tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post1678541283353781843..comments2024-03-27T09:13:58.922-07:00Comments on The Amateur Planner: The Amazing Bollards of the Boston FedArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-10324010311891954222014-12-24T12:55:08.237-08:002014-12-24T12:55:08.237-08:00Agree to disagree, I guess. I find that they don&#...Agree to disagree, I guess. I find that they don't fit with the streetscape down low (really no bollards block views; they're all a few feet high), they are prone to getting moved about, the texture has nothing to do with the area nearby, or really the city in general, and they block a lot of movement on the sidewalk in an otherwise high-pedestrian area. Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-10126870179875848952014-10-12T12:28:36.824-07:002014-10-12T12:28:36.824-07:00I'm local to Albany NY and have never seen the...I'm local to Albany NY and have never seen the Tip O'Neil Building. I'm a professional artist so I could use a lot of artistic terminology and rules of balance, composition, harmony, etc. to detail why I like those bollards, but they just look nice to me. They are big and important and solid and that's part of the psychology of government administration buildings. But they are also human in scale. They don't block the view unless you're a tyke who would almost certainly be amused by them anyway. I'd like to sit on one and have a bite.Frank Smithhttp://franksmithsigns.comnoreply@blogger.com