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发帖数: 549 | 1 版上有人说住市区里都是人傻钱多，市区里什么都不如郊区。
转自Boston Global的文章，自己长眼看看吧。
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/03/01/boston-historic-
A new age for an old town
The Boston Globe
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Dozens of buildings are redefining the skyline and reshaping entire
neighborhoods with offices and luxury dwellings.
By Casey Ross
GLOBE STAFF MARCH 01, 2015
There have been three great ages of development in modern Boston. The first
began after the Back Bay was filled in the late 19th century, a radical
change that triggered a historic construction boom. The second came in the
1960s and 0s, when a 揾igh spineof office towers stretching from the
financial district to the Pru began to rise over an old town.
The third is now.
Its businesses and population on the rise, Boston is in the midst of a
building spree whose enormity, pace, and geographic sweep are redefining the
skyline faster than any period since the early Industrial Age.
On every horizon, cranes and steel skeletons frame a city bursting with
development. New skyscrapers are rising in Downtown Crossing and the Back
Bay, and gritty corners long abandoned by developers are blossoming into
gleaming new neighborhoods.
By the end of last year, 14.6 million square feet of new buildings were
rising in Boston, the equivalent of more than eight John Hancock Towers,
according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. That is a new high-water
mark for a city whose prior booms each driven by innovation and rapid
business growth created fundamental change in its layout, attractions, and
architecture.
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A new age for an old town
Filling the Back Bay, which began in late 1850s and ended with the century,
led to the development of Commonwealth Avenue with its central mall and
alphabetical, anglophilic cross streets, thoroughfares distinctly
identifiable with Boston, as are the long rows of stately brownstones that
filled the new street grid and the landmark buildings the Boston Public
Library, Trinity Church, and the first Museum of Fine Arts (on the site of
the current Fairmont Copley Plaza) that framed the new Copley Square.
A century later, the Hancock and Prudential towers became monuments to
Boston抯 growth as a financial capital, and, over a 20-year stretch, the
city whose tallest building had long been the Custom House Tower built out
the essential look of its current downtown.
JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF
A view from the Cambridge side of the Charles River last spring offered a
look back to the days when the Prudential Tower was the dominant feature on
Boston抯 skyline.
Today抯 boom is more residential and more about the appeal of living in a
bustling metropolis an appeal directed mainly, as was the Back Bay project
, at those of very considerable means. Glassy apartment towers are under
construction on Boston抯 waterfront, where another thoroughfare, Seaport
Boulevard, is lying in wait for new stores, crowds, and street life.
In the adjacent downtown, Boston is becoming a taller place. Five towers
over 600 feet, or roughly 60 stories, are proposed or already being built,
defying a zoning code that still defaults in many districts to 19th-century
height limits of 80 to 120 feet. Most of the new buildings will be filled
with very expensive residences offering panoramic views.
揥e抮e a city in high demand,said Bill McCall, president of the commercial
brokerage McCall & Almy Inc. 揥e抳e really had a transformation that makes
living and working in Boston all the more attractive.br />
The city抯 explosive growth is drawing worldwide attention, and money from
all over as well. International investors are sinking billions of dollars
into Boston real estate developments. Banks and real estate funds from
Europe, Asia, and South America are buying trophy office towers and funding
construction of luxury hotels and condominiums.
Many neighborhoods are barely recognizable from just a few years ago.
Boylston Street in the Fenway, once dominated by fast-food joints and gas
stations, is lined with luxury apartment buildings and new restaurants, and
the tallest of them, a new tower planned for the triangular tip between
Boylston and Brookline Avenue, is soon to break ground. The Seaport District
is one of the fastest-growing neighborhoods in the country. And long-
struggling places like Dudley Square and the East Boston waterfront are on
the cusp of major transformations.
Boston has had periods of heavy building activity in the recent past, most
notably in the late 0s and early 0s, and in the late 1980s. But none of
those booms rival the current one in terms of construction volume, according
to an analysis by the real estate firm Transwestern RBJ, which examined
real estate records back to the 1700s at the Globe抯 request.
Only the urban-renewal transformation of the 1960s and 0s came close to
the current boom in terms of the impact on Boston抯 skyline and
neighborhoods. That era brought construction of Government Center, with City
Hall as its provocative new centerpiece. It also kicked off the development
of Prudential Center, including its signature skyscraper, which replaced
vast rail yards that separated the South End and Back Bay.
JOSEPH RUNCI/GLOBE STAFF/FILE
A lunchtime crowd monitored the progress on the Prudential Tower, which
would take over bragging rights as the city抯 tallest building from the John
Hancock building (rear left) on its completion in 1964.
Today, Boston Properties, one of the city抯 most prolific builders, is
developing a 17-story office building on the final parcel within the
Prudential complex. Meanwhile, the area around the Pru is exploding with new
projects and proposals for hotels and towering residential buildings.
