Weiner Ventures this week filed formal plans with the BPDA for two towers - one 39 stories - of apartments and condos on air rights over the turnpike along Boylston Street across Dalton Street from the Hynes.
Both towers would sit atop a six- or seven-story "podium" housing two floors of retail space topped by a four-story garage.
The taller tower, which would house 160 condos, would rise up to 586 feet; the second tower, which would house 182 apartments, would be 23 stories including the podium space, or up to 301 feet high.
The project, which would also use small existing but vacant parcels, would include a 303-space garage and some retail space.
Weiner hopes to begin construction in early 2018, with residential occupancy by mid-2021.
1000 Boylston St. project notification form (47M PDF).
From the filing:
The Project will transform the Project Site from an undeveloped highway overpass into a hub of residential and retail activity, which will help knit together the fabric of the City. The Project will provide a new connection between the Back Bay neighborhood, the bustling Massachusetts Avenue corridor south of Boylston Street and the Fenway neighborhood. This connection will be strengthened by street-level retail and an improved streetscape that will provide significant urban design and social benefits, as well as stimulate economic growth.
Prudential building on left, other proposed building in middle, 1000 Boylston:
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safe and sound
By TetOn
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 9:51am
Bukowski will be safe and sound in its building, which will still be sitting there, next door to this and is shown in the renderings as there.
But won't someone think of all the shadows that Bukowski patrons will have to endure? AND MY GOD, THE TRAFFIC.
Really worked up for 9am!
By RoseMai
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 9:58am
Too much sugar in your cereal this morning?
Bruh do u even boston. Like,
By anon
Fri, 01/06/2017 - 10:27am
Bruh do u even boston. Like, have you ever been on that bridge? It objectively sucks to walk on. This isn't a grassy area full of trees and parkland, it's a concrete stretch suspended over thousand cars in a wind tunnel. It's freezing in the winter and a sunbeaten nightmare in the summer, cuz, you know, it's A BUNCH OF CONCRETE AND STEEL. An empty hole in the ground. Also, that's not even the Bukowski's building?
Pot is legal, now, dude, sounds like you might benefit from a little.
original bridge
By johnmcboston
Sat, 01/07/2017 - 11:13pm
Boston City Archives has an old photo of that area (across the street though), back when Boylston has a bridge across the BA tracks.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofbostonarchives...
I have slept in that empty
By Jeff Shaw
Wed, 05/22/2019 - 3:42pm
I have slept in that empty field for the last 5 years. Gonna have to find a new safe place to sleep at night.
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