The Kensington | 665 Washington Street | Downtown

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This building is shame. Boston deserves better.
 
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^^^ OK n00b, we get it. Stop getting the last word on this. But more importantly, don't resurrect a thread without actual news.
 
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Like I said before, I feel like the finished product of this is going to end up being inoffensive, decent filler which will blend in more than anything else and helps create a new Washington St canyon. It's not great, but it's not the disaster we are all making it out to be.

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Its still the high rise equivalent of a vinyl clad mcmansion.
 
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Skyline impact from last week

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DZH22 you are the man on the scene! Thank you for all our timely photographs and the great eye. Keep'em coming!
 
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JANUARY 15, 2013 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Emerging Professionals Network tour
The Kensington, 659 Washington St, Boston

EPNet takes a hard-hat tour of The Kensington, a $172 million, 27-story high-rise of 381 residential rental units and 4,000 square feet of retail space, with The Architectural Team. We meet meet at 5:30 pm in the parking lot adjacent to the site on LaGrange Street. The tour will be followed by an EPNet sponsored social hour at a local bar.

Space is limited. Email: rsvp@architects.org, Subject "EPNet 1-15"
 
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pdoc816 said:
DZH22 you are the man on the scene! Thank you for all our timely photographs and the great eye. Keep'em coming!
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Thanks! I will be back to take more in the first week of March. Looking forward to it.
 
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Argh, kz! You beat me to posting photos! We must have just missed each other a few times walking around town.

This looks remarkably thin from the Common. And as it finishes, I feel it's not so much offensive as it is bland.
 
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Ah...actually I did 90% of my shooting today from the driver's seat of a car, so that could explain how our paths never crossed (but shhh don't tell anyone I did that!). What time were you out? I got all mine in at noon, give or take 30 minutes.

And I agree that the Common perspective may be its most flattering angle. The view from directly south isn't too shabby, either.

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Looks fine to me its no supertall so we dont need an icon here it blends in just fine and serves its purpose adding density and residential space.
 
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Your secret's safe with me, kz. Looks like I came around about an hour or two later than you yesterday.

I went through my photos and looked for some different angles. All from yesterday!

Boston Common views:
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And, I think, an accurate description of how some of us feel about this project:
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does anyone else see the brightly colored insulation on buildings under construction and really wish that was the color of the finished structure?
 
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I got awfully excited that it wasn't brown and then realized what it was. :(
 
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does anyone else see the brightly colored insulation on buildings under construction and really wish that was the color of the finished structure?
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I would love it if they kept the lower portion green like it is now.
 
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