揑t抯 absolutely extraordinary,said Bob Richards, a partner at
Transwestern RBJ. 揥hat抯 driving it is the top-tier labor talent in
industries like technology and life sciences. The young people who work for
those companies want to live in an urban environment.br />
Not coincidentally, the city抯 population is rising more rapidly than it has
in decades. The total head count rose by nearly 30,000 people, to about 646
,000, between 2010 and 2013, according to the US Census Bureau. That抯 more
population growth in three years than Boston experienced in the 1980s and
0s combined.
The rapid increase is fueling an unprecedented amount of housing
construction in neighborhoods from Charlestown to Jamaica Plain. Of the 72
projects underway in the city, about 68 percent are residential buildings,
according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
About 8,000 new apartments are expected to be completed in Boston over the
next three years, doubling the amount built in large luxury complexes since
1960. And surging demand for condominiums is shaking up the skyline: A 625-
foot-tall condo building, known as Millennium Tower, is under construction
in Downtown Crossing, and a 700-foot skyscraper recently got underway next
to Christian Science Plaza.
Those buildings are among the tallest built in decades and promise to bring
new levels of luxury to the city. The project next to Christian Science
Plaza will include the city抯 second Four Seasons Hotel, and Millennium
Tower includes one penthouse unit being offered for $37.5 million.
The median selling price of condominiums in the downtown area rose to $619,
000 at the end of last year, a 12 percent increase from 2013, according to
LINK, a real estate tracking firm. Both rents and purchase prices have
surged to historic highs.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has vowed to combat the ever-rising cost of housing by
building more moderately priced complexes, a promise with echoes from other
eras of rapid development and rising prices.
In 1921, as rents skyrocketed in the strengthening economy, mayoral
candidate James Michael Curley threatened to undermine 搑ent hogsby
borrowing $15 million to flood the market with lower-cost housing.
揑 will build homes for workingmen, letting them pay for them by the month
and at such a reasonable figure as to force these greedy landlords to come
down in their prices,Curley said in a campaign speech covered by the Globe.
Walsh is taking a similar, if less strident, approach. He said he has
identified 250 properties across the city for development of middle-income
housing, and he is also proposing state legislation to create tax incentives
for such projects. Meanwhile, he has also repeatedly acknowledged the
economic and physical improvements brought by luxury projects.
Some neighborhoods are seeing rapid-fire construction activity:
In the South End, a 12-acre portion of Harrison Avenue adjacent to
Interstate 93 is being completely remade. Developers are building more than
700 apartments and condominiums, and recently opened the city抯 largest
Whole Foods grocery store. Hundreds of additional homes are also planned.
At North Station, Converse Inc. is building a new world headquarters, and
a 38-story residential tower is under construction nearby. Developers are
also planning to build a 600-foot complex of homes, offices, and stores in
front of the TD Garden.
In Dudley Square, the city is building a $115 million municipal office
complex that will house 500 school district employees. Hundreds of new homes
are also planned in the area, along with new retail stores.
But by far the most sweeping transformation has occurred in the Seaport
District, where the torrid pace of building has turned a 50-acre expanse of
parking lots into an emerging neighborhood of homes, commercial buildings,
shops, and restaurants.
Office towers are being built for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and the law
firm Goodwin Procter LLP. Four apartment towers are under construction, and
a New York-based real estate powerhouse, Tishman Speyer, is planning to move
forward soon with an office building at Pier 4.
揥e抮e seeing strength throughout the market and that gives us the
confidence to move forward on a speculative basis,Rob Speyer, cochief
executive of the firm, said in a recent interview. 揃oston has one of the
strongest economies in the country. It抯 diverse in terms of its industries,
and it has an extremely educated workforce.br />
Developers John B. Hynes III and the Berkshire Group started construction
this winter on a pair of 22-story apartment towers across from the John
Joseph Moakley US Courthouse. The buildings will sit on top of 300,000
square feet of restaurants, stores and entertainment, including a ShowPlace
ICON movie theater.
Boston抯 only other comparable period of residential building occurred in
the 19th century, the era of the filling of the Back Bay and the development
of Beacon Hill. Hundreds of new homes and apartment houses were built. The
face of the city core was transformed.
GLOBE FILE
The 19th century was the era of filling the Back Bay, including Copley
Square. The public library there opened its doors in early 1895.
A second major wave of institutional development followed in the first years
of the 20th century in the Fenway section, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra
, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Opera Company, and, across the Fens,
the Boston Red Sox built grand new homes there.
揟hat抯 when Boston became a great city, the Athens of America,Hynes said
of the 19th-century boom. 揟hat took Boston from an old, second-tier city to
number one or two in the country in terms of wealth and new energy.br />
Today抯 revival is raising the city抯 profile on an international stage.
