Does anyone else get claustrophobic just thinking about this area?
Does anyone else get claustrophobic just thinking about this area?
a bit of a stretch for those because of the tendency of most of their streets to be on a rectilinear grid as opposed to Boston's less consistent curving [and leaving behind a curved facade even if the street was later straightened as in Franklin St near the Millennium Tower] and intersecting at strange anglesor philly, nyc...
Folks may recall I posted this diagram a few months back showing the heights of all the skyscrapers clustering around the Winthrop Center project site. Note the top of 100 Summer, the fugly black building in the deep background here, at the beautiful vanishing point created by the termination of Devonshire St. corridor. As noted in the diagram, 100 Summer's crown is at 452 feet--so basically add 250 feet to that.
That yellow protective-sheathing cage that is just above the white contractor van in the foreground, in this picture, is going to "soar" (as it were) in this perspective, to dizzying heights, once this project reaches topping-off.
Why does that diagram show Winthrop Center at 715'?
DZH -- not all heights are created equalBCB stands for Boston City Base. It's not the same as ground level. It's only 691' above ground level. I remember having this exact discussion on the forum a couple of years ago.
BCB stands for Boston City Base. It's not the same as ground level. It's only 691' above ground level. I remember having this exact discussion on the forum a couple of years ago.
Okay So the tower basically will rise to 691' tall from base to tip. However, 715' above Sea Level. But the tower itself is not 715' given it is on an elevation of 26' Is that correct ?
it's gonna be tall, but not that tall (except by boston standards) and it's going to be pretty boring and ugly (except by boston standards for skyscrapers).