Watching downtown Boston pop up

By adamg on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 9:34am

Evolution of Downtown Boston

Commercial Cafe used 3D renderings of downtown Boston to create a flyover showing how downtown Boston grew from fairly low buildings to the skyscraper center it is today. They also take a look at some of the key buildings in that evolution, starting, of course, with the Custom House.

Neighborhoods:

Downtown

Topics:

Development

History

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Comments

Few things:

By section77 on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 10:27pm.

Suffolk County Courthouse is id'd as the Suffolk Club, and the largest buildings, the Hancock and Pru are not included because they are slightly out of frame. Seems incomplete.

"Downtown"

By Irma la Douce on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 11:45am.

The video is concentrated on "Downtown" development: Waterfront, DTX, Financial District. The Pru and Hancock are in Back Bay.

Yes, yes I understand the premise.

By section77 on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 2:04pm.

Because Boston is such a sprawling metropolis why look at building a few blocks west of the Common?

Actually agree...

By Irma la Douce on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 3:42pm.

Especially since the Hancock/Copley Square are displayed twice in the pre-title sequence, which also includes two shots of a non-existent Ferris wheel.