Waterside Place 1A | 505 Congress Street | Seaport

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This is the most boring, offensive shlock going up in the South Boston Waterfront...

Since One Marina Park Drive. Or do we have that short a memory.

This is a fabric building. Its not great, its not horrible. It will be built, occupied, loved by its occupants, and life will go on.

cca
 
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^It's pretty horrible. The precast is already staining and the facade is not even complete. It's going to age TERRIBLY.
 
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No, it is horrible. I am one of the biggest apologists to bad development on here, and this thing just fucking blows.
 
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I agree with cca i do not think this is quite as bad as people think and of course the panels are already staining some of them are textured and this was built next to a highway so all the particles from car exhaust are going to love to cling on to those panels but i think this could potentially look really quirky and interesting.
 
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This one is shaping-up to be a blight. It's simply a bad project.

It's a soulless slab that comes off as a poor imitation of its older neighbors across the street. Buildings that were mediocre when they were built and are now simply mediocre and dated. This one follows suit and defies good taste.

The best we can hope for is that in the decades to come, it will somehow manage to become as beloved and appreciated as the West End towers.
 
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It is horrible, and actually manages to be worse than Marina Park Drive. I don't think it's as bad as the Renaissance and the Park Lane buildings though.
 
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It really is awful. I've even moderated my opinion on the Kensington. I don't see this project being so lucky.

From yesterday:




It gets worse!


I'm not sure how visible it is here but the bottom portion of the base appears to be some stucco-y sort of garbage that loves to get dirty. This project truly is a blight.
 
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I don't think it's as bad as the Renaissance and the Park Lane buildings though.

No way. This is 1000x worse than the Renaissance and Park Ln. The Ren at least has curves (and designed in a way to make the building seem more curved than it actually is on the Congress side) and some neon. Park Ln also has some facade depth with window bays that pop out.
 
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What's up with the Windows? Its like the developer went with the lowest bids on everything.

Imagine I actually like the renderings when they first came out.
 
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No way. This is 1000x worse than the Renaissance and Park Ln. The Ren at least has curves (and designed in a way to make the building seem more curved than it actually is on the Congress side) and some neon. Park Ln also has some facade depth with window bays that pop out.

Very good points. I think the ground floor of Waterside Place might end up being better than the Ren and Park Ln though. I'll have to wait until this is done to decide.
 
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This one is shaping-up to be a blight. It's simply a bad project.

It's a soulless slab that comes off as a poor imitation of its older neighbors across the street. Buildings that were mediocre when they were built and are now simply mediocre and dated. This one follows suit and defies good taste.

The best we can hope for is that in the decades to come, it will somehow manage to become as beloved and appreciated as the West End towers.

I'm just calling it the Bangladeshi Textile Factory.
 
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Looks like a white precast version of those red brick public housing turned condo hi-rises over by Alewife. So many of these buildings in NYC. Yuck.
 
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It's really a shame too, because I like the massing a lot. It's narrow, has some interesting stuff going on up top, and actually engages the street well. But then they threw up what looks like insulation board and absolutely destroyed it. Even something as simple as double height windows, ala 319 A st rear would have made a world of difference. Maybe we will get lucky in 20 years with a recladding.
 
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I keep clicking this thread thinking that maybe the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts, then the page loads and I can only just shake my head....
 
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The discolored panels just look so dirty. This building will never look clean, even when it is. It will just look like shit. Oh well at least it adds density to the area, and more buildings are planned that will block off many of the views of this. It's not in a high profile location (like Tremont on the Common) and it doesn't really stand out or anything. It still sucks, but at least it's mostly hidden. The true problem would be if one of those 600'+ towers comes out looking this craptastic, because that could ruin the skyline. This building can only cause minimal (aesthetic) damage.
 
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The last shot is basically a permanent view from the water as a park sits in front of that portion of the building.
 
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Whose brilliant decision was it to make the Radison's sea-facing wall nearly totally blank?
 
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Whose brilliant decision was it to make the Radison's sea-facing wall nearly totally blank?

It's the Renaissance, but the rooms are oriented mainly toward the street and the Park Ln courtyard because the Park Lane actually blocks most of the lower views. Notice that once the Renaissance clears the top of the Park Lane, the windows begin. That picture is deceiving because it looks like the Ren is next to the Park Lane, when it is really square-in-line with it.

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