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Archive for the 'Boston architecture and design' category
Univeral Hub reports that developer Ori Ron is pushing ahead with plans for a new condo tower at Kingston and Essex, where Chinatown and the Leather District meet. Interesting tidbit: The city actually asked that the building be made more boring so it wouldn’t distract from the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Did they stop to think [...]
09/01/09 |
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Feng Shui and your Boston condo: How to bring wealth into your life
Here’s a unique take on how to bring more wealth into your life by tapping Feng Shui at home. Credit to New York real estate professional Debra Duneier:
-The burners on your stove represent wealth. Keep them clean and alternate your use [...]
06/10/09 |
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According to the The Boston Courant Suffolk University’s plan for a new art school building at 20 Somerset Street in Beacon Hill cleared an important hurdle last week.
At the Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) meeting on October 14, Suffolk University received aurthorization to demolish the former Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) headquarters.
The word I’m hearing from [...]
10/20/08 |
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Buildings new and old, around Boston.
(New) John Hancock Tower
W Hotel and Residences
Ritz Carlton Hotel and Towers
Dominic’s Restaurant and Bar
Paramount Theater
Rose Kennedy Greenway, Chinatown
InterContinental Boston and The Residences at the InterContinental and Russia Wharf and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
– click on photos to enlarge
08/16/08 |
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What’s a townhouse, what’s a rowhouse?
Row house, town house, brownstone – By James McCown, The Boston Globe
It is a question that has vexed real estate brokers and lovers of urban architecture for generations: What’s the difference between a town house, a row house, and a brownstone? Boston native Kevin D. Murphy, whose book ”The American [...]
07/29/08 |
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UPDATE
I received a voicemail from someone on Tuesday after this thread began and after I posted the developer’s renderings on my blog. He seemed frantic that people were talking about the “movie theater” as if it was going to actually happen.
I just got off the phone with him; he’s the Director of [...]
07/21/08 |
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At least, on paper.
The City That Might Have Been, By Rachel Levitt, Boston magazine
An illustrated history of the boldest Boston building projects that never got off the drawing board.
07/09/08 |
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