The Dainty Dot Hosiery building is located at the corner of Kingston and Essex Streets, between Chinatown and the Leather District. It was planned and built in 1889-1890, and half of the building was lopped off in order to build the surface artery, leaving behind just 6 stories and 53,000 square feet. Just over a year ago, in November of 2006, the building was purchased by a developer who is supposedly planning on making the building into housing (Boston Globe article here).
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Great building. Right across the street from the Lafayette Lofts. Should be an awesome residential building if they can build it in this market.
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Let's hope they keep the building intact - it is beautiful.
I guess great minds think alike. I posted a picture of this building too.
clueless in boston - looks like someone replaced the a in Dainty in between our shots! Too funny! There's something about the unique art deco lettering that draws people to the building I think.
The lettering was removed from the building sometime in and around around 2010.
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