Recent content by chrisbrat

The bottom ribbons of the bow extend halfway down the ground-level of the Grain Exhange building. When you're walking around, it's really pretty diffcult to *not* notice it (unless you're truly glued to your smartphone 100% of the time).

Post #311 in 2020 was the first in this thread to predict CarGurus imminent demise.

Looks very "outskirts of London" -- not in a bad way.

Well, the algorithm go the squat and boxy aesthetic down right. Not sure why the JHT got (literally) shortchanged so much in terms of height.

Even if it's almost always "dark," that'd be awesome. We have enough blue or mirrored glass towers. Not TOO many, but enough. Other than 1 Dalton, we don't have any prominent dark glass highrises (which, I realize at this height, 10 World Trade isn't really...).

By "housing," I didn't expressly mean condos/houses. Why not apartments?

Why not housing? I don’t get it

I think reason 2 is the primary culprit for most of the GLX issues. That said, I am so happy the GLX exists at all. That Eng is fixing the rush-job screwups as quickly and as well as possible is also very encouraging.

Fully agree. That said, this does feel like replacing a Gucci store in Beverly Hills with a Dave & Buster’s or Chuck E Cheese, tonally. There’s still an abundance of “highbrow” content in Back Bay, but I get (at least some of) the sentiment being expressed by a few on here.

Interesting. I went on both Friday and Saturday and we couldn't get outdoor seating either day and had to wait forever to get served when we went indoors b/c it was so packed.

Interesting. Reads as Frankfurt to me (also in a good way). Re: citydweller's take -- I, too, wish the red hadn't been quite so subtly applied. The only thing I miss about the previous version is the weird little glass trapezoid-cum-ziggurat room on the very top floor. The first renders of the...

I could absolutely see myself having a different take if this space becomes more than it currently is. I don’t believe the current “meh-ness” is situational or incidental and will change as the square opens, though. I think calling out Millenium’s failure to deliver is the only way to...

I’m confused by the “let’s wait to pass judgement” stance. Hub Hall, Time Out Market, Bow Market, and plenty other spaces opened for business when they were still in a state of “not quite done-ness” very similar to (or worse than) “The Connector” and they were vibrant from jump.

I believe the “skinny part” is made up of 16 floors and the mechanical penthouse.