The Alcott (née Garden Garage Towers) | 35 Lomasney Way | West End

[budman3]

Public Garden 2/26

Arlington Street 2/26

Seaport (crane between Harbor Towers) 2/26

 

[DZH22]

2/25 from Symmes Arlington

IMG_6808 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_6809 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Boston02124]

 

[DZH22]

3/5 from Arlington

IMG_6844 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_6866 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[Nibbles O’Plenty]

Started to add top panels to roof.

 

[HarvardP]

These pics are great, thanks to everyone who posts. I grew up coming into the city from Route 2, and before long I will again, so the vertical evolution of this panorama never fails to get me.

 

[Nibbles O’Plenty]

Looks fairly good from the Esplanade.

 

[bigpicture7]

Today at sunset

 

[DZH22]

3/6 from Waltham

IMG_6879 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[DrFreewind]

Today from Medford
Full size

 

[kz1000ps]

Today at sunset

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A tall building that looks at least somewhat proud to be a tall building, in Boston?

 

[Charlie_mta]

A tall building that looks at least somewhat proud to be a tall building, in Boston?

The Alcott and the Sudbury are the outstanding buildings of the current building cycle in Boston.

 

[KentXie]

The Alcott and the Sudbury are the outstanding buildings of the current building cycle in Boston.

It's because the architects for both knew how to emphasize verticality with thin vertical lines. The Verizon building is the anthesis of that during the current building cycle. I'd take a 2 for 1 I guess.

 

[chrisbrat]

The Verizon building is the ugliest thing built since One Beacon Street. It's the most embarrassingly terrible new construction in America in the past decade.

 

[DZH22]

3/13 from Arlington

IMG_6944 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[kz1000ps]

King of the Boxes

 

[Patrick Winn]

Lmao I thought you were serious for a second!!

Lol as absurd as it sounds it’s not far off from what the detractors said when this thing was proposed.

The Alcott and the Sudbury are the outstanding buildings of the current building cycle in Boston.

One congress will be the best.

 

[Charlie_mta]

Lol as absurd as it sounds it’s not far off from what the detractors said when this thing was proposed.

One congress will be the best.

It will be one of the best ones. Personal taste comes into play as to which one is the best of the best. There are some obvious duds (the Verizon Building and Kenmore North), and then there are some obvious winners.

 

[stick n move]

The sudbury is a level above the alcott in my opinion. This is still a great addition to the area though, but the sudbury just got it right.. without a glass facade either.

 

[KentXie]

King of the Boxes

The way the towers are aligned and angled due to the non-gridded streets in the first picture is messing up my depth perception, making it look like several towers of significantly different heights. I also love the step up view in the other two.