Cool Stuff in Other Cities

[jgardnerucf]

Amended guess: The Pavilion?

Pink looks good on you! 

[jrs2]

8 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

Amended guess: The Pavilion?

Pink looks good on you! 

Amazing.

I was trying to snap that new red terminal at Logan...but...don't have a pro camera..

8 hours ago, jgardnerucf said:

Ok I'll guess:   The Contemporary Art Museum, Boston?

Close. Was at Legal Seafood, but you otherwise nailed it! Boston Harbour. May go to that Tea Party place across the bridge. They like really redeveloped Seaport...amazing.

[jrs2]

On 9/29/2023 at 11:10 PM, jgardnerucf said:

Amended guess: The Pavilion?

Pink looks good on you! 

So, I never made it to Tea Party.  However, we rented a car and spent more time in neighboring states than in Boston...go figure...hit some spots in Maine, NH, RI, and also back in the City.  

I had forgotten all about The Big Dig until I drove through it several times.  I have to say...wow.  They really did a great job with it.

I noticed on the trip back south into Boston while on US1, that road had a continuous hard median in the center, but the sides were accessible to businesses bordering US1 like a regular street- on both NB and SB lanes.  I've never seen that before; it was a hybrid limited access highway at that point.

[Ivanhoe]

With all this Boston talk, thought I’d share a photo I took recently while visiting of the newly completed Computer Data Sciences building at Boston University: 

I regret not taking more as there are incredible angles.

More about it here: 

https://www.kpmb.com/project/boston-university-data-sciences-center/

Edited October 10, 2023 by Ivanhoe

[orange87]

$17 million state-of-the-art library branch may be coming to Hartford’s North End

Article:  https://www.courant.com/2023/10/14/17-million-state-of-the-art-library-branch-may-be-coming-to-hartfords-north-end/?fbclid=IwAR3eFjV_tPW2OqYSw86XpVP4sNg-doZamlWQOxuHELF_CndQSCarcbUpOEE

This is how the new library looks.

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This is the current Hartford north end library; a tiny retail space in a dumpy plaza.

This is across the street from the current Hartford north end library, and will be the site of the new library.

Edited October 14, 2023 by orange87

[Ivanhoe]

14 minutes ago, orange87 said:

$17 million state-of-the-art library branch may be coming to Hartford’s North End

Article:  https://www.courant.com/2023/10/14/17-million-state-of-the-art-library-branch-may-be-coming-to-hartfords-north-end/?fbclid=IwAR3eFjV_tPW2OqYSw86XpVP4sNg-doZamlWQOxuHELF_CndQSCarcbUpOEE

This is how the new library looks.

T

This is the current Hartford north end library; a tiny retail space in a dumpy plaza.

This is across the street from the current Hartford north end library, and will be the site of the new library.

Nice to see a vacant lot replaced by something that will benefit the community.

My favorite library in recent years is the new Winter Park library. They could have played it safe and went in the opposite direction, a building that will resonate for generations. 

[JFW657]

4 hours ago, orange87 said:

$17 million state-of-the-art library branch may be coming to Hartford’s North End

This is the current Hartford north end library; a tiny retail space in a dumpy plaza.

This is across the street from the current Hartford north end library, and will be the site of the new library.

Wow.

No offense, but that just looks embarrassing.

Especially for a city the size of Hartford. 

[orange87]

11 hours ago, JFW657 said:

Wow.

No offense, but that just looks embarrassing.

Especially for a city the size of Hartford. 

Hartford has nine libraries. That one is the worst out of them by far.

This is how the main library branch looks.

Edited October 15, 2023 by orange87

[JFW657]

36 minutes ago, orange87 said:

Hartford has nine libraries. That one is the worst out of them by far.

This is how the main library branch looks.

Yeah, I figured their main branch probably looked a lot more like a major metro area's library, but even having an outlying branch library as dilapidated and graffiti covered as that one, is something that if I was a resident, I would not want visitors to see. 

Possibly the worst looking library I've ever seen a picture of. 

Seems like they could've maintained the appearance a bit better.

Maybe have someone remove the graffiti every day at least.  

The proposed replacement is impressive, though.

Should look really nice until the taggers start hitting it. 

[orange87]

27 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Yeah, I figured their main branch probably looked a lot more like a major metro area's library, but even having an outlying branch library as dilapidated and graffiti covered as that one, is something that if I was a resident, I would not want visitors to see. 

Possibly the worst looking library I've ever seen a picture of. 

Seems like they could've maintained the appearance a bit better.

Maybe have someone remove the graffiti every day at least.  

The proposed replacement is impressive, though.

Should look really nice until the taggers start hitting it. 

The bottom picture isn't the library. The bottom picture is an abandoned building that will be demo'd and the new library will be built there.

[JFW657]

11 minutes ago, orange87 said:

The bottom picture isn't the library. The bottom picture is an abandoned building that will be demo'd and the new library will be built there.

