Winthrop Center | 115 Winthrop Square | Financial District

[Johnnyrocket891]

Downtown should rebrand as the GHOSTtown.

 

[citydweller]

you are just a ray of sunshine

 

[Bill Blass]

With Mariel right there, there’s plenty of activity. The Vermillion Club is getting popular, and Chemist was packed. The new bar at the intercontinental was doing alright too.

 

[beck4537]

I wouldn't say plenty of activity. There are pockets of spots with some bars but overall definitely feels pretty dead.

 

[Boston02124]

 

[themissinglink]

7/28

 

[Justbuildit]

Cocktails in the $16-18 range, wines going up to double that on the top end. $42 steak frites, $2/oyster, $68 for a 10oz fillet. Pretty much in line with the other "nice" steakhouses downtown/Back Bay.

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[vanshnookenraggen]

I moved the last two and half pages of conversation here: https://archboston.com/community/threads/evolving-use-of-office-and-other-space.6344/

 

[Smuttynose]

The little Winthrop Square park is well done. Nicely scaled, well landscaped and frames the historic building nicely.

 

[Java King]

I like the fountain. I feel we don't have enough water features like this around Boston.

 

[dirtywater]

One of my pet peeves - the lack of enough fountains around town. More please.

 

[stellarfun]

A very nice and intimate setting, at least at night.

I had to Google for the answer to what happened to the Robert Burns statue. The statue was moved back to the Fens in 2019, the original site of the statue.

See WGBH story.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2019-01-23/why-is-there-a-robert-burns-statue-in-winthrop-square

with this little-known factoid of another Boston 'first'.

The money for Boston’s Burns statue was raised by the public, including the area’s Scottish community which — while modest — is as old as New England itself, thanks largely to a 17th century pipeline of indentured servants who labored in ironworks on the North Shore to earn their freedom.

The oldest charitable society in the world is the Scottish Charitable Society and that was set up in Boston,"

 

[chrisbrat]

 

[themissinglink]

I can't believe the decorative concrete on that column still hasn't been replaced. So weird.

 

[chrisbrat]

I can't believe the decorative concrete on that column still hasn't been replaced. So weird.

Right? I’d love to learn what’s going on.

 

[themissinglink]

Right? I’d love to learn what’s going on.

I'm concerned that they'll never replace it and just leave it as-is indefinitely. Let's hope not.

 

[JeffDowntown]

I'm concerned that they'll never replace it and just leave it as-is indefinitely. Let's hope not.

Could very well have been custom precasts that have to be remade (damaged in transit or installation?). They go to the back of the queue for a new order that small. Could take months/years?

It is probably like the damaged windows at One Dalton -- which took forever to get replaced, because they were so custom, and no longer had a slot in the production queue.

 

[ritchiew]

Could very well have been custom precasts that have to be remade (damaged in transit or installation?). They go to the back of the queue for a new order that small. Could take months/years?

It is probably like the damaged windows at One Dalton -- which took forever to get replaced, because they were so custom, and no longer had a slot in the production queue.

Just for reference, the decorative cladding went up March last year, and people on this forum noticed it was taken down on April 4, 2023. So they've already been trying to fix this for well over a year.

That's surprising it would take so long. As someone who knows nothing about this kind of work, I figure "It's just precast concrete..." But regardless, I hope it's fixed soon.

 

[Justbuildit]

I'll echo what I said upthread, which was told to me by someone who's affiliated with the building. The full cladding was installed (as we can see from the photos), but there was an accident where a construction vehicle struck the column, causing it either to collapse or be sufficiently damaged and unstable that it had to be taken down completely. Haven't heard any updates on repair timelines.

 

[Czervik.Construction]

They are probably still arguing over who should pay for the replacement cladding.

 

[goldenretrievers]

Right? I’d love to learn what’s going on.

I just called the front desk and asked. They said the previous forms arrived cracked and they're in the process of redesign and are still deciding how the new column is going to look. No word on timing.