Total foreign investment in Boston抯 commercial properties more than doubled
to $10.4 billion through last September, up from $4.7 billion during the
same period in 2013.
The surge put Boston sixth in the world in the amount of money it attracted
from foreign sources, behind only London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, and Los
Angeles, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., a real estate services firm.
Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, recently purchased large stakes in
office towers at One Beacon Street, Atlantic Wharf, and 100 Federal St.
Last May, a venture led by Toronto-based Oxford Properties purchased five
buildings in Boston and Cambridge for $2.1 billion.
揃oston has been discovered from an international perspective,said John
Fish, chief executive of Suffolk Construction. 揥ith our health care and
academic institutions, we have a very compelling story to tell. I think we
have a strong outlook for the next 10 years.br /> | m******r
发帖数: 1033 | 2 闲着也是闲着， 给你们写个摘要：
1921年， 当房租价格疯涨的时候，市长候选人詹姆士 迈克尔威胁说要借15米林打击‘
房租猪’。 ‘我要为工薪阶层盖经济适用房，让他们每个月付合理租金，迫使贪婪的
房东们下调租金’ 詹姆士在一次竞选演说中说到。
....城市人口飞速增加，在过去三年(2010-2013)里人头竟然增加了三万（增幅比80年
代和90年代合起来都要多），目前波士顿人口高达64.6万。
“波士顿已经被国际发现”，suffolk construction的ceo说 “我们有医疗和教育 我
们有强迫性的故事可以告诉 我认为未来10年我们会有很强的outlook” | m***y
发帖数: 14763 | 3 还有107.6吋的 雪 绝大部分都是在不到一个月内下的
【在 m******r 的大作中提到】
: 闲着也是闲着， 给你们写个摘要：
: 1921年， 当房租价格疯涨的时候，市长候选人詹姆士 迈克尔威胁说要借15米林打击‘
: 房租猪’。 ‘我要为工薪阶层盖经济适用房，让他们每个月付合理租金，迫使贪婪的
: 房东们下调租金’ 詹姆士在一次竞选演说中说到。
: ....城市人口飞速增加，在过去三年(2010-2013)里人头竟然增加了三万（增幅比80年
: 代和90年代合起来都要多），目前波士顿人口高达64.6万。
: “波士顿已经被国际发现”，suffolk construction的ceo说 “我们有医疗和教育 我
: 们有强迫性的故事可以告诉 我认为未来10年我们会有很强的outlook”
| m***y
发帖数: 14763 | 4 没戏 种族问题不解决 美国城市空心化没完
就前几天 在六辆警车强力围观下 某不能报道的种族掏出一支357mag 指着白人警察鼻
子开了一枪 子弹从眼下射入 停在脖子上 在此之前 没有一个警察敢先掏枪出来的
现在大家关心的是安抚某种族情绪 免得波士顿成了Ferguson. | b**********s
发帖数: 9531 | 5 郊区化在上个decade就结束了，现在是重新城市化的过程。
种族问题不回影响这个进程。就拿波士顿来说，有几个治安不好的区，但别的区都被治
理了。
【在 m***y 的大作中提到】
: 没戏 种族问题不解决 美国城市空心化没完
: 就前几天 在六辆警车强力围观下 某不能报道的种族掏出一支357mag 指着白人警察鼻
: 子开了一枪 子弹从眼下射入 停在脖子上 在此之前 没有一个警察敢先掏枪出来的
: 现在大家关心的是安抚某种族情绪 免得波士顿成了Ferguson.
| e******r
发帖数: 549 | 6 现在发展的是波士顿市中心，不是这些周边黑人区。
那些黑人区，让他自身自灭就好了，要做的就是尽量防止他们跨区作案。
【在 m***y 的大作中提到】
: 没戏 种族问题不解决 美国城市空心化没完
: 就前几天 在六辆警车强力围观下 某不能报道的种族掏出一支357mag 指着白人警察鼻
: 子开了一枪 子弹从眼下射入 停在脖子上 在此之前 没有一个警察敢先掏枪出来的
: 现在大家关心的是安抚某种族情绪 免得波士顿成了Ferguson.
| l*******2
发帖数: 2550 | 7 支持中产阶级，建高楼大厦，with security door，重新杀回城市。。。。
md,在交通不便的郊区住的憋屈死了。
听说底特律的城市重建，中产阶级重回市中心，很成功。 | l*******2
发帖数: 2550 | 8 其实中产阶级也早瞄着市中心留口水很久了，凭什么便利的交通，只能黑人和穷人享受
？ | u**********s
发帖数: 315 | 9 totally agree! hate hellishly long commute. time is priceless nowadays
【在 l*******2 的大作中提到】
: 其实中产阶级也早瞄着市中心留口水很久了，凭什么便利的交通，只能黑人和穷人享受
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