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Vicky Tomayko’s Exhibition in today’s Boston Globe
Vicky Tomayko is the latest artist to be featured in the art gallery at FP3. Her collection of creatures will be on display and free for the public to view during regular business hours until October 9, 2010. Some of Vicky’s work appeared in today’s Boston Globe.
Vicky’s art was reviewed by Cate McQuiad for the article. In it, Cate notes:
“Her monotypes of monstrous creatures at FP3 are both comic and melancholy, and she has a vibrant color sense. Look at the drypoint monotype “St. John the Baptist as an Artist.’’ The squishy figure is, of course, headless, and he grips to his chest a pink, heart-shaped critter with one eye on a stalk and a protruding, forked tongue. The suggestion is that this artistic St. John speaks from his heart, but even when the heart speaks, you can’t entirely trust what it says.”
Ravine in Spring for CB- by Vicky Tomayko
Sylvia's Coral Reef by Vicky Tomayko
To see more of Vicky’s colorful, sometime whimsical and sometimes melancholy works, stop by the FP3 Gallery or visit the Vicky Tomayko website.
Art Salon at FP3
Get in touch with your inner Matisse at a salon?
Art Salons, prominent a century ago in Paris, are making a comeback in Boston at FP3!
In a stunning penthouse overlooking Fort Point Channel, Rita Fucillo, associate publisher of Art New England, is uniting tastemakers in art, fashion, and music to engage and be merry. “I’ve been desperate to do this,’’ said Fucillo, who has filled a pair of vacant condominiums at posh complex FP3 with local art work. Salons start up next month. Visit www.bostonguide.com and www.artnewengland.com for more details.
You can read the full article on things to do in Boston by Kathleen Pierce at www.boston.com.
Boston Condo Sales Pick Up
Downtown Sees 30% Increase in Condo Sales
Boston’s downtown condominium market saw sales surging by 30 percent in the second quarter of this 2010 when compared with the same period in 2009, according to data released by Listing Information Network, a Boston firm that tracks real estate. The number of condos sold between April and June of last year was 653, this year it was up to 849 for the second quarter.
Sales in luxury buildings, such as FP3, offering amenities such as valet and concierge services —increased by 9 percent to 121 sales in the second quarter, compared with the 2009 quarter, according to the data.
In a recent Boston Globe report on the downtown Boston condo market, Joseph Laurano, director of operations for developers Berkeley Investments, attributed the recent sales at FP3 to a change in marketing strategy as well as improvements in the economy and continuing low interest rates. “The [FP3] building is now 60 percent sold. Folks on firm financial footing view now as an opportunistic time to purchase urban real estate.’’
If you’ve been thinking about investing in a condo in Boston, why not schedule a tour of FP3 and see what living in Boston’s Fort Point area has to offer! Live in a new Boston development, with luxury amenities close to Boston’s Financial District and waterfront. Boston waterfront condos with FHA approval are hard to find- don’t pass this opportunity up!
The Sweet Smell of Excess
When adventurous diners wish upon a star, Barbara Lynch has plenty of answers at Menton
From Boston.com
By Devra First Globe Staff / July 14, 2010
“They are giddy. Drunk on knowledge. High on the conceit of what they are trying to do. Finest dining, here in Fort Point — modern yet lavish, refined and formal and beyond expensive. You are in their sights, and Menton’s minions are coming for you. From the right! A woman armed with more information about the wine she will pour than anyone would ever need to know. She is grinning. She is talking perfume and acid and soil and philosophy. She is pouring liquid, golden, into your glass.
From the left! A man with a dish of delicate white porcelain, covered by a domed lid. Attached at his hip like Gemini, twin in intent, another man with fingers out like pincers. He removes the lid. They watch, smiles twitching the corners of their lips, as you bend forward to look at what he hath revealed. Tiny, delicate, edible jewelry, landscape artistry in miniature. It is a round of rock crab salad with caviar, grapefruit, and almonds. It’s a balm, as refreshing as a cool cloth on the forehead.
They keep coming, the courses and the servers. You can’t have too many of either, it would appear.
A Maine scallop, glowing round and plump like a pearl. Hello, luscious. It sits beside ravioli stuffed with fava leaf. Truffles are flung about here and there like rose petals at a wedding. It’s a celebration of something, all right. Land and sea. Taste and texture. Spring and cleansing. So good.
Lobster salad, austere, coral rounds all in a row. On top, little piles of white sturgeon caviar and tarragon. Beneath, a line of artichoke shaved into delicate, tender slivers….”
Read the rest of this tantalizing review of Menton at FP3 here>>
Consumer confidence returning in downtown Boston condo market
Condo sales in Boston increased towards the end of 2009, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe. Though this is positive news, the article cites that downtown Boston condo sales were down overall in 2009 – hitting the luxury residence market especially hard.
Joseph Laurano, operations director for ResMark, is quoted in the article saying that consumer confidence is returning. FP3 Boston’s 22 condo sales in the second half of 2009 demonstrate this returning confidence in the downtown real estate market.
A design that’s on point
THE BOSTON GLOBE (04.19.09)
Boston Architect David Hacin’s new condo complex in the Fort Point Channel historic district is a model of how to go about putting new wine in the old bottle of a neighborhood landmark. Read More>>
Barbara Lynch’s Sportello restaurant review in the Boston Globe
Located in the FP3 building is critically acclaimed chef Barbara Lynch’s Sportello Restaurant. Read a review of Sportello in the Boston Globe here.
Learn more about Barbara Lynch and FP3 Boston.
Visit sportelloboston.com for directions, reservations and more.
A curator of a different stripe
BOSTON.COM (11.19.08)
Why run one gallery when you can run three? That’s James Hull’s attitude. Read More>>
Barbara Lynch’s new bar is open
BOSTON.COM (10.03.08)
Yesterday was Drink’s opening night. The basement level bar is an old warehouse space of brick and wood beams, with plenty of room to congregate. There are three different sections of bar to sit at, and plenty of space to stand. Read More>>
Drink: Barbara Lynch’s new bar
BOSTON.COM (8.21.08)
Yes, it’s called Drink, and the name sum’s up its raison d’etre. This first installment of chef Barbara Lynch’s Fort Point project is almost ready to go. Read More>>
