Log in / Register All Boston UH only

ugly buildings

Pedestrian addition to the MFA

MFA Jewel BoxMarc is not at all upset that the construction schedule for the MFA's proposed $385-million addition seems to have slipped by more than a year:

... It's another entirely forgettable, vaguely irritating design of straight lines and cubes, and the best that can be said of it is that some of it is glass. ...

MFA background info on the expansion.

Uglying up the neighborhood

Glen really, really, really, really hates a multifamily house going up on School Street in Watertown:

... A new multifamily is under construction on School Street and its architect and its developer should be indicted for the crimes of infliction of ugliness, greed, and contempt. What an insult to the neighbors, not to mention their property values. Watertown has no design review requirement for building permits. Here is a strong argument for instituting one. ...