UMass Boston Residence Hall 1 | Columbia Point | Dorchester

[stevebikes]

A dorm with a view: New UMass Boston dormitory tower seen as symbol of new era on campus

 

[datadyne007]

Timelapse from Shawmut: https://twitter.com/Shawmut_Builds/status/1034166410572955648

 

[odurandina]

Globe; umass-boston-new-dorm-transforms-campus-life

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...campus-life/Iu68poD8uxpwRHtJQ9IX9K/story.html

 

[stevebikes]

Globe; umass-boston-new-dorm-transforms-campus-life

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...campus-life/Iu68poD8uxpwRHtJQ9IX9K/story.html

"He said the neighborhood used to be filled with families who worried about students pricing them out, but the families were priced out anyway, he said. If anything, the dorm might mean fewer students living in the neighborhoods."

 

[dshoost88]

^^I rolled my eyes at that one, too.

 

[TomOfBoston]

"He said the neighborhood used to be filled with families who worried about students pricing them out, but the families were priced out anyway, he said. If anything, the dorm might mean fewer students living in the neighborhoods."

When UMass Boston opened the Harbor Campus in 1973 there were fears that Savin Hill would become another Allston/Brighton.

 

[mdd]

"He said the neighborhood used to be filled with families who worried about students pricing them out, but the families were priced out anyway, he said. If anything, the dorm might mean fewer students living in the neighborhoods."

The ol' Northeastern argument.

 

[BeeLine]

Mods, please mark this thread as "complete"

 

[goldenretrievers]

mods, as beeline requested, please mark this thread as "complete"

 

[stick n move]

When UMass Boston opened the Harbor Campus in 1973 there were fears that Savin Hill would become another Allston/Brighton.

Too bad Columbia point didnt. Instead its a gated community.

 

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[mdd]

Reminds me of West Village at Northeastern.

 

[Beton Brut]

^ Quite so. It feels a bit more refined and unified here. There's a bit of streamline/steamship moderne, with a color and pattern that reminds me of Aldo Rossi and Mario Botta.

 

[Brad Plaid]

Dorms are handsome and have some real warmth. The original buildout though is still a perfect place to shoot scenes for a dystopian sci-fi film: crumbling, apocalyptic, alien.

 

[Beton Brut]

The original buildout though is still a perfect place to shoot scenes for a dystopian sci-fi film: crumbling, apocalyptic, alien.

I think that probably says more about Boston than it does about Harry Weese, the architect of the original "campus."

 

[DZH22]

From May 5

IMG_1115 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1117 by David Z, on Flickr

IMG_1118 by David Z, on Flickr

What the heck is this and what's going on with it?

IMG_1085 by David Z, on Flickr

 

[TomOfBoston]

What the heck is this and what's going on with it?

An old pumping station.

What's going on with it is the same as has been going on with it for 60 years: decay.