{"id":2884,"date":"2010-06-17T19:48:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T02:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/?p=2884"},"modified":"2010-06-17T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T02:51:07","slug":"in-boston-where-jail-is-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/yulelog\/2010\/06\/17\/in-boston-where-jail-is-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"In Boston, where jail is “Liberty”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight I saw a most impressive example of adaptive re-use in built form: the former Charles Street Jail<\/a>, next to MGH<\/a> (Massachusetts General Hospital) on the banks of the River Charles, turned into a stunning luxury hotel (the Liberty<\/a>) that looks for all the world like a Jeunesse dor\u00e9e<\/em><\/a> hotspot.<\/p>\n

Here’s a link to the hotel’s website<\/a> that details the jail’s history and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of photos:<\/p>\n

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former panopticon interior, now a lobby<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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exterior, sunlight-painted<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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exterior with new hotel wing in background<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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former cell turned luxe restroom<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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guest bikes for a quick getaway<\/p><\/div>\n

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…now…<\/p>\n

What really gets me about a project like this: we can see what imagination and money can do in tandem to preserve heritage, engage adaptive re-use, and promote economic development. When you see what is possible in heritage restoration and then realize that none<\/strong><\/em><\/span> of those aspects are in evidence in the City of Victoria’s treatment of its historic Johnson Street Bridge<\/a>, you realize just how unimaginative and benighted some political leadership really is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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