Saturday, August 13, 2011

Amherst's Twin Towers

Boltwood Place, downtown Amherst

Although Boltwood Place will be a single five-story building on completion, this morning it resembled an iconic place, now but a memory.
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7 comments:

  1. EdAugust 13, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    Two other similarities between these twin towers and the other ones:

    A: Both are being built in a community in decline due to leftist handouts and bloated municipal bureaucracy.

    B: Neither will likely house the intended occupants. WTC was intended for "World Trade" but first was governmental offices and then Wall Street firms -- and the is not/will not be enough retail & restaurant business in Amherst to fill Amherst's tower.

    My gut feeling is that -- a decade from now -- its proximity to the parking garage will make it a social service agency building...

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  2. Larry KelleyAugust 13, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Not all that much retail for the Amherst building to fill as only the ground floor is commercial, and even then it's only 30' by 40'.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 13, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Are these supposed to be condos? If so, what will the price be?

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  4. Larry KelleyAugust 13, 2011 at 8:49 PM

    Apartments.

    And I would guess the Penthouse ones will be a tad expensive (but well worth it considering the location,location,location.)

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  5. EdAugust 13, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    once again you have made a totally creepy capitalization on the 911 tragedy.

    not only do you ignore the facts, you make a cutesy, or rather bizarre ominously overtoned comparison.

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  6. Ponzitown's puppet mastersAugust 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    When them Taliban visited Umass about 13/14 years ago where'd they stay? Not in no hotel.


    And Amherst, Amherst couldn't kiss their feet nearly enough.


    Remember that, f'd up vicious little radical village?

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  7. EdAugust 15, 2011 at 4:24 AM

    not only do you ignore the facts, you make a cutesy, or rather bizarre ominously overtoned comparison.

    First, I didn't write that. And second, I was discussing the BUILDING of the WTC, not the terrorist destruction of the same.

    My point -- I don't think that there is enough money in Amherst to sustain this development as it is currently intended...

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