#Bijou boston windows#

JC Diaz, executive director of the American Nightlife Association, said the pressure should be on developers to soundproof and insulate their buildings if they decide to build next to music clubs.

She said Bijou has been operating since 2011, and that AvalonBay knew it was building next to a nightclub when they built their project. Karen Simao, an attorney for the club, said the AVA Theater District tower borders Bijou on its right and rear sides and creates an “echo box” that amplifies noise and vibrations, which had not bothered neighbors at a lower height in previous years. “No amount of white noise will do anything against that, earplugs won’t do anything against that.” “You can feel the vibration in your body like you would an earthquake, you can feel the rhythm of the bass,” resident Lauren Ingram told the Herald.

#Bijou boston windows#

He said the bass hum travels up the exterior of the neighboring building, going as high as the 24th floor, shaking windows and making residents miserable until the club closes at 2 a.m. The AvalonBay-owned building opened in 2015 and monthly rents range from $2,860 to $3,845.ĪVA manager Brian O’Neill said bad vibrations have been an issue since the building opened, and some residents are leaving. The club sits next to AVA Theater District, a 30-story, 398-unit apartment tower at 45 Stuart St. A March 23 inspection that found readings of 112 decibels on the dance floor, far higher than the nighttime limit of 50 decibels. which was put on notice about its noise levels. The developers and residents found a sympathetic ear in the city’s Licensing Board yesterday in their noise complaint against Bijou, a nightclub at 51 Stuart St. The eternal war between newly arrived neighbors and businesses is reaching high volume in the Theatre District, where developers of a new luxury apartment tower say the booming bass from the club next door is blasting windows and rattling residents.