A new show called Orphan Black: Echoes, which is just like "Orphan Black," only sideways, is set in Boston in 2052, as Brad Searles discovered.
And as you can see from this screenshot from one of the trailers downtown and Beacon Hill will look a tad different in 28 years, so get cracking, developers. But the Red Line will always be the Red Line, even if now a bit rusty on top.
The New England building on Boylston will still be there, as will the Hancock, which will, however, be overshadowed by something that looks like a series of giant pop tops:
Kenmore Square will also be filled with giant swervy sex toys, but, whoops, they left out the giant WHOOP air beacon.
All those new buildings will, of course, require new schools for all the future kids, such as Thomas M. Menino High School:
Compare to:
Boston gets destroyed by monsters.
Boston gets destroyed in a nuclear war.
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lol
By cybah
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 12:31pm
I give them credit for these skyline views. Looks like they actually did a little bit of homework to figure out where to put the fake high rises. The pic of the Copley Sq area is spot on compared to whats in those locations today, which is nothing, a parking garage, or the pike.
Also LOL at Thomas M Menino High School LOL
I don't get it.
By jmeltzer
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 2:51pm
Are you saying that right now there _isn't_ a Thomas M. Menino High School? That would be a shock.
So nice to see ...
By Friartuck
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 1:24pm
A full 2 lanes of traffic on the inbound side of the Longfellow! That's a world I want to live in.
but
By cybah
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 5:18pm
But we have those today.
I just checked Google Maps to make sure. Unless it changed recently.
It was down to 1 lane..
By Friartuck
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 7:09pm
2 weeks ago, with lots of green paint and them expands back to 2 lanes at the circle
Echoing ↑
By Lane Straddler
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 5:22pm
Yah, there's zero difference between the fictional show teaser pic and today's reality.
3 lanes. 2 inbound, 1 outbound.
Is Boston Common safe in this
By Rwgfy
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 2:38pm
Is Boston Common safe in this fiction?
I wonder
By cybah
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 2:50pm
I wonder if in this fiction there's some dude who writes on a local news website under the comments section playing the peanut gallery in 2058.
Acknowledged immortality of
By anon
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 2:49pm
Acknowledged immortality of Red Line trains, built by a race of giants in a previous age.
Mandatory floaties for schoolkids?
Oyster farming in the Back Bay?
Logan is a submarine base, giving us Saugus International Airport?
And back to just one road in and out of downtown, the Dawes Horseway.
Immortality is right
By Neal
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 7:32pm
In this fantasy they're the same hodgepodge of Red Line cars we have today, with the T still waiting for the fourth CRRC set to be delivered from Springfield.
So many labs...
By Angry Dan
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 3:02pm
Pretty sure that's all vacant lab space - no schools required, just tax deductions.
I see the FAA height limits
By CH
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 3:04pm
I see the FAA height limits will be gone by then, which is great news! Do they build a new airport further away, or are fixed-wing aircraft phased out for something that doesn't need runways?
Height limits
By adamg
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 10:02am
Fall away pretty quickly as you move away from the harbor.
The original plans for a skyscraper in Winthrop Square called for an 80-story building, the Tommy Tower. See a couple of renderings (one in exciting Mooninite-vision).
I'm more concerned about all the skyscrapers extending into the South End. Columbus Avenue will never be the same.
What?
By Suldog
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 4:09pm
STILL no flying cars? What the hell.
In this town? Possibly for
By xyz
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 5:24pm
In this town? Possibly for the best.
Drivers around here can’t
By Kinopio
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 6:38pm
Drivers around here can’t handle left and right, what makes you think they could manage up and down as well?
We know they can't
By blues_lead
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 9:23am
We know they can't handle up and down.
Today's example:
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/todays-most-emba...
Robots be doing the driving
By Plen-T-Pak
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:22pm
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It's a shame...
By SmallJB
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 5:07pm
That they didn't see fit to actually film this in Boston.
Possibly because ...
By adamg
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 7:26pm
All the good spaces were already filled by productions using Boston as a fill-in for New York.
So, what's the fill-in for Boston?
By jmeltzer
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 2:53pm
Providence, maybe?
Toronto or Montreal. No
By SmallJB
Wed, 07/24/2024 - 12:51am
Toronto or Montreal. No joking.
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