US Cities with Most Dense Overall Downtown Skylines (living, state, compared)

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by Ne999

What makes you think only the seaport has newer devp? Devp is all over city and urban suburbs... just a few below

north station
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123885...2/50588604457/

Cambridge crossing

https://www.cbtarchitects.com/projec...ng-master-plan

Boston landing
https://bostonlandingdevelopment.com/

Assembly row
https://assemblyrow.com/

Suffolk downs
https://www.suffolkdownsredevelopment.com/vision/

To add a few:

Dorchester Bay City (6 million square feet+ total buildout with adjacent project)
Dorchester Bay City | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Allston Yards+Boston Skating Club Development+West Station Tower (2.6 million sqft total)
Allston Yards | Boston Planning & Development Agency

Bulfinch Crossing (~1.5 million sqft)
https://bulfinchcrossing.com/overview

Dot Ave Project (~8-10 million sqft Buildout) https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/n...lanned-on.html

Nubian Square (~1-2 million sqft of development including RIo Grande Tower, etc)

Obviously , 1/2 of what Seattle has coming forth.. but sure, its more than just one area.

[Guineas]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

To add a few:

Dorchester Bay City (6 million square feet+ total buildout with adjacent project)
Dorchester Bay City | Boston Planning & Development Agency

lol isn't that the part of Morrissey Blvd that floods every time it rains?

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by Guineas

lol isn't that the part of Morrissey Blvd that floods every time it rains?

No? Its next to UMass Boston between South Boston's Beach. Maybe 30 years ago, but again, development.

[Guineas]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

No? Its next to UMass Boston between South Boston's Beach. Maybe 30 years ago, but again, development.

Must be that UMass parking lot over there. That whole area floods still.

Development on paper at least.

[mhays25]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

Really? Boston feels about 2-3x as bigger in its downtown than Seattle.

Boston feels like a bigger and more cohesive city overall, but its downtown feels smaller than Seattle's to me.

Much depends on what year we're talking about...2020 is vastly different from 2015 for example. Seattle's is growing much faster.

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by mhays25

Boston feels like a bigger and more cohesive city overall, but its downtown feels smaller than Seattle's to me.

Much depends on what year we're talking about...2020 is vastly different from 2015 for example. Seattle's is growing much faster.

It really all depends on how you define the downtown. Anything from Seaport, South Station, Shawmut Peninsula, Back Bay, the Fens, Kendall Sq is all fair game for me. Once you hit the South End, Charlestown, Allston, Kenmore Sq, etc... not downtown.

But I get what your saying. Like the Financial District/Downtown Crossing feels smaller than the Downtown proper of Seattle.

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

It really all depends on how you define the downtown. Anything from Seaport, South Station, Shawmut Peninsula, Back Bay, the Fens, Kendall Sq is all fair game for me. Once you hit the South End, Charlestown, Allston, Kenmore Sq, etc... not downtown.

But I get what your saying. Like the Financial District/Downtown Crossing feels smaller than the Downtown proper of Seattle.

I think that’s the difference. The Seaport doesn’t feel like Downtown Boston nor does Back Bay or Kendall or the South End. Central Seattle feels like Central Seattle

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by mhays25

but its downtown feels smaller than Seattle's to me.

It's a 3 mile (1 hour) walk from Fenway Park to the Old North Church. What's the equivalent end-to-end walk in Seattle?

Just spitballing on Google Maps, the walk from Smith Tower to the Space Needle is roughly half that distance..

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by Boston Shudra

It's a 3 mile (1 hour) walk from Fenway Park to the Old North Church. What's the equivalent end-to-end walk in Seattle?

Just spitballing on Google Maps, the walk from Smith Tower to the Space Needle is roughly half that distance..

Nobody would reasonable call either of those places Downtown Boston.

It’s like Haymarket to South Station would be the ends of Downtown Boston

[masssachoicetts]

Originally Posted by btownboss4

Nobody would reasonable call either of those places Downtown Boston.

It’s like Haymarket to South Station would be the ends of Downtown Boston

Anytime im going 'in town' to Boston, its between Fenway, South Station, Seaport, North Station, and part of Kendall.

Im sure us in the 21-25 age range have a different depiction of what downtown is to us.