New Hostelling International Boston hostel open on May 15, 2012

Here is another article I just saw:
Stuart Street hostel prepares to open in spring 2012

The new hostel will have 468 beds in 100 rooms, 22 of which will be private rooms with their own bathrooms. Most will be dormitory-style rooms with three sets of bunk beds and a shared bathroom outside.

Though a certain amount of uniformity is necessary, there’s a good deal of variety among the many sleeping rooms and the public areas. Some spaces have well-maintained exposed brick, while others will be brightly painted drywall. Each floor has a different ceiling height, and throughout the structure are a surprising variety of structural columns.

There will be some bedrooms on the second floor of this six-story building, but much of the space there and on the firs t-floor is set aside for public spaces, including a coffee shop, a kitchen and dining room, a community room, and a library to be named for “original hostellers” Ben and Roselyn Olken.