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CBS News
4 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
New building proposed by Boston Red Sox ownership would overlook Fenway Park's Green Monster
A new building is being proposed next to Fenway Park that would be very noticeable to Boston Red Sox fans taking in a game at the ballpark. The Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Red Sox, has unveiled renderings for an office/retail building at 55 Lansdowne St., which is between the ballpark and the Mass Pike. Construction could start in 2026. Renderings show that the brick building, which stands 129 feet tall, would be clearly visible above the 37-foot Green Monster. A spokesperson for the project acknowledged that the new building could block views of the iconic Citgo sign for some inside Fenway. "Views from certain angles will change with the addition of this building," the spokesperson said. The proposed new office building behind Fenway Park Morris Adjmi Architects + JAKLITSCH / GARDNER ARCHITECTS + Gensler But at a public planning department meeting on Monday, Yanni Tsipis with WS Development said the building will fit "really beautifully and contextually in with the streetscape, the Fenway Park ecosystem." "It could have been a lot taller than this," Tsipis said. "We didn't think that was the right approach." Developers say their priorities for the new development include putting "people and bicycles first," respecting and preserving history and "avoid becoming a sports theme park." The Red Sox and Fenway Sports Groups would move their office space to the new building, freeing up space in the ballpark that could be used to improve the fan experience. Genevieve Day with The Fenway Alliance said at the meeting that the proposal looks like a "huge improvement" over the parking garage that currently sits there. "It really looks like one of those buildings that has always been there," she said. "It almost looks like a warehouse building that you are repurposing." A ground view of the 55 Lansdowne St. project near Fenway Park. Morris Adjmi Architects + JAKLITSCH / GARDNER ARCHITECTS + Gensler Fenway Sports Group also owns the air rights over that section of the Mass Pike, and there are plans to build a walkway over the turnpike that would connect Lansdowne Street with Kenmore Square.
New York Times
11-03-2025
- Business
- New York Times
A New Rental Building in Brooklyn Replaces a Parking Lot
When the development team of Mason Gray, a new rental building on a leafy block in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, began to conceptualize the project, high on their list of priorities was the need to maintain the neighborhood aesthetic. The building — created by Morris Adjmi Architects, the firm behind the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn and the Rockaway Hotel in Queens — is in the Crown Heights North II Historic District. A running conversation with the Landmarks Preservation Commission helped guide the design. 'I think this project is a lot about balance, finding the right mix of modernity and tradition, and relating to the neighborhood,' said Morris Adjmi, the architect. He added, 'When we started working on this project — and this went through a number of iterations — we were trying to find out what was the right scale and the right tone.' The name of the building, Mason Gray, was coined by Jeffrey Gershon at Hopestreet Capital, the developer, as a nod to the craftsmanship of the construction and the custom gray color used by the Morris Adjmi architects. Mason Gray, on Sterling Place between New York and Brooklyn Avenues, was built on a former parking lot and green space. It has 158 apartments, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, each with its own laundry, with rents starting at $3,400 monthly and going up to $5,650. There were 48 units available in a lottery for people whose incomes were less than 130 percent of the local area medium income, or from $107,246 to $218,010, depending on household size. Rents for such households range from $3,128 for studios to $4,001 for two-bedroom units. The lottery closed in September and there were more than 15,000 applicants. Amenities include a fitness center, gym, and patio. Several apartment units also have private outdoor spaces. 'Typically when you design buildings, you many times design them from the inside out to make your units as efficient as possible or as good as possible,' said Sha Dinour, a partner at Hopestreet. 'Here we had to close the envelope first, get the thumbs up from landmarks, and then start designing the units.' Mason Gray sits adjacent to the Hebron Seventh Day Adventist Bilingual School, a Haitian school that serves immigrant families, and was the former location for the Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal Church. That building was designated a New York City landmark in 2011. Part of the Hebron building — which was constructed in the late 1800s — was torn down to make room for a courtyard at Mason Gray. Plans to renovate the school, which served nursery through eighth-grade students but hasn't been used in several years, are underway. Hopestreet Capital will work with Caples Jefferson Architects on the renovation. The team on Mason Gray worked with Meisha Hunter, a preservation consultant at Li/Saltzman Architects, to help navigate the landmarking process. One concern, she said, was to adhere to the strict guidelines for projects in historic districts. 'Landmarks is looking for an appropriateness argument,' Ms. Hunter said. 'You want to understand why it is that what you want to do is appropriate to this particular building at this moment in time.' These interviews have been lightly edited for clarity. Morris Adjmi, architect We always look at context as being important to us. This is a very sensitive site, and there were a lot of people focused on this. I think the process of going through Landmarks made the project better — it keeps us on track and also makes us focus on a lot of the details, which we did here. I think the bigger thing that we ended up responding to was the school and the chapel through working with Landmarks and through the design. We looked at this as more of an ensemble of buildings, almost like a campus. Meisha Hunter, senior historic preservations consultant at Li/Saltzman Architects The preservation philosophy that makes a lot of sense to me is that preservation is like recycling — it's as practical as recycling. And what you try to do is look at each individual situation and try to figure out what's the appropriateness argument for this particular situation. From a landmarks perspective, what's really important is to not think of preservation as putting anything under amber or glass; that it can never be changed. What's more important is to talk about whether change is appropriate and what kind of change is appropriate. Sha Dinour, partner at Hopestreet Capital Crown Heights is huge, so there are definitely pockets to it, but this is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pockets. You have Broward Park and the Brooklyn Children's Museum. We see people wanting to not necessarily live on the main arteries or main avenues where they tend to be busier with the retail presence, and that's been very nice to see. I compare it to how people find the West Village very desirable because of its quietness, tree-lined streets and beautiful architecture. Althea Ffrench, leasing agent, Triumph Property Group I've had people think that this building was renovated, that it's been sitting on this land for a while, and it's just the inside that had been redone. As far as physically, it looks like it was built in the mid-1800s. I'm getting people from the neighborhood, people outside of New York, and people from California relocating for work. This neighborhood still has a Caribbean feel to it, and it still feels the same. A lot of families have lived here for generations and don't leave.
