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POLL: Are More Skyscrapers Good for Boston?

Pending plans could mark the first major change to Boston's skyline in a quarter century.

 

After decades of more modest projects, Boston’s designers and architects may be reigniting a new age of Hub skyscrapers—the likes of which we haven’t seen since the 1970s. 

Millennium Partners has pitched a plan to erect a 606-foot tower at the former Filene’s site in Downtown Crossing; Simon Property Group snagged approval last fall for an addition to Copley Place which would bring the site’s full height to 600 feet, and the man who once pitched a 1,000-foot tower for the Financial District is in talks with city officials again for another plan for the site.

Should any of those projects reach their full height, they would be the first new buildings in Boston to stand at least 600 feet since 1987—when the pink columns of One International Place joined the city’s skyline.

Boston’s current tallest buildings:

  1. Hancock Tower, 60 floors, 790 feet, completed 1976.
  2. Prudential Tower, 52 floors, 749 feet, completed 1964.
  3. Federal Reserve, 32 floors, 614 feet, completed 1976.
  4. One Boston Place, 41 floors, 601 feet, completed 1970.
  5. One International Place, 46 floors, 600 feet, completed 1986.
  • What do you think of more skyscrapers joining Boston's skyline?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • I'm excited. After 25 years, the city needs more towers.
        6 (60%)
    • I'm opposed. Boston isn't Manhattan. We don't need more towers.
        1 (10%)
    • I'm just happy to see more construction in the city.
        3 (30%)
    • Other. See my comment below.
        0 (0%)
    Total votes: 10
  • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: Skyscrapers

BackBayRes

7:56 am on Saturday, July 7, 2012

It depends on where they are. In the right location, where they serve a need and don't create wind or shadow problems, well designed skyscrapers can be great. But not in locations where they plunge parks or private residences into shadow or create increased wind problems (like the corner of Stuart and Clarendon). One size does not fit all.

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