When I woke up at the Hotel Marcel and pressed the Morning button on the bedside console, the blackout shade rolled steadily up to reveal the…
In Progress

A photo essay. To view all 14 photos, check out the email edition of this story.
For decades, the Pirelli Building, a.k.a. the Armstrong Rubber Building, has been stuck in the past…
Concrete Plans

The Pirelli Tire Building looms long, color-shifting from tan to gray depending on the weather and time of day and your vantage point, with rows of windows at even intervals save a two-story gap between the second floor and the …
Concrete Plans

The Pirelli Tire Building looms long, color-shifting from tan to gray depending on the weather and time of day and your vantage point, with rows of windows at even intervals save a two-story gap between the second floor and …
Upside Downtown

Call it Fright Aid.
A former Rite Aid pharmacy building at the corner of Whalley Avenue and Dwight Street, vacant for several years, has been transformed for just a few weeks into an iParty Halloween Store. For a couple more …