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Does anybody remember the name of this project?
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Here's an article from last August.
![]() BRA selects Amherst Media plan for Theater District development Boston Business Journal - August 11, 2005 by Tom Witkowski Boston Business Journal The Boston Redevelopment Authority chose Amherst Media Investors LLC to develop a three-story glass-enclosed retail and restaurant space with an electonic video display for the corner of Tremont and Stuart streets in the Theater District. Barbara Lynch, owner of the Boston restaurant No. 9 Park, and Nabil Sater, owner of Cambridge restaurant the Middle East, have expressed interest in the restaurant and entertainment spaces in the building. The Wang Center has expressed interest in cultural space in the building for the Suskind Young at Arts program. The new $5 million building will be 13,000 square feet. The building must include 5,400 square feet of office, rehearsal and conference space as a cultural component. The building will also have 2,660 square feet of specialty restaurant and possibly a ticket agency on the first floor and a 5,400-square-foot upscale restaurant, bar and entertainment use on the third floor. An electronic sign will wrap around the corner of the building and be visible from Stuart and Tremont Streets, mimicking Time Square signs in New York City. The sign will include an 8-by-17-foot video display on the second level above the building's corner entrance. The video display will be available for commercial sponsorship and a portion of the proceeds will go to the BRA for a Theater District Improvement Fund to pay for streetscape and upkeep of the neighborhood. The proposal was one of three received in response to a BRA request in September. The chosen development team includes Elkus/Manfredi Architects as the architects, Shadrawy and Rabinovitz as attorney, O'Neill and Associates as development consultant, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. as engineer consultant and Suffolk Construction Inc. as general contractor. |
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The project has been expanded since the original designation. It is now a joint venture with one of the other parties which responded to the BRA's Request for Proposals and includes 54 residential units. From the BRA's website http://www.cityofboston.gov/bra/pres...sp?pressID=299
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Who would want to live in an area that is supposed to be 24 hour? Are their any condos in Times Sq? That seems like a pretty stupid idea. This would be much better served as a hotel.
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People who want a lively environment. What's wrong with that?
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I agree that people want a lively environment, but as I said before, this is the wrong place for residential development. Uncle Bob and Aunt Nancy will be calling the police every night because of excess noise and too many lights.
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http://www.1600broadway.com/ According to an article over on WiredNY dated 1/3/06, 80% of the condos there sold within 90 days. Not too shabby at all, and it shows that there most certainly are people who would tolerate living in that whirlwind of an environment. How this applies to the Boston site, I'm not sure. We're hip, but we're nowhere near as edgy as NY. |
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Good point Lexicon. I live on a 20 hour strip (Little Stevie's House of Pizza for Drunks closes at 3 am..) and my room overlooks the Mass Turnpike, and I enjoy it here. I can sit by my window all day watching the world go by. I think Vanshnooken's comments were in reaction to living with the signs and lights inherent in a Times Square-like environment more than the idea of a 24 hour district, but even then I made the case above that there are plenty of people willing to put up with it. But then this brings up the issue of just how much we can recreate TSq with one potentially lame project proposed so far, like what Callahan talked about.
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Changes to Dominic's Bar and Grille
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from today's Boston Globe: http://www.boston.com/business/artic...oston_sampler/ |
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ABout time the W Hotel gets underway and 10 story is a great improvement for the Time Square project.
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A detailed article about the plans for a hotel/condos in that spot from march:
http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2...stonLoews.html AND a preliminary design from William Rawn Associates http://www.rawnarch.com/design1.html |
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As far as I know all the drawings were done for the hotel proposal by Bill and the only thing holding up the project was funding.
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Reading some of these articles it looks like the money issues have been sorted out and construction will begin soon. Soon being a relative word, could be this fall or next spring, who knows. I'm excited about this project, I think this area of town could use an influx of residents. I like the design as well, hopefully things go smoothly with this. |
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![]() Site work is under way at the Wilbur Theatre, which is slated to have Times Square-style signs. (Staff photo by Matthew West) |
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Theatre district building
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^ Oh so glitzy... :roll:
Are those going to be jumbo-tron type screens or are they going to be static images similar to those found at MBTA bus stop shelters? |
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Has that design been approved? I remember one of the earlier renderings was only about 2 stories. While I do think the signs are a bit of a sad attempt at trying to make a "Boston Times Square," I really hope this gets built because I think it would serve as a catalyst for new development in the area. It would be great if they could make the theater district feel like one contiguous area.
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