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I saw them putting up some strange hulking orange thing the other day from my apartment, but couldn't quite tell what it was even with binoculars. It's strange that they put the logo on the side facing the movie theatre/Moderna. On the other side it would be visible all the way down the Binney...

I think you mean the one story manufacturing building next to the new tower that just went up? 250 Binney? That is a Thermo facility now but years ago Biogen did own the building. I think that part of the two-tower plan is still in limbo.

The crane is coming down today.

Glad they are starting with lots of housing in that filibustered plot of land. See you in 2035.

It wasn't a lab building before, and they are completely retrofitting it to be a lab building. It was 5 floors of offices before, with ground level features like childcare and a gym.

They started putting down the slurry walls (cement + rebar) a few weeks ago. They probably have 50-60 linear feet complete, in different sections, dug mainly across the middle of the site near the front of the teal-colored crane. This marks the south edge of the future 290 Binney St according to...

Re: Pics above...I don't see this angle everyday as I live north of the city, but the skyline really lucked out by not having that chunky side wing extend the length of the building. Probably the only good to come from COVID.

That marble work with the grain intact is stunning. I've got to check that out in person!

I'll say. I can barely work there is so much activity on this job site. So much drilling, etc.

There's a lot of large brick buildings within a block of it, so some green terra cotta will go far here. For a lab, I like it. Three sides of retail and street activation is even better!

Wait, that actually functions like an old airport flight board? I walk by there most days and never bothered to look that carefully. Very cool.

It's all down now. Vid is from earlier in the week. This is only one half of this skinny superblock but the other half already had the concrete trucked away.

75% █████████▢▢▢▢ Almost there. It's crazy how fast this has come down after watching it every day. What's more amazing is that the side on Binney St where they started (pictures from 3 weeks ago) already has most of the concrete and rebar trucked away. They are doing the same clean up to the...

They took the machines from the back and moved them to the front for now. I'd say there is still a month left.

They started chewing it up yesterday (Jan 12). This may go quicker than we think. There is nothing really under it except the infill for the old Broad Canal that extended this far.