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Archive for September 19, 2008
Archstone: A Catalyst for Revitalizing Chinatown?
September 19, 2008 by Chinatown Blogger.
The 24th annual 2008 Boston Build Convention and trade show for design, building and managements professionals will be held November 18-20, 2008 at the Seaport World Trade Center. As part of the convention, there will be tours of the different neighborhoods, including Chinatown.
Two people, both of whom are in the urban design and development profession, alerted the Chinatown Blogger that the Chinatown tour included a discussion of the Archston Boston Common. Below is the brochure description of the Archston Boston Common:
Boston’s Chinatown in the 21st Century
Join us for a tour and lively discussion of the Archston Boston Common, voted #1 high-rise residential complex by the National Association of Home Builders in 2008. The project heralds a new era of luxury rental living in downtown Boston. Evoking a New York City ambience, the elegant two-story lobby features exquisite finishes and intimate fireside seating. The building shape and form are carefully desgined to maximize potential views. With world-class amenities, including an indoor pool and sport club, this high-rise creates a new benchmark for sophisticated urban living in Boston. Both economically and architecturally, the development of this vibrant 24/7 center for living, working, and playing provides a catalyst for the revitalization of Boston’s Chinatown and strengthens the integrity and vitality of the community.
This one paragraph alone has so many clichés: sophisticated, integrity, vitality. What do they mean? Does sophisticated mean only the “intelligent and wealthy” live in Archstone Boston Common? If yes, then does that mean revitalization is in essence the return of capital and wealth into the neighborhood, and Archstone is not there to provide sophisticated urban living to the local working-class residents? How does Archstone strengthens the integrity and vitality of the community? What is integrity and vitality of the community and would the tour guide even know?
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