One of the things about writing about commercial real estate every day is that you pay close attention to buildings – where they are, what they do, how they interact with their surroundings, and how they look.
So when I was at the Copley Marriott yesterday for Drew Faust’s speech, I’m riding up the elevators, looking [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Architecture'
The Mullet-iest Hotel
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Architecture·Grooming
Ha Ha, the New Mets Stadium Sucks Because Nobody Likes the Mets
March 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Media
That, essentially, is the thesis behind New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger’s uncharitable review of the Mets’ garish new home, Citi Field. Not that you’ll find any arguments over on this end.
Tags:Architecture·New Yorker
Your Neighborhood Sucks, But That’s OK, Because So Does Everybody Else’s
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Media
James Howard Kunstler, of Geography of Nowhere fame, pops up last week’s New Yorker shouting about financial doom and crappy architecture. All in all, it’s a pretty triumphant appearance.
Kunstler showed me a motel at the corner of Broadway and Division Street, near the outdoor cafe, that he considered “the most low-quality Western-civilization architecture conceivable.” Its [...]
Tags:Architecture·New Yorker
More Traffic on Boylston
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Historicalness, Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily)
Back in April, I suggested that Ron Druker would likely have an easier time demolishing the old Shreve’s building than Apple, which had a hellish experience putting its new flagship store on top of an old copy shop. Must’ve forgotten that this is Boston. When it comes to development – especially in [...]
Mayor Likes It Modern
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Boston Mayor Tom Menino swung by the new Boylston Street Apple Store’s press preview today. He talked about technology, green buildings, groundwater, education, and beauty. He professed to own a Mac laptop, and said he listens to “music that I can understand the words to” on his iPod.
And while he was at it, he endorsed [...]
Urban Renewal Nearly Brings Timothy Leary to the Comm. Ave. Mall
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Historicalness
And hello there to you. Not a whole lot of activity on these here internets lately. I know. A light blogging regimen is the sign of a guy with a bunch of work that actually pays.
But who needs rent money when you’ve got totally subversive and unprofessional government memos? That’s what we’ve got here. By [...]
All the Attendant Evils of a Bad Slum
February 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Historicalness
I spent most of yesterday in the BPL, dodging sleepy homeless people and researching a BoMag piece on Boylston Street’s weird place in the city’s architectural bureaucracy. Half of it is part of the Back Bay Architectural District, and subject to a litany of design and zoning structures; half isn’t. Unsightly newspaper boxes are banned [...]
Tags:Architecture·Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Slums·Urban Renewal
