Friday, March 6, 2015

City approves 30-story Fenway tower

A rendering of the proposed Point project in the Fenway.


By Jack Newsham | Globe Correspondent  February 26, 2015

The Point, a proposed tower at the western edge of the Fenway meant to serve as a gateway to the neighborhood, is now planned to be even taller.

The glass-and-steel Park Drive building would cap a stretch of developments by Steve Samuels, whose company during the past decade has built several residential buildings with ground-level retail space in the Fenway. In 2013, Samuels & Associates formally proposed replacing the single-story sub shop at Brookline Avenue and Boylston Street with a 320-apartment glass tower.

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