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I kind of like the lull. Makes it recognizable and unique. I don’t thinks it’s fair to expect it to fill in. It’s a very very wide skyline as is, usually can’t fit it into a single frame. I like that there’s One Dalton, the Pru and the Hancock (I refuse to say 200 Clarendon) that’s let of stand alone as the super talks ‘over there’
It cant fill in regardless. Shadow Laws really prohibit anything on that stretch over 225ft. We are even lucky we are getting Motor Street Garage (~280ft) and 212 Staurt (212ft)
How about Baltimore's density of solid row-housing for miles too. Not to bring its suburb of DC in..... or is that. No one ever uses Baltimore or Cleveland or so many other cities that get no hype.
Baltimore’s row homes are great for adding density at the street lvl, or when looking out over the city however they don’t do much for the skyline itself.
Regarding the cities downtown, while extremely dense with infill it simply lacks the critical mass of skyscrapers Seattle/Boston/Philly/SF have established in their cores and do to its layout is less centralized.
Places like a Cleveland, Cincinnati or other rust belt cities have torn to much of their historic cores down to even be considered in “density” discussions any more
Eh. There are better examples. These pictures of Boston are pretty hohum and many cities in the US can rival that. The second picture actually shows the Boston skyline as not being that dense. The skyline even in the downtown core (1st photo) strikes me as a bit cacophonous, brown and boxy without the coherence of more famous and architecturally inspired skylines like Chicago or more modern skylines like Seattle.
The skyline is not the strong suit of Boston. The Charles River view is nice though, but the skyline doesn't make me go damn, this is a big ass dense city. It does unwittingly do a good job of putting the focus on the historic buildings of Beacon Hill and Back Bay, which are cool.
Eh. There are better examples. These pictures of Boston are pretty hohum and many cities in the US can rival that. The second picture actually shows the Boston skyline as not being that dense. The skyline even in the downtown core (1st photo) strikes me as a bit cacophonous, brown and boxy without the coherence of more famous and architecturally inspired skylines like Chicago or more modern skylines like Seattle.
The skyline is not the strong suit of Boston. The Charles River view is nice though, but the skyline doesn't make me go damn, this is a big ass dense city. It does unwittingly do a good job of putting the focus on the historic buildings of Beacon Hill and Back Bay, which are cool.
Yet the skyline is third in this poll? So that would mean it’s probably top 6 most impressive behind NYC CHI SEA PHI MIA? Definitely haven’t seen MANY cities rival that skyline. It’s the density of the building-not the beauty.
It’s very dense on one side, and the there’s tenuous ties to the high spine which I think looks great. It’s both a wide and dense skyline at the same time. The second photo shows the massive expanse, the only city I know with a wider skyline is NYC. The first one shows amazing density similar to Seattle.
Yet the skyline is third in this poll? So that would mean it’s probably top 8. Definitely haven’t seen MANY cities rival that skyline. It’s the density of the building-not the beauty.
It’s very dense on one side, and the there’s tenuous ties to the high spine which I think looks great. It’s both a wide and dense skyline at the same time.
Agreed here. In general it is a very dense skyline. But for the newly Alpha city, it doesn't hold it's weight in the skyline department when you factor in San Francisco is in the same world class recognition as Boston. It's impressive, but not for it's importance b
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No one ever uses Baltimore or Cleveland or so many other cities that get no hype.
