Boston Properties is planning to modernize the station – and the entire block around it.
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It looks like Back Bay Station, the dingy and outdated transit
hub of the MBTA at the corner of Dartmouth and Stuart streets, is
getting an aesthetic overhaul, inside and out. So much so you might not
even recognize the new structure.
Boston Properties Inc. put forth plans Tuesday for the project, which would entail not just revamping the station itself, but the entire block surrounding it. Retail outposts would line the street level of a new glass office tower – 26 stories of twisting glass akin to several giant boxes stacked on top of each other at odd and seemingly random angles.
The MBTA building itself, which sees some 30,000 commuters each day, would be redone to reflect a more modern transit station. Department stores and a supermarket could be in the picture as well, and the finished product will also offer "a variety of high-quality housing opportunities," which will reportedly include the creation of affordable housing.
The Back Bay/South End Gateway Project, according to Boston Properties Director Brian Golden, "is conceived as a holistic and transformative, mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment which will revitalize an underutilized urban site and transform the adjacent public realm, integrate and connect the surrounding Back Bay, South End, and Bay Village historic neighborhoods, and create an attractive and appealing place worthy of this prominent location within the City of Boston."
The project will comprise a total of roughly 1.26 million square feet, and take several years to complete.
Check out the project renderings, below:
Boston Properties Inc. put forth plans Tuesday for the project, which would entail not just revamping the station itself, but the entire block surrounding it. Retail outposts would line the street level of a new glass office tower – 26 stories of twisting glass akin to several giant boxes stacked on top of each other at odd and seemingly random angles.
The MBTA building itself, which sees some 30,000 commuters each day, would be redone to reflect a more modern transit station. Department stores and a supermarket could be in the picture as well, and the finished product will also offer "a variety of high-quality housing opportunities," which will reportedly include the creation of affordable housing.
The Back Bay/South End Gateway Project, according to Boston Properties Director Brian Golden, "is conceived as a holistic and transformative, mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment which will revitalize an underutilized urban site and transform the adjacent public realm, integrate and connect the surrounding Back Bay, South End, and Bay Village historic neighborhoods, and create an attractive and appealing place worthy of this prominent location within the City of Boston."
The project will comprise a total of roughly 1.26 million square feet, and take several years to complete.
Check out the project renderings, below:
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