Yotel Hotel | SPSQ parcel J | 65 Seaport Blvd | South Boston Waterfront

Changing from gray brick to red is an awkward choice. I would have liked for it to have all stayed gray.

cca
 
cca said:
Changing from gray brick to red is an awkward choice. I would have liked for it to have all stayed gray.

cca
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It feels like it was a conscious choice to react to all of the red brick that abuts the backside of Yotel on Farnsworth, Thomson Pl and that alley in between. All of it is bright re brick - buildings, sidewalks, etc.

Agrre that it may not have been the correct decision, my gut just indicates that it was intentional given it's local environment.
 
cburns said:
It feels like it was a conscious choice to react to all of the red brick that abuts the backside of Yotel on Farnsworth, Thomson Pl and that alley in between. All of it is bright re brick - buildings, sidewalks, etc.

Agrre that it may not have been the correct decision, my gut just indicates that it was intentional given it's local environment.
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I thought the exact same thing. Will help it flow from the old neighborhood into the new.

Also, all scaffolding is now down on the back side of the hotel.
 
This building is the definition of mediocre. Its not horrendous (from the front) and its not great at all. It exists. Its also not finished...
 
This makes courthouse station into even more of a real feeling station to me now. Something screams not real mass transit when it's a stand alone headhouse with nothing near it.

Needs much more noticable signage now that it's not standing alone tho. I understand the "sleekness" of all the stainless for the lettering since it is the silver line, but it no longer pops and isn't as noticeable from a distance as other lines in the subway system.

I'll agree mostly with Stick. Its mediocre, but that's what a lower cost hotel should be. Its the definition of background building. Harder to do on a main thoroughfare. Good job blending in, almost hiding in plain sight. The other buildings should and do overshadow this one.
 
Exactly, Im not hating on it Im just calling it what it is. A mediocre infill project.
 
...and this does a great job completing the Seaport Blvd. streetwall...
 
I honestly think this area has filled up rather well in the past 2-3 years. We just have to make Seaport Blvd./the entire district more pedestrian friendly and get really solid developments going on the few remaining empty parcels. The Seaport might end up feeling cohesive and 'the place to be' in a few years, despite the box shaped buildings.
 
falcon42 said:
What retail in planned for the ground floor here, if any?
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From yotel.com

"Guests will also enjoy access to extensive public spaces, including multiple food and beverage venues. Split between the hotel’s ground floor and an expansive indoor-outdoor roof deck, these spaces will provide flexible environments which encourage co-working, casual meetings and social gatherings, and cultural programming with local flavour."


http://www.yotel.com/media/1647/yotel-boston-final-6-july-2015-eng-2.pdf


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There hasn't been an update here in a while and I hadn't been to the seaport in about a month, but I saw this yesterday and was blown away. Most of the seaport blvd facade is now filled in and it looks very good. The glass strip really adds a lot, but the part that struck me the most was how good the white looks. Most white towers in Boston are kind of an off white color with a grayish hue to them. This is pure white and the checkerboard pattern makes it interesting. It really struck me how pure it looks, and along with the church offices this final part of the street wall is finally almost done. I couldn't get a picture, but if nobody does Ill get one next time I go out there. It looks very good.
 
Something feels off about the proportions of the building. It doesn't work for me.
 
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