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Custom House Tower Photo Thread
The Custom House is probably one of the Most photogenic buildings in the city, more even (to me at least) than the Hancock.
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Every day I try and go on the tour of the Customs House Tower is the one day of the week that they aren't offered - some day I'll remember which day that is! Also, in the Bank of America on Atlantic Ave in the North End (the one next to the Starbucks) there is a small interactive display with some interesting stuff about the Tower and Boston history.
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mustve been awesome to work in the area when the customs house was in action...
my stepdad had a second office next door until customs moved (he's in the customs brokerage business), now they just have a grungy airport office and a lot of the paperwork is done electronically... oh well |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I've always been a big fan of the Customs House. Wrote a paper about it in undergrad. |
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A few more...
Last time I went to the observatory, I lucked out. I always knew the clock mechanism was on the 17th floor in the hotel game room. But, every time I had gone there was no way to get access. Fortunately this time, the door opened to let a guest on the elevator, and I hopped off.
I wish the window on the clock was bigger though. Considering what is on the other side of it, it's very small window measuring no more than 20" x 30" I would guess. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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It's too bad bowesst hasn't been around for about a month now, i'm sure this is one of him favorite buildings judging by his avatar
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Re: Custom House Tower Photo Thread
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...g-over-boston#
http://melrosemirror.media.mit.edu/s...0353131353939] http://www.judnick.com/images/Zeppelin_img020_small.jpg http://www.judnick.com/images/Zeppelin_img039_small.jpg http://www.judnick.com/images/Zeppelin_img034_small.jpg
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Re: Custom House Tower Photo Thread
![]() I didn't know I had the Customs House in any of my photos and just found this from December. ![]() |
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Re: Custom House Tower Photo Thread
What a sympathetic companion Graham Gund's building is for Faneuil Hall.
Similar bulk, similar fenestration, similar materials, similar kit of parts --with just enough deviation for interest. Think how disruptive this building would be in glass. Even in a master's hands. Time to shake the glass monkey off our backs. Buildings need to be clad in something besides Saran Wrap. One Hancock might have been enough. |
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Re: Custom House Tower Photo Thread
It's a good neighbor, ablarc. Could Louis Kahn have done better, playing on his love of warehouses?
Architects need to learn to use glass with a better understanding of natural light. Aalto got it. |
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It's a shame nobody has the guts to build a new project with a facade similar to the older style buildings in this area. They all look terrific.
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^ Isn't Gund's building an example of what you're advocating?
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Took this one yrs ago! was never any good at nite shots
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The last is a highly operatic distortion of reality worthy of Giacomo Puccini himself --an exact contemporary of this tower. In heaven, he applauds.
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