of my favorite buildings in the city. I question if this is really the highest and best use for it. I think that it makes a great showpiece for people visiting the city.

I agree, first I would think a hotel is more of a "shot in the arm" for this area than a dorm, hotel guest have disposable income and are looking to spend it versus college kids pinching pennies. Second colleges like suffolk and emerson have a horrible track record of putting drab institutional uses on the ground floor, at best, maybe a student lounge or a uninspiring cafe on the ground level.