Yep, I knew that.  

But it's still not something you'd want to have across the street from any public library branch. 

And the actual library building itself is only a little better and it also has graffiti all over it. 

Whoever the branch manager is should be out there with a pressure washer every morning prior to opening for the day, blasting that stuff off.  

[jrs2]

So, I posted in the other thread about my assistant hooking up on Grinder at JFK.  He hooked up at the TWA Hotel.  They converted the old TWA terminal into the lobby area of a hotel on the Airside of the terminal that houses JetBlue.

Wow.  Wow and wow.  Just look at this. If this architecture was porn, it would be Debbie Does Dallas.

This is breathtaking.  They even have one of the old planes outside that has been converted into a hotel bar.  

[jrs2]

More on this:

 

[orange87]

Bridgeport, Connecticut is looking to clean up it's image. The city was famously mocked on Family Guy for being the world capital of "stray dogs, broken glass and gas stations without pumps." The state is allocating $22M to demolish and abate Bridgeport’s coal plant which was decommissioned in 2021. It sits on a highly visible prime location along the harbor. This will allow the city to utilize the land for recreation, leisure, housing and retail.

Article: https://westfaironline.com/government/state-allocates-22m-to-demolish-and-abate-bridgeports-coal-plant/

Edited October 16, 2023 by orange87

[Uncommon]

2 hours ago, orange87 said:

Bridgeport, Connecticut is looking to clean up it's image. The city was famously mocked on Family Guy for being the world capital of "stray dogs, broken glass and gas stations without pumps." The state is allocating $22M to demolish and abate Bridgeport’s coal plant which was decommissioned in 2021. It sits on a highly visible prime location along the harbor. This will allow the city to utilize the land for recreation, leisure, housing and retail.

Article: https://westfaironline.com/government/state-allocates-22m-to-demolish-and-abate-bridgeports-coal-plant/

Bridgeport will likely remain an enormous sh*thole in our lifetimes but this is at least a step in the right direction. I lived there for 10+ years and though I was a kid and didn't realize just how sh*tty it was, I went back a couple years ago and was shocked how derelict and run down most of the city was. That place is the stuff of nightmares. If it can clean itself up even just a little bit, it's worth it.

Edited October 16, 2023 by Uncommon

[jrs2]

This looks cool:

https://www.alligator.org/article/2023/11/uf-celebrates-malachowsky-halls-grand-opening

[Ivanhoe]

Posted a few weeks ago,  but just read about the upgrade to Miami Metromover:

https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2023/10/17/county-putting-metromover-in-shape-to-expand/

[jrs2]

[jrs2]

[jrs2]

Yeah...St. Pete is pretty built up in its core.  They've got the popo in a whole lotta places downtown.  Their mayor is without a doubt sending a message so that people can come downtown and enjoy.  The Pier is pretty cool.  The top level has a bar with a DJ and it is pretty cool.  The pelicans on the back side are fun...aggressive waiting for fish from people fishing...

 

[Uncommon]

34 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

Yeah...St. Pete is pretty built up in its core.  They've got the popo in a whole lotta places downtown.  Their mayor is without a doubt sending a message so that people can come downtown and enjoy.  The Pier is pretty cool.  The top level has a bar with a DJ and it is pretty cool.  The pelicans on the back side are fun...aggressive waiting for fish from people fishing...

 

Love St. Pete. Moving back this summer and cannot wait.

[jrs2]

https://theluxurylifestylemagazine.com/waldorf-astoria-miami-residences-unveils-50m-penthouse-the-tallest-building-south-of-new-york-city/

[dcluley98]

Haven't been to the new Pier yet and would love to go. Maybe when I am down in Palmetto for Christmas I can make a trip over the bay. 

St. Pete is a place I would love to move to long-term, but with the new development Tampa/St. Pete is getting pretty expensive compared to what it used to be. If money was no object I would live in St. Pete or Sarasota right now. 

[KJHburg]

I have trail blazed through the Sunshine State the last week heading to the City Beautiful later.  

Check out the Tampa, St Pete, Palm Beach County, Fort Lauderdale and of course Miami UP threads for lots of photos.   Fort Lauderdale is absolutely beautiful had not been downtown in 20 years.   Downtown West Palm is booming with multiple new office and residential towers.  Miami is En Fuego!  Miami truly amazes me.  Downtown St Pete getting its new tallest building along with downtown West Palm.  Downtown Tampa gets better everytime I go there.  Multiple towers underway downtown including 38 story Pendry Hotel and condos.  

Florida - UrbanPlanet.org

[orange87]

I was surprised to read the tallest building in Hartford (537 ft) is taller than the tallest building in Baltimore (529 ft). In other Hartford trivia; the Travelers Tower in Hartford (527 ft)  built in 1919 was the tallest building in the world outside of NYC at the time it was built.