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Old Posted Aug 11, 2010, 1:14 PM
Chickenhead Chickenhead is offline
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Originally Posted by Shasta View Post
Province St. blows. How in the world did the developers/architects think it would be a good idea to place a blank concrete-like curtain wall facing the Boston Common?
The west wall contains a shear wall that makes the concrete structural frame rigid. It also houses the stairwell and elevator core just on the other side. Half or more of the wall is blocked by the building next to it, and if that building is renovated or replaced it could obscure the whole wall. They spent more money on the facades that face streets. Its likely there was also some "value engineering" that resulted in the final design.
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