Shreve Building Demolition Protest

shirley kressel · 12-07-2008, 03:44 PM

Are there any engineers or architects on the site that could make an educated assessment of the feasibility of preserving the Shreve facades and doing adaptive-reuse of the innards? Druker said he's done a feasibility study and it's impossible because he'd have to dig down too far to support the walls. But isn't he digging down to make a garage? And a three-sided facade might not need as much support as a single wall. Anyone have any sense of the feasibility of a facade rescue here?

Lurker · 12-07-2008, 04:49 PM

We'd need a clearer picture of the SCL's structure in relation to what's going on adjacent to Arlington Station and utilities beneath Arlington, Boylston, and Providence Streets. It doesn't make any sense to me that it is 'impossible' to save the outer walls without 'great expense' given the easy access to the site from Providence Street for a variety of construction options.

It boggles my mind that Druker didn't make a big to-do about saving the historic SCL building facade to win over the public and then get away with proposing something larger on the back of the block that maxed out existing zoning or required a variance. I'm assuming he knew that project would get rubber stamped fairly quickly and didn't didn't think it would be necessary to make a fairly easy public relations concession.

ablarc · 03-14-2009, 07:52 PM

Did this ever happen?

Ron Newman · 03-15-2009, 01:47 PM

Are you asking whether the building was demolished? No, for now it's still standing.

ablarc · 03-15-2009, 02:23 PM

^ No, I'm asking if the protest took place.

commuter guy · 03-16-2009, 10:03 PM

Yes. I stopped by the protest for about an hour. An article about the protest appeared in The Boston Metro and Boston Herald after the protest.

12-07-2008, 03:44 PM	#2
shirley kressel Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 17	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest Are there any engineers or architects on the site that could make an educated assessment of the feasibility of preserving the Shreve facades and doing adaptive-reuse of the innards? Druker said he's done a feasibility study and it's impossible because he'd have to dig down too far to support the walls. But isn't he digging down to make a garage? And a three-sided facade might not need as much support as a single wall. Anyone have any sense of the feasibility of a facade rescue here?

12-07-2008, 04:49 PM	#3
Lurker Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South End Posts: 967	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest We'd need a clearer picture of the SCL's structure in relation to what's going on adjacent to Arlington Station and utilities beneath Arlington, Boylston, and Providence Streets. It doesn't make any sense to me that it is 'impossible' to save the outer walls without 'great expense' given the easy access to the site from Providence Street for a variety of construction options. It boggles my mind that Druker didn't make a big to-do about saving the historic SCL building facade to win over the public and then get away with proposing something larger on the back of the block that maxed out existing zoning or required a variance. I'm assuming he knew that project would get rubber stamped fairly quickly and didn't didn't think it would be necessary to make a fairly easy public relations concession.

03-14-2009, 07:52 PM	#4
ablarc Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,973	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest Did this ever happen?

03-15-2009, 01:47 PM	#5
Ron Newman Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davis Square, Somerville, MA Posts: 4,644	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest Are you asking whether the building was demolished? No, for now it's still standing.

03-15-2009, 02:23 PM	#6
ablarc Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,973	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest ^ No, I'm asking if the protest took place.

03-16-2009, 10:03 PM	#7
commuter guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 333	Re: Shreve Building Demolition Protest Yes. I stopped by the protest for about an hour. An article about the protest appeared in The Boston Metro and Boston Herald after the protest.

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