Your opinion on the State Street building

[DZH22]

How can you describe this building as filler?? It is one of the most eye-catching, distinctive, and memorable buildings in the entire city. Love it or hate it, it isn't filler.

16th tallest in the city, 17th to the roof. Boston has a strong supporting cast but is still lacking in the headliners. While SS stands out due to design and lighting, it's still dominated by 1 Financial next door.

"Filler" may not be a completely appropriate term, but from many angles this just isn't tall enough to stick out from the crowd. It does look great coming in from the South.

 

[Padre Mike]

I love it...it fits nicely into the context of the surrounding buildings and greets one coming from the south.

 

[DBM]

Ditto to the consensus regarding its commanding, stately, serene presence when viewed from the south.

In particular, when standing at the corner of Lincoln & Beach (i.e. Chinatown Gate vicinity), at sunset during the sunnier months, the sunset falling along the Essex St. corridor playing off it and "Little Buddy" [Radian] (whoever coined that on ArchBoston, a Gold Star to you, sir or madam!) is just sublime, as this Google screen-capture is hopelessly inadequate at conveying:

Similarly, the view driving north on the Southeast Expressway, then zooming up the ascending on-ramp to I-90 Westbound before plunging down, is balls-to-the-wall awesome. Another Google screen-capture hopelessly inadequate at conveying:

 

[odurandina]

i like it. it's great post modernism doing art deco. i don't mind the width at all. or the Avalon/Nashua St precast below the glass. It probably should have gone 80-120' taller to give it a much nicer a/r. 620' (instead of 503') would have been epic here. Did they try to go higher and the Menino admn chopped it?