One Davis Square's hideous rear wall

[ron_newman]

Over the past few years, I recall numerous Davis Square Task Force meetings about the new One Davis Square. The developer, city officials, and the assembled citizens discussed the building's height, the front facade, the windows, the CVS, the gym, the lack of parking .... everything except the rear wall.

Somehow I assumed that the red brick on the front and sides would carry over to the back. Probably everyone else thought that, too. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The back wall is totally blank and windowless, and appears to be made of white cinderblock.



(Photo is from the Somerville Journal's blog.)

Comments

another vote for a mural

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I'm disappointed they didn't even put windows on that side. That expanse of blankness is pretty unfriendly.

Re: another vote for a mural

[ron_newman]

The developer may be expecting that eventually, the parking lot will be built on, hiding the wall. The Mayor commissioned a study identifying that lot as one of three possible sites for a hotel in Davis Square.

The parking lot belongs not to the One Davis Square developer, but rather to Rocco Antonelli, who also owns the post office building, the ex-Buck-a-Book, and Starbucks.

Re: another vote for a mural

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Ah, then the blank wall, made of not especially attractive material, makes a lot of sense.

Re: another vote for a mural

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

The Hotel Davis? Imagine that.

Re: another vote for a mural

[tenshikurai9.livejournal.com]

Let's go paint windows